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British Royal Air Force aircraft conduct 700-airplane bombing raid over Cologne during World War II
Narrator states that on March 2, 1945, during World War 2, 700 Lancaster and Halifax bombers of the British Royal Air Force fly over Cologne, Germany, to bomb roads and bridges leading across the Rhine River. Closeup aerial view of a British Halifax bomber with H7 painted on its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to No.346 Squadron RAF. (This is a Free French bomber squadron incorporated into the Royal Air Force and operating out of RAF Station Elvington.) View from one of the aircraft looking down on the city below as bombs fall from the plane. Narrator refers to U.S. 1st Army attacking Cologne and this bombing to strike German forces fleeing the city. Heavy smoke seen rising from bomb explosions below. A huge black cloud is seen in the air as a German scarecrow bomb hits a Lancaster bomber and destroys it (Narrator calls it a scarecrow bomb. Later analysis concluded that "scarecrow" bombs may have been attacks by Luftwaffe aircraft equipped with upward facing cannons, or so called "Schräge Musik" attacks.) Smoke rising from the city. Narrator emphasizes that the Cologne Cathedral is not touched.
Soviet combat film of the Battle of Berlin during final phases of World War II in Europe
Soviet troops firing field artillery in streets of Berlin, Germany, late in 1945, during World War 2. Closeup glimpse of a Soviet woman tank crew member. Glimpse of Russian tank firing at building. Glimpse through window of building as tank fires across the street. View downward of Soviet infantry running through street below. Another tank firing. Soviet infantry soldier advancing through fire and smoke. A tank crew member carrying a wounded comrade over his shoulder, past several T-34 tanks parked in the background. A tank burning. Medic tends head wound of the injured tank crewman. More views of infantry running through the rubble filled streets. Animated map showing the pincer movements of Soviet forces closing in from outskirts of Berlin toward its center. Glimpse of Soviet soldier scanning across the city with optical equipment. Camera pans across smoke filled city showing the ruins of the Reichstag Building and anther large damaged building. More views of artillery firing in street. A knocked out tank. Huge smoke clouds billow from a shelled building. Infantry scramble over rubble. German civilians hiding in a garden. A Soviet soldier helps a very old German man out of the remains of a building. Soviet machine guns rake the front of a building, causing pieces of it to fall to the ground. An old German woman wanders along a city street. A Soviet ROKS flamethrower is fired from the window of a building creating fire on a building across the street. Infantry run past the burning building. During a pause in fighting, a Soviet female soldier washes the face of a male soldier. An artillery field piece firing in the street. A wounded Soviet soldier with bandaged head, fires a captured German Panzerfaust anti tank weapon. Four Soviet soldiers carrying a wounded on a litter, run through past the camera.
Reenactment of the activities of American and Russian troops after they meet on the River Elbe, near the end of World War II.
From a Russian feature film "Meeting on the Elbe" (dubbed in Korean). Reenactment depicts meeting of the American 69th Infantry division and Russian soldiers at the River Elbe near Torgau Germany on April 25 and April 26, 1945. Reenactment : An American soldier meets a Russian soldier on the shore of Elbe river and the soldiers talk. A tank behind the soldiers. The soldiers sit down and the American soldier takes out a dollar note and scribbles on the note. A bridge over the River Elbe as the raised spans meet and come into place. The Russian troops stand in a line on the bridge. Two of the soldiers holding flags. A banner being displayed on the bridge across the river. An American officer and a Russian officer shake hands. The American officer reviews the troops. The band plays. The soldiers stand in a line. The officers salute and walk past the troops. The American soldier and the Russian soldier on the shore of the river. The officers salute. American tanks with troops move. The American officer views the soldiers through binoculars. Soldiers standing behind the American officer. The officers converse looking at a document. An American officer in a room inside a building. A crowd outside the building. The officer looks at the crowd through the window of the building. Another officer enters the room and approaches the American officer. The American officer hands over a symbolic key to the other officer and both men converse.
U.S. Army soldiers guard German SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) prisoners of war being held near a village.
United States Army soldiers guarding a group of German SS prisoners of war who are being held near a village. Cameraman slate indicates location of "Wittring" (presumably Wittring France, just outside the German border, in the Moselle region), but U.S. government record accompanying the film indicates "Wittring, (?) Germany" (sic). A wheel cart is seen on the street. The German prisoners of war have SS markings on their right lapel and also the SS skull insignia on the cap, identifying them most likely as part of the SS-Totenkopfverbände or SS-TV; also called Death's Head units. (Theories on these captured soldiers include: 1) SS-TV units were primarily in charge of administering the Nazi Concentration Camps in World War II. Hinzert Concentration Camp was possibly the closest camp to Wittring. Perhaps these soldiers came from it or another camp; 2) They may have been part of the 3rd SS Panzer Division. Reportedly, whole platoons and elements of the 3rd SS Panzer division were not following orders and were giving up prior to the Budapest and Vienna battles to avoid Soviet captivity, as early as Jan 1945). Prisoners rub their hands to warm them in the cold. Camera shows a close-up view of one of the prisoners, as an American soldier attaches a Prisoner of War identification tag over around the neck of the prisoner.
V-J Day: New Yorkers celebrate as President Harry Truman announces Japanese surrender during World War II.
Events surrounding the surrender of Japan during World War II. Scene from the Potsdam Conference meeting. Group of dignitaries together including Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, in discussion. A parade in Moscow showing Soviet military might (these scenes are from the May 1, 1945 May Day parade just before Germany's surrender). Scene changes to Japanese Emperor Hirohito riding on a white horse in a procession. Next scene shows dignitaries arriving for meeting at the White House in Washington D.C. U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal meet at the White House. Close up view of Secretary Forrestal. View of President Truman with his cabinet in a meeting. Scenes from prior months showing dignitaries involved in the war: Close up of the late President Franklin Roosevelt. A scene of President Roosevelt shaking hands with several Soviet military officers. General Douglas MacArthur seated and talking to President Roosevelt. Close up view of Chairman of Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek. View of U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz shaking hands with a sailor. Views of President Truman meeting in emergency session with his cabinet, and his announcement of the Japanese surrender. View of former Secretary Hull at that meeting. President Truman standing as he reads from a bulletin confirming the Japanese acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Agreement and their agreement to unconditional surrender. View of media, press, and newsmen running from the White House to file the happy news story. New Yorkers rejoice at the end of war. Daytime scenes of happy, jubilant celebrations on Victory over Japan day, or V-J Day, in the Times Square area of New York City. Crowds cheering, people dancing, soldiers, sailors, and citizens waving hands and American flags. A neon sign with message "Japs Surrender". View of night time celebrations at Times Square as the crowd continues to celebrate VJ Day.
Malta Conference scenes and then views of Yalta Conference with Big 3 Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in Crimea Russia.
Malta Conference meeting of American and British Allied leaders on island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, beginning January 30, 1945. C-54 aircraft lands on airfield in Malta, with U.S. staff officers aboard. Leaders exit plane starting with U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J King, greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union Averell Harriman. U.S. Army General George Marshall exits with Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, and they are greeted by British Army Field Marshal Wilson and Mr. Harriman. Exterior of Montgomery House on Malta as dignitaries enter the conference. General Marshall and then Admiral King enter Montgomery House. Dignitaries seated at long table meet during conference at Montgomery House. Camera shows various attendees including British Field Marshal Alexander and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke. Also Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Marshal Charles Portal and Marshal H. Wilson. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on British ship salutes arrival of President Roosevelt on U.S. Navy ship arriving for Crimea Yalta Conference. Yalta mountains and Black Sea views. Workmen unload communication equipment from ship and deliver it by truck convoy. Exterior of the Livadia Palace site of the Yalta Conference. Signal Corps wire the building and Army Navy message center and telephone exchange is shown. Stettinius, Anthony Eden, and other leaders arrive by aircraft and are greeted by Chairman of Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov. British Prime Minister Churchill and American President Roosevelt arrive and meet Molotov and other Russian dignitaries. Russian honor guard stands in formation. Big Three of President Roosevelt, Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill at the palace. Dignitaries seated around conference table to discuss plans for occupation of Germany. They sign a statement. Big 3 dignitaries seated on a bench outside the palace pose for photos with officials. (World War II period).
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