Abandoned industrial complex. Factories and warehouses. A Chinese soldier stands near sign reading: "U.N.R.R.A. It Is Belonged To Our Office. No Admittance To Anybody Or Armies To Enter." Damaged buildings in view. Several Americans pick their way through factory Interior which is littered with debris. and human remains. Two of them carry cameras. One, an American military photographer takes pictures. They also inspect huge parts of destroyed factory machinery. Two Americans discuss this and take notes. Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk. Many Chinese persons cook and eat in area containing wooden tables and chairs at edge of large open air marketplace. Food stalls and stalls of medicines in the area. A Nationalist Chinese flag flies from a small building in the area. A large group of Chinese children posing for the camera, with their teacher organizing them. Grownups are in the back of the group. Scene shifts to closeup of another group of Chinese people posing for the camera. View of a barricaded and sand-bagged official building. Two Chinese soldiers march past with shouldered rifles. Two civilians with back packs walk past. Closeup of a Chinese soldier during World War II. Glimpse of two armed soldiers guarding stacks of grain of flour. [Note: this film may contain segments that are unrelated and from different places and times.)
An empty snow-covered courtyard next to an abandoned building with Russian writing on it reading: "СССР и Китад" (USSR and China). A hand cart sits with a carton on it. A low wall extends from the courtyard enclosing what appear to be residential buildings. Laundry is hung on a line to dry, behind one of the houses. View down the snowy street. View, back again to courtyard and building with Russian writing on it. An American Army officer walking through rubble of badly damaged factory during World War II. Another American joins him and they inspect damaged and destroyed heavy machinery. They are joined by several other persons. More views of bombed out buildings.
United States bomber aircraft A-26 Invader in United Kingdom. Several U.S. A-26 Invader aircraft in flight. A-26 aircraft in formation. Clouds in the sky.
United States 8th Air Force Officers parade on a field on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom after the end of World War II. A military band plays before the formation of men. Reviewing officers in foreground. The reviewing party salutes as the marching troops pass by. An officer carries a flag.
British civilians in the streets on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom. Cars and buses move along the streets. A huge crowd on the streets. British civilians sit outside the Buckingham Palace. Several women sit in a group. A child in a pram. Large number of men and women gather on the VE Day.
British civilians in the streets on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom. Cars and buses move along the streets. A huge crowd on the streets. People wave flags. A British soldier sits on a statue. Large number of men and women gather to celebrate the VE Day. A group of men stand in front of an automobile. 'Evening news' written on the automobile. An advertising banner on the street. A huge crowd on the street. People carry British flags. A boy stands in the street. (World War II period).
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