German citizens exchange old money for new money in Germany during Currency Reform of 1948. Pedestrian walk on a street in the rain. Crowded street cars in the background. People look at Münchner Merkur newspaper and posters in Munich announcing the currency exchange. People wait in line to get Deutschmark for old Reichmark. Various closed storefronts in a German city. The crowd assembles in a street waiting to get the new currency. Crowds in front of the main railroad station in Frankfurt. Newspapers being unloaded from printing presses of Münchner Merkur newspaper production plant after workers change type casts. Printed newspapers being stacked. People in Odeonsplatz in Munich rush after a newspaper truck to get the latest news on the money change. German people standing and seated reading the newspapers. Boxes with Deutsche Marks are stacked in banks and checked. Packages of newly printed currency on a counter. Money bags sealed and loaded into a bus. View of Marienplatz town square in Munich. Long lines of people carrying umbrellas stand in rain waiting to exchange money. The money being transferred and exchanged. People sign papers after the exchange. Old money dropped into a wooden box. People comparing the new with the old currency. A man changing prices in store windows. Merchants arranging goods for display in previously empty shop windows (due to prevalence of black market before the reform). Ober Director Dr. Puender speaks on the money reform.
A map shows areas of conflict between the Allied and Japanese in the South Pacific. Japanese warships cruising in heavy seas off New Guinea. Japanese soldiers aboard the ship. Explosions in the water. New Guinea shoreline. Japanese troops with the Japanese flag advance through Salamaua in New Guinea. Destroyed Allied hangars and planes. Japanese planes take off. Pilots in the planes take refreshments. Japanese planes bomb Port Darwin on the north Australian coast. (World War II period).
B-29 Superfortress sets new distance record. B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands at Washington DC's Bolling Field (Anacostia). Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial visible in distance. The B-29 had completed a 35 hour trip from Guam, for 8198 miles, completing a new distance record by implementing new cruise control techniques. Colonel Clarence S. Irvine and crew members get off the plane. General Henry Arnold ("Hap" Arnold), Army Air Force Commander congratulates Colonel Irvine and crew members. People crowd near the aircraft. General Arnold pins the Distinguished Flying Cross medal on the Captain and crew members.
Dramatized scenes from Japanese film in World War 2, depicting citizens hearing news of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan on the United States. Morning street scene of a Japanese village. View of a wall clock reading 6 am. Japanese family sits down and listens to radio news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Their reactions range from excitement to concern. They gather at a low table in a home to listen to the news.
Wounded soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during World War 1 pose dockside before boarding a ship returning to to New Zealand. Soldiers stand beside the ship. They wave. Two New Zealand soldiers wear gas masks and pose. A wounded soldier with a cane stands and shows a German Iron Cross medal he is wearing around his neck (captured from a German soldier).
Trial of twenty Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Hermann Goering and other officials sit in the trial room. Documents on table and men working. Close-up views of court reporter stenographer hands on shorthand machines typing proceedings. Press and news media work to publish the news of the trials. The switchboard batteries and special telegraph wires used for publishing the news. Man at desk as ticker tape runs through machine. Defendant Hermann Goering yawns beside Rudolf Hess while seated in court room. A large display hung on a wall which is an organization chart of the Nazi German operation from Hitler on down, depicting the members and leaders and their relationship hierarchy. Various views of the court justices, lawyers, and defendants.
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