Japanese bombing attack on Chungking (Chongqing), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Population evacuates seeking safety outside the city. Soldiers hide behind a rock. Chinese volunteer soldiers include women. Chinese Guerilla force. Soldiers move field guns and fire them.
Strafing of a small town in Germany. Planes drop bombs and targets burn. Smoke rises from the burning target. (World War II period).
Major General Reinhardt, Commanding General of the 69th Infantry Division, General Berovov, Corps Commander of the Russian 1st Ukranian Army, General Huebner, Commanding General of the 8th Corps and General Rossovsky, Divisional General of the 1st Ukranian Army sitting at a table during a party given by the Russians in honor of first American-Russian meeting at Torgau, Germany. General Baronov and General Reinhardt. General Rossovsky and Russian soldiers. Interpreter translate for American and Russian Generals. General Rossovsky as he lights cigarette. General Huebner sits. Russian and Americans dance in open garden. The flag of Stalingrad presented to the American Corps General, General Huebner and General Rossovsky. (World War II period).
American, Russian and British soldiers near the Elbe River in Torgau Germany. They stand in front of an "East Meets West" sign on the banks of the river. Generals wait to cross Elbe River. General Reinhardt sits in racing scull. General is rowed across Elbe River in racing scull. General with others disembark on opposite shore of river. Sign "East meets West". GIs of 69th Division shakes hands with Russian Red Army soldier. GIs shake hands with Soviet soldiers. (Note: Opening cameraman slate lists date as 2-24-45, but this event is known to have occurred on April 25 - 26, 1945.) (World War II period).
The meeting place of Soviet and American forces in Torgau Germany late in World War 2 in Europe. Russian banner stretched across village street. A banner in Russian and English. Russian soldiers and women of the Red army. American generals talk to Soviet generals. American GI with two Russian soldiers. American officer and two Russian soldiers. American officer shaking hand with Russian soldier. Russian Major as he greets displaced Russian girls.
The Buchenwald concentration camp in Thuringia, Germany. German civilians forced to examine evidence of atrocities walk out of crematorium into courtyard. Civilians visibly disturbed by what they have seen. Some former prisoners watch the civilians walk. Crowd listens to lecturer. People walk through camp. (World War II period).
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