Allied Conference in Yalta, Crimea in Ukraine on coast of the Black Sea. The British, Russian and United States representatives meet to plan the political future of Europe after World War II. Livadia Palace, the summer residence of former Czar Nicolas II. Special communication lines are strung. Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov waits at air base for the British and U.S. delegations. Soldiers march in a field. Flags of Russia, Britain and U.S. Plane arrives at base. British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Adviser to President Roosevelt Harry Hopkins and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, W.Averell Harriman arrive. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by plane. Lavadia Castle at the island. Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill arrives by car with President Roosevelt's daughter Anna Roosevelt. Prime Minister of Soviet Union Marshal Joseph Stalin arrives. They discuss military and political postwar plans. They make decisions regarding postwar Germany. Family members of Allied officers visit the Palace. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin seated for a photograph.
A film by Strategic Services, United States. Carrier of the Razon bomb on an air strip. The carrier contains an antenna, transmitter unit and control stick. Bomber controls Norden sight from the carrier. Animated diagram shows mirror of Norden sight. Bomber makes a modification called crab. View through Norden sight. Bomber makes manipulations, he moves the stick to control and pint point accurate dropping of bomb through radio control. Diagram shows image of target dropping in relation to bomber. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces film about B-29 aircraft construction in the United States during World War 2. Workers in B-29 aircraft cabin. War production worker stands on stairs and works on the wing of a new B-29 at the factory. Technicians assemble parts of plane. B-29 plane under construction. Completed B-29 planes lined up in plant. Workers give finishing touches to the planes.
U.S. Army Air Forces film about B-29 aircraft construction. A completed B-29 bomber towed out of the construction factory during World War 2. Wheels of the bomber. Workers in plant weld, bolt and do other work to complete another B-29 plane. Women and men war production workers seen working in the plant look up and smile on hearing one of the new B-29 aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial views of B-29 in flight. Wing area and tactical gear of the plane. Close-up view of revolutionary flap design that constitutes one fifth of the wing area. Flaps shown moving on the aircraft. Close-up view of landing gear descending. B-29 aircraft lands. View of guns mounted on plane. Pilots shake hands with crew member. B-29 flight crew in briefing to receive information about bombing objective over Japan. Laborers assisting with loading and unloading the aircraft. B-29 taking off and again seen in flight.
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after atomic bombing in World War 2. Film titled 'Effects of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. Map of Japan. Location of Hiroshima. City of Hiroshima. Camera pans over view of the city of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb destroyed the city. Buildings and huts in city of Hiroshima pre-destruction. Portrayal of events on August 6, 1945: Sentry standing on a platform. Sentry stands near 'bell' air raid alarm. Sentry in dugout cave. Narrator relates that bomb was dropped. Still image of Hiroshima mushroom cloud explosion seen. Views of destroyed Hiroshima (from September 1945). Bomb damage to large concrete building. Ruins of the city. Damaged street cars in street. Hiroshima station. Hiroshima Prefecture office building damaged by blast. Damaged buildings. Statistics of casualty and damage.
First over the water test flight of a flying saucer shaped hovercraft in England. It is designed to fly on compressed air. The craft floats over the land surface. People watch and look through binoculars. The craft floats over the water in a sea. A ship in the background.
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