British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. They pose for photographs. Premier Molotov, William Harriman and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius stand behind them. Alexander Cadogans in the far background. Cameramen take photographs.
Scenic views of Crimea. Mountains partially covered by snow. Goats graze on hillside. Flowers and trees in bloom. Farmers prepare vineyards for fall grape harvest. A man observes grape vines through a magnifying glass. Women work in the vineyard fields pruning grape vines. Elevated sweeping view of Yalta. Several people stand and stroll along the coast of the Black Sea. Mountains in the background.
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, inspects German and Romanian troops in Crimea. He is accompanied by entourage of German and Romanian Generals. He awards medals to Romanian and German soldiers, including the Order of the Star of Romania, that he awards to a General, who then presents Antonescu with a large book. He exchanges parting salutes with General Avramescu, commander of Romanian Mountain troops, and boards a Junkers J-52 aircraft. The aircraft taxis for takeoff. The engine cowling of the aircraft bears a painted image of a mustached mans head wearing a fez and encircled by a Crescent. (World War II period).
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Russia during World War II. The meeting was also codenamed the Argonaut Conference. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in British uniform removes his hat as he enters the Livadia Palace. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in a uniform enters the palace along with Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Vyshinsky, Pavlov and Russian diplomat Andrei Gromyko. Allied leaders seated around a table at the conference, including: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (on Roosevelt's right), Harry Hopkins (seated away from the table behind Roosevelt's right shoulder), Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor Alger Hiss (on Roosevelt's right), Roosevelt confidant James F. Byrnes, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Permanent Under Secretary to Foreign Secretary Alexander Cadogan, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Ambassador Pavalov (primary English translator for Stalin), Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrey Vishinsky, Andrei Gromyko, Ivan Maisky, and Ambassador Gusiev. Also seen seated at a table: U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King, President Franklin Roosevelt, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman.
The Yalta Conference in Crimea, Russia during World War II. A diagram with a sign on it that reads 'Traffic diagram effective 1800 hrs'. The diagram for traffic movement during the Yalta conference.
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.