Germans in Ukraine during World War II. Map of Ukraine shows Kirovograd. German artillery being fired. German tanks advancing. German grenadier troops advance in snow, wearing white winter outerwear. German officers watch through binoculars. View of shortwave antenna and radio operator with headphones. Closeup of German Nebelwerfer rocket artillery. Multitube rocket gun being fired as German soldier manipulates firing mechanism. German soldier in deep square fox hole trench firing artillery remotely. Tanks seen in ditches as prisoners are marched away.
A map of the Eastern front in the area of Bolgorad (also Bjelgorod) on the Dnieper River, in Ukraine. Other points shown on map include Brjansk, Orel, Kursk, Woronesch, Charkow. Infantry of the German 11th Army entering the City of Bolgorad, Ukraine, south of Kursk, to take up defensive positions against Soviets during World War 2. The German soldiers are loaded in trucks. They wave and smile.
A reaper harvests a large wheat field in Soviet Union. Heaps of wheat in the field. Scientists test the grain as trucks loaded with wheat move away from the fields.
The Yalta Conference in the Crimea. The town of Yalta. View of mountains and tunnel. People on the streets. Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) outside the town was built by Tsar Nicolas II. Most of the conferences are held in this palace. The palace building venue has sprawling gardens. A sickle and hammer sign. Guards outside the conference room. View of the conference room. Russian MPs (Military Policemen) near sign guard. Roads and entrance to the palace ground. Direct traffic into the palace ground. The cars enter the grounds and dignitaries get off. High ranking military and government officials arrive for an international meeting. Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin arrives at the palace and guards salute him. British Prime Minister Churchill with cigar in his mouth arrives with his daughter and he is greeted by Mrs. Bodeker. U.S. President Roosevelt at the table and the conference begins. Allied delegates around the table. Joint Communication Center is set up and soldiers work. Conclusion 1st part: BIG 3 surrounded by their Chiefs of Staff and civilian officials pose in the patio of the Lavidia Palace. A picture is clicked. The three leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin seated and state ministers behind them. The conference proceeds, delegates seated around a table. The conference ends and the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain release their joint statement. Substantial agreement passed. Franklin D Roosevelt's daughter and staff in a Jeep around the palace grounds (World War II period).
World War 2 scenes related to the Philippines. Opening shot shows Japanese troops unceremoniously taking down American flag in 1942, followed by superimposed images of Japanese soldiers boots trampling over U.S. flags. Next, U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright with members of his staff, are seen seated at a table in the Japanese headquarters building on Bataan to discuss surrender with General Masaharu Homma, Commander of the 14th Japanese Imperial Army. Homma has General Wachi at his left and Colonel Nakayama to his right. Repetition of the superimposed Japanese army boots trampling American flags. Next, U.S. defenders of Corregidor are seen surrendering to Japanese troops in 1942, and then being marched under guard to Mariveles, where the infamous Death March commenced. Several views of the American and Filipino prisoners marching under guard. Glimpse of American combat helmets piled up in a heap. Views of the POWs without helmets, using white cloths over their heads to protect from the sun. Huge numbers of POWs held in an open area for the night, and then marching again during the day. One who had fainted is carried in a blanket by several others. Illustrations of POWs being tortured by Japanese soldiers. Views of two POWs, who died during the march, lying on the ground. Next scene shows emaciated Allied POWs in 1945 being freed by American soldiers from a Japanese prison camp. American soldiers speaking with another group is a section of prison behind a sign reading: "Dysentary, Keep Out." Undernourished former prisoners of war eating a meal. One smoking a cigarette. Aerial view showing large swaths of Manila, Philippines, destroyed by Japanese forces retreating from advancing American forces. Smoke rising along a line of destruction in the background. Bodies of numerous Filipinos lying amid rubble in the streets of Manila. Many have hands tied behind their backs. Glimpse of dead children. Cadres of Japanese soldiers raising victory cheers. New Japanese conscripts in large formations during military training for new recruits following draft. Japanese naval trainees in white uniforms, waving their hats. Huge crowd of Japanese people cheering, followed by view of Emperor Hirohito, in Army uniform, saluting as he stands on a balcony. Cheering Japanese people, at a rally in a stadium.
U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Philippines during the trail of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell takes an oath on the 16th day of the Homma trial. He says that he was aide-de-camp to Major General E.P. King, Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon in April, 1942. Major Tisdell recalls that Japanese forces had pushed back the American forces in Bataan to a point that it was difficult for the Americans to reorganize. He also talks about the lack of ration for the American forces. Major Tisdell says that U.S. reserves were released for the forces. He says that on 9th April, 1942 General King was unable to make contact with Japanese commander and Colonel Edward C. Williams volunteered to make contact with the Japanese.