German Declaration of War against the 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.
The United States General Dwight Eisenhower gives a message in United States during World War II. He sits on a chair. Several documents and articles lay in front of him on the table. The British and United States flags in background. He urges for the purchase of war bonds.
Crowds surround Soviet Red Army soldiers heading toward the Polish front following rising tensions that finally broke into open war (the Polish-Soviet war) in 1919. Red Army soldiers march across Red Square, in Moscow, Russia. The Kremlin and St. Basil's cathedral are seen in background. People carry various banners. A military band leads a contingent of soldiers in a parade along a street, followed by soldiers literally marching under a banner of "Communism." Elsewhere, on Red Square, people are assembled and hold banners. Scene shifts to Voskresenskaya Square (now Revolution Square) where huge crowd is gathered around the Memorial to Marx and Engels, which is placarded with a sign and surrounded by several persons holding large flags aloft. Camera pans across the square where people seem to be enjoying the festivities.
The first preliminary trial of Nazi war criminals following end of World War II in Europe. Norwegian leader Vidkun Quisling is tried for high treason in Oslo, Norway. Men are seated during the trial. Vidkun Quisling sits during the hearing. View of the Norwegian ship "Patria" which is now Allied headquarters, in Flensburg, Northern Germany. On May 9, 1945, the Allies arrest all elements of the German shadow government at Flensburg. German prisoners march near the harbor. Ships in the background. High German officials are arrested. Two German Navy officers and a non-uniformed official (who has the appearance of a Hitler doppelganger) stand with their hands behind their heads. Exterior view of Castle at Flensburg. Inside lies the body of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, after he committed suicide. Picture of Admiral Doenitz, on wall above the body. Colonel General Alfred Jodl, leaving the Germany Army Headquarters at Flensburg, as he is taken into custody. Exterior view of German shadow government headquarters at Flensburg. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, successor to Hitler, is taken into custody. Doenitz and Jodl, are escorted by Allied armed guards, through a tunnel in the Flensburg compound. View of house in Luneberg, Germany, where Nazi SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, commits suicide after his arrest by British soldiers. View of cyanide poison pills taken from Himmler, before he succeeded in taking one he had hidden in his mouth. Body of Himmler.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. Two United States helicopters in flight, Vietnam. U.S. troops fire during Vietnam War. Men sit in front of wrecked buildings in Vietnam. Dead Vietnamese and United States soldiers. Vietnamese civilians. A view of United States soldiers posted in Vietnam. Richard Nixon promises the end of Vietnam War during presidential campaign.
People sell newspapers in London, England as World War II looms in Europe. Placard read 'What Hitler said', and 'Hitler's Demand'. A view of streets in London. People buy newspapers. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. Vehicular traffic on streets. Buses and streetcars pass by. Shops in the background. Crowd at Charing Cross Station. People carry posters. Posters read 'stop this War'. Pedestrians cross streets. Members of British Union of Fascists sell their newspaper 'Action'. People buy newspaper at the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange.
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