British war brides being reunited with their husbands (former United States Army soldiers) at a reception center in New York City, after their arrival by ship from England after World War II. Identification tags can be seen on wives and children. The families crowd the sidewalk to claim their luggage as it is unloaded from a truck. U.S. Army officers help the couples to find their luggage.
German Declaration of War on United States in World War II. Nazi flags hung from building in Germany. German troops lined on roadside. German officers march. A huge crowd cheers. Adolf Hitler seated with German legislators in the Reichstag. Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler gives a speech declaring operations against England, the Soviet Union, and the United States. German leaders seated near him.
British Admiral, John Cronyn Tovey, arrives in a closed launch,manned by sailors, and is piped aboard a battleship off the coast of England. He is greeted, on board, by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Forbes. After shaking hands with the ship's officers, Admiral Forbes descends the ship's ladder and enters his launch, which is seen heading back to shore. Admiral Tovey and officers of the ship's company pose for pictures. The Union Jack is replaced by a White Ensign on ship's mast, in preparation for getting underway.
A man fits a hidden camera into the basket of his bicycle, in England. Several other men stand near him. A man hands him bottles and groceries which he uses to cover the hide the camera in the basket. The men ride cycles along a road. Shops in the street. Pedestrians, cars and other cyclists in the background. The man pulls on a small string to make the camera take pictures while he rides. (Showing a method of surveillance and reconnaissance during World War 2)
Nuremberg Trials. All present are standing as Panel of judges enters the chamber and takes their seats. Flags of several nations behind them. Rudolf Hess Deputy to Adolf Hitler, is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The judges of the Nuremberg Trials sit. United States flag in the background. Attorneys and translators don headsets with microphones. The defendant Rudolf Hess is seated in the dock alone. Judge ask about reference to a medical report. Hess speaks to his attorney about it. Rudolf Hess is asked about his "forgetfulness" about the period before his flight to England. His ability to properly participate in his trial and defense is put in question.
Ceremony in Berling, Germany. British Army General Sir Ian Hamilton meets German President Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff (aka Paul von Hindenburg) and receives the the drums of Second Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, that Germans retrieved from Belgium, in World War I. President Hindenburg wears his uniform of German Marshal. General Hamilton is accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Robert McClintock, Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. German Colonel, Oskar von Hindenburg, stands with British Military Attache, Berlin, Colonel Andrew Thorne, and Lieutenant Colonel McClintock, behind the drums. General Ian Hamilton poses. Second Battalion,Gordon Highlanders, on parade in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. General Hamilton salutes as he reviews the Battalion. Lieutenant McClintock, Battalion Commander, stands at attention, behind him.
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