Conference on rockets and advanced aircraft at Rechlin Air Station in Germany during World War 2. Minister of Supply Albert Speer along with other Nazi leaders and dignitaries enter the conference hall. Conferees give Nazi salute as Albert Speer takes his position. Speech of Albert Speer begins. He shakes hands with dignitaries. German swastika sign on his arm. Close up views of various conference attendees in casual conversation following Speer's speech.
Conference on rocketry and advanced aircraft at Rechlin Air Station in Germany. Nazi leaders and dignitaries enter the dining hall during the break in conference. Conferees dine together as women serve them. Food includes soup, bread, meat, potatoes, vegetables. German swastika signs evident on many uniforms.. Question and answer period follows in the conference hall.
A-5 Missile takes off from wooded area on Greifswalder Oie Island in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Rocket launches in air. Missile shelter and equipment in background. Views of missile in air and falling.
U.S. Sergeant W R Thomas sits at the roadside in France. A truck drops the newspaper for him nearby. Shooting over the shoulder as he reads the headline 'Victory in Stars and Stripes', which came to be known as VE Day or Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marked the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies. The Sergeant stands up and salutes after reading the paper. He is seen rejoicing and celebrating the Allied victory. (World War II period).
Four U.S. Army soldiers sitting in a field in Germany. A GI sticks his head out from behind a U.S. weapon carrier wearing a Daniel Boone fur hat as he starts a funny, humor skit mocking Nazi German forces. He marches out from behind the vehicle carrying several guns and Nazi daggers for a Nazi enactment. He stands before the group, comes to attention and gives a Nazi salute. The GI displays the various guns and daggers for the audience. He gives a bottle, a gun, a dagger and the hat to the GIs sitting on the ground. GIs smile and cavort as they celebrate VE Day or Victory in Europe Day in World War II.
President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."
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