American Expeditionary Forces, 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) in France during World War 1. At Glonville, on May 8, 1918, Captain D. L. Smith talks over a field phone while directing artillery fire. Another soldier stands behind him. Captain D. L. Smith and Major Curtis G. Reddon converse over the field telephone. An officer smokes standing under a tree. Troops walk along a road in the background. On May 9, 1918, In Baccarat, France, U.S. Army Major General Charles T. Menoher, Brigadier General M. J. Lenihan, U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacArthur and staff officers confer in a field.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication speech for a library in the United States. Civilians crowd outside the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum (4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA). Guards control the crowd. Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Officials seated in chairs. Roosevelt in his speech praises the library and museum that has flourished. He speaks that all the records can be shared. He talks about modern technology in the library.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication speech for a library in the United States. Civilians crowd in front of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks that library is available to future Americans. He thanks all people who have contributed. He speaks about the trustee under the Act of Congress of United States. A Board of Trustees will be responsible for the library. He appoints U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. as a member of the committee. He also appoints some of his old friends as additional trustees.
U.S. Navy USS Swordfish with the President of Republic of China General Chiang Kai-shek, at Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. U.S. 7th fleet Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin comes aboard U.S. Navy USS Swordfish at Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. An unidentified Chinese officer boards the submarine. Joseph A. Yager of the U.S. Embassy steps aboard USS Swordfish. The U.S. Embassy official is greeted by Vice Admiral Charles. General Chiang boards USS Swordfish with his Army and Naval aid. General Chiang as he walks across bow and comes to a salute. The General is welcomed aboard by Vice Admiral Charles. General Chiang, Lieutenant Commander Roth S. Leddick, Commander of the submarine and another unidentified officer on the bridge of the submarine. General Chiang speaks to Vice Admiral Charles. General's aide stands by. General Chiang speaks to Vice Admiral Charles as his aide looks on. General Chiang shakes hands with Commander Roth S. Leddick as they stand in front of the sail. Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin leaves the submarine. General Chiang shakes hands with the ship's officers as he prepares to leave. General Chiang sitting in the wardroom of USS Swordfish with Vice Admiral Griffin and Commander Roth S. Leddick Lieutenant Commander Roth S. Leddick hands a card to General Chiang. The resident looks through a periscope. General at the controls of the submarine while submarine is submerged.
First scene shows President Harry Truman shaking hands with Joseph Stalin on a porch of the Cecilienhof ( home of Crown Prince Wilhelm) in Potsdam, Germany. The two leaders are accompanied by their respective foreign ministers, James F. Byrnes, U.S. Secretary of State, and Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov. Stalin descends steps from the building followed by Truman. View of the back lawn at Cecilienhof. View of its front entrance. Various views of the house and grounds. American, Soviet, and British flags flying from the building. Cars carrying the leaders on road to the Cecilienhof. President Truman and James Byrnes entering outside gate, followed by other attendees. Then Stalin is seen entering followed by Soviet officers and officials. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force (SCAEF) in Europea and U.S. Army Chief of Staff. George Marshall are seen walking together in a wooded glade on the meeting grounds. British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, entering the grounds for the meeting. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin stand on a step before an entrance to Cecilienhof. Truman places their hands together in a mutual handshake, at which Churchill and Stalin laugh. Views of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia where foreign minsters of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union are seen meeting meeting in conference at the Spiridonovka Palace in October, 1943. Closeup of Soviet Prime Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, and U.S. Secretary of State, Warren Hull, successively signing a document. Scene shifts, to a C-47 transport aircraft flying over great pyramid of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. Next, the front of the Soviet Embassy in Teheran, Iran, is shown. The "Big Three" (Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill) sit on the porch of the building. Military officers from their countries stand behind them. Narrator (Franklin D. Roosevelt) says they agreed to launch a gigantic attack on Germany. Scene shifts to Germany, where German military is paraded on public display, showing artillery, Panzer I tanks carried aboard army trucks, Heinkel He 111 bombers in formation overhead, and marching troops giving Nazi salute silhouetted against bright pavement. View shifts to the Livadia Palace, in Yalta, Crimea, Russia. Brief view of the "Big Three" and their staffs sitting around a conference table. Change of location to San Francisco, California, where flags of many nations are displayed along with a United Nations Logo. Representatives of the many nations sign the Charter of the United Nations, founding the U.N. organization on 26 June 1945. Film shifts to Germany where victorious American, British and Soviet troops shake hands and celebrate victory. They share drinks and toast victory.
Question marks on screen. Reconstruction of the buildings and denazification in Berlin, Germany after World War II. A factory in Germany. A farmer leads a horse to plow a field. Men at a farm cultivate crops. The wreckage of the IG Farben plant. Men speaking to Hermann Göring. The trial of Norwegian leader and Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling. The rail goes on for the criminal. People burn Nazi books and pamphlets in a bonfire. A man burns a pamphlet with a photo of Adolf Hitler. The people stand around the burning books. German civilians read a poster on a wall. General Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Marshal Georgy Zhukov of the Soviet Union, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery of the United Kingdom sign a joint agreement. The three of them stand together. The United States Capitol building. Chongqing National Government building in No. 232 Renmin Road, Chongqing (Chungking), China. The Big Ben in London, United Kingdom. Aerial view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. General Francisco Franco saluting to marching soldiers in Spain. The delegates including United States President Harry S. Truman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated around a table during the Potsdam Conference in 1945. They discuss the problems. A close up view of Truman looking into some documents. Stalin smokes a cigarette. The delegates discuss problems. The funeral ceremony of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The soldiers fire guns. President Harry S. Truman attends the ceremony. Churchill salutes from a moving vehicle. Women voting in the United States. Truman gets off an aircraft. Delegates in the Potsdam conference. Newspaper headlines read Russian declares war on the Empire of Japan in 1945. The first atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima, Japan. The newspaper headlines about the war. Truman, Stalin and delegates at the Potsdam Conference. Soldiers advancing in the battlefield. A flag of the United States and people celebrate the victory. Newspaper headlines feature the surrender of Japan.
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