Allied leaders meet at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster aircraft lands and taxis at an airfield. British Field Marshal Harold L. Alexander and a British Admiral. Another C-54 Skymaster aircraft lands at the airfield. U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and Harry Hopkins get off the aircraft. Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyachselav Molotov greets them.
Preparations underway for the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. A convoy of vehicles carrying Signal Corps equipment moves on a road past a horse drawn cart carrying hay stacks. Russian civilians in the horse cart. The convoy of trucks moves on a road across a snow covered area. A Soviet female soldier halts the convoy. Another soldier takes salute of a truck driver and the truck passes.
Life of Soviet Georgian people of Batumi, in the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. Adjarian people milling about on streets in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi, Adjar. Busy sidewalk cafes. Men, women, and children shop for fruits and vegetables from stalls on a street. Men at a roadside cafe. People swim at a Black Sea beach. A ship waits in the Black Sea port at Batumi, as travelers leave Batumi, in small boats, to board her. Scenes of Yalta, after the passengers arrive there. People milling about on a city street with shops in Yalta, Crimea. A horse drawn cart being pulled as it ascends toward a nearby summit of the Ai-Petri mountains. Elevated view from the mountains of Yalta toward vineyards and toward the south shore of the Black Sea.
Mountain climbing in the Crimea. Scene opens showing new blooms on a tree, framing the slopes of a Crimean moutain covered with small trees and shrubs. A column of people is seen wending their way through the area. A group of young persons stand side-by-side in a line at the base of a rocky upslope, apparently being addressed by mountain guides. Closeup of the rock climbers, including a woman. Some carry rope looped over their shoulders. A climber stands between two rock formations, grasps a rope and begins free climbing the rock. Closeup shows the safety rope fastened under his arms and tied at his back. Closeup of his feet as he makes his way. View of him quite far up the tall rock face. Below, other climbers shield their eyes from the sun as they watch his progress. View from the top of this section of mountain, as the climber hauls himself up over the ledge. Another view of those watching from below. Next, the climber is seen rappelling down the sheer rock face using his rope to control his descent. Camera focuses on two climbers standing atop peaks of the mountain. One throws a coil of rope across to another. A climber on a peak with suspended from rope line stretched taut across open space. The town of Alupka is below, and the Black Sea in the background. The climber rides the taut line (zip-line) across to the other peak, where other await him.
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Russian guards and civilians walk past the main entrance of Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655). Vehicles parked outside the palace. Dignitaries attending the conference tour the palace in an open jeep. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Boettiger and two Russian officials in the jeep as it pulls up to the main entrance of the palace. A sign points towards U.S. headquarters on the palace grounds. A Russian guard directs traffic at an intersection.
The Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. U.S. Navy and Army personnel at teletype machines and typewriters. Men type in a communication room at the Yalta Conference. An officer puts a seal on a paper. A paper on a mimeograph machine. A sign on a document reads 'Outgoing message' and a seal on it reads 'Top secret'.
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