The Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in Germany right after liberation by the British 11th Armored Division, near the end of World War Two. British medical officers treat the liberated prisoners. The sick prisoners lie on hospital beds. The prisoners are treated with insecticides. Children receive medical attention and care. Camp Commandant, Josef Kramer, seen under guard by armed British soldier, Jeremiah Mehigan. The Belsen camp is destroyed by British troops using a Wasp Carrier flamethrower, as former prisoners and British troops watch.
Soviet resources and preparation for World War II. Troops march on streets in Soviet Russia. Tanks and trucks move across a field. A locomotive moves on railway track. Cannons on field. Planes in flight. Newspaper printed. Men read newspapers. Women dig trenches with shovels. Women listen as a man speaks on a street. Women wear bands on arms and do medical work. Men work in factories. Equipment in factories. Ships on harbor and oil fields in Russia. Russian leader Joseph Stalin in view. Small craft in water. Naval guns and planes in flight.
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads:"Conners for Congress.Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings,and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist and his patient; school boys; and politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their politcal parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.
Adolf Hitler in Vienna, Austria around time of the Anschluss. Hitler stands in open car. A huge crowd gathered at Heldenplatz. Adolf Hitler gets out of the car. The crowd cheers. German military officers salute him with traditional right-hand salute, while SS officers, in black, give Nazi salute. Army officer, officially greeting Hitler, salutes in standard military manner, while Hitler extends Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with him and converses at length, after which, the officer, again, salutes traditionally, while Hitler extends arm in Nazi salute. (Throughout, German Army officers are seen rendering traditional hand salute, while SS officers, in black uniforms, give Nazi salutes.) Nazi flags hung from the buildings.Hitler reviews the troops. Large memorial wreath shown with Officers attending. Hitler participates in wreath-laying at the Austrian War Memorial near the Burgtor of the Hofburg (HabsburgPalace). Accompanied by an SS officer, Hitler converses with civilian officials. View of enthusiastic young women spectators.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returns back to India after unsuccessful talks in Britain. Mahatma Gandhi urges for non-violent war against British rule. A ship at harbor. Mahatma Gandhi surrounded by Indian citizens. People walk with him. He addresses the crowd. Crowd cheers. A sign on a building reads 'Central Prison'. People walk into the prisons. Policemen stand near the gate of the prison.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš and Czech Minister Jaroslav Stránský at Hotel Crillon in Paris, France, at beginning of World War 2. President Edvard Beneš stands in the balcony of an apartment in the hotel with Štefan Osuský. Czech Generalissimo Jan Sergěj Ingr talks to President Edvard Beneš. They consult a map. Place de la Concorde in background. The obelisk is protected by sandbags.
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