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United States forces return home after the end of World War I.
End of World War I. Franklin D Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of Navy observing the departure of American troops from Europe after the end of World War I. American troops disembark from a ship as they return home after the war. Roosevelt speaks to Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels.
Democratic Party convention in 1924, New York, United States. Al Smith Presidential nominee. Franklin Roosevelt on crutches
Race for Presidential election in 1924. Franklin D. Roosevelt, on crutches,as a result of polio, poses with Democratic party leaders John W. Davis and Alfred E. Smith. Democratic Party convention in New York, United States. Delegates from various states at the convention. People carry banners of various states. Alfred Smith and William McAdoo are the front runners for the Presidential nomination.
United States 386th Fighter Squadron P-47 aircraft takes off and lands at Fritzlar Air Base, Germany at end of World War II
Allied aircraft in Germany during World War II. P-47D of the 386th Fighter squadron, 365th Fighter Group nicknamed "PEE-WEE" (right side) and "Peggy Short" (left side) parks on Fritzlar Air Base, Germany. Crew chief rides on left wing to help pilot maneuver in the tight quarters, due to war damage obstructing the field. A confiscated German car pulls up near the aircraft. Pilot gets into the cockpit of P-47 aircraft. He wears his flight gear. Engine starts and aircraft takes off. P-47 aircraft lands after a short flight. 386th Fighter Squadron P-47Ds land and taxi along the airstrip.
British steamers "Yarrowdale" and "St.Theodore" halted at sea and ordered to follow German cruiser SMS Möwe during World War I
British ships seized by Germany on high seas. View of the English Steamer "Yarrowdale," with cargo of ammunition (5,800 tons) and 100 new trucks. (Note: This ship was later taken to Swinemünde by Lieutenant D.R. Badewitz.) Yarrowdale's occupants are seen crowding her deck. The English Steamer, "St.Theodore," carrying 7366 tons of coal for the Italians, is halted and is commanded to follow the SMS Möwe. (Note: The Germans later refitted this ship as the auxiliary Steamer, "Geier.") View from the Cruiser Moewe, as the St. Theodore follows in fairly rough seas. To ease congestion on the SMS Möwe, British "prisoners" are transferred to the Yarrowdale for the journey. View of them on deck, including three African American crewmen. View of three British ships' captains on board. Group of British "prisoners" rowing to the Yarrowdale, to be take aboard.
The Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk in Czechoslovakia.
Jan Masaryk at his office in Czechoslovakia. Masaryk stands on bridge. Masaryk greeted by President Franklin D Roosevelt and signs a document. Masaryk shakes hands with Trygve Lie. Masaryk at desk makes a brief speech and ends with the words "Truth Shall Conquer".
Nazi Party ceremonial grandeur is contrasted to the horrors perpetrated under the 3rd Reich
6th Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg, in 1934, featuring a "Totenehrung" ceremony, honouring dead. Nazi SA ( Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) troops in precise formations fill the Zeppelin Field Luitpold Arena, leaving only a wide pathway to the Ehrenhalle war memorial. View from behind honor guard standing at the Ahrenhalle, as Adolf Hitler, flanked by SS leader, Heinrich Himmler (in Black) and Viktor Lutze, head of the Sturmabteilung (SA), approach. Three huge banners with swastikas are seen in the far background. Scene shifts to 1945. American troops are now assembled at the main grandstand (Ehrentribüne) of Zeppelin Field. The American flag covers the wreathed swastika sculpture at the top of the Grandstand. View of German soldiers, who have been mustered out, mingling with civilians in a town. Some speak with an American soldier, who is part of the U.S. occupying force. Scene shifts to the Yalta conference in February, 1945. Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin are seen seated while their most senior military staff members stand in the background. Allied leaders sit around a large conference table. U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, sits near Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Scene shifts back to Nazi era. Joseph Goebbels, Reichminister of Propaganda is speaking and haranguing a crowd. In contrast, German soldiers are seen conversing with occupying American soldiers. This is contrasted with more scenes of Nazi leaders giving impassioned speeches to a hall filled with Nazi faithful. German soldiers, prisoners of war are seen directed by U.S. military police, behind a barbed wire enclosure. Large numbers of German prisoners of war in an open holding area. Closeups of some. Bucolic scenes of farmers working in fields and herds of sheep and cattle. Hitler speaking in a forceful, animated way and haranguing an audience of rapt listeners. German civilians standing quietly in a group. (Narrator refers them being the people of Beethoven, Goethe, and Martin Luther, as statues of those iconic Germans are shown.) In dramatic contrast, numerous dead bodies of victims are being shown to German citizens by American troops, at Nordhausen, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. This is contrasted against views of German people folk dancing in traditional costumes, German contributions to science (view of Albert Einstein speaking) and industry (view of professional glass blowers at work). Glaring contrast shows German civilians moving the body of a concentration camp victim; several civilians being shot dead by a firing squad (unseen); Rudolf Himmler; and an image Germany being destroyed, as result of the Nazis. American soldiers are loosely assembled in an open field. by the Elbe River at Torgau, Germany on 26 April 1945. American and Russian officers greet each other at the site, where their armies have met in World War 2. American and Russian soldiers mingle and greet one another. Views of Allied forces entering Germany. Another scene of victims' bodies stacked at a concentration camp. French soldiers examine stake where prisoners were tied and executed in the Gestapo headquarters on Paris France. Other views of the Gestapo prison, where victims were buried. Examples of torture devices used to coerce information from prisoners. More views of stacked bodies of victims. Germans carrying bodies from a concentration camp. General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Patton visiting the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. Burned remains of victims. Closeup of General Patton. German officials and citizens confronting horror as they are compelled to walk through the camp. A huge wagon loaded with bodies of the dead. German women appalled and repelled by the sights. Countless numbers of dead victims covering a large courtyard. German citizens compelled to carry body of a victim from the yard. Others carrying bodies of victims. Large numbers of German citizens, seemingly shamed and remorseful at the revelations. A group of German men carrying shovels and others carrying crosses to commence burying the victims appropriately. Men carrying victims bodies in open wooden caskets along a road lined with spectators. Coffins of victims laid out in a cemetery. (Narrator alludes to them never forgetting.) German men gently place covered coffins in a long mass grave.
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