Opening scene shows some German infantry surrendering with hands raised. Next scene shows people thronging Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, on May 8, 1945, when Germany surrendered to end World War II, in Europe. Image of the first atomic explosion (Trinity) on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico, United States. Scene shifts to deck of the U.S. Battleship, USS Missouri, where Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, is seated and signing the instrument of surrender., on September 2, 1945. Closeup profile of General Douglas MacArthur. Another glimpse of Mamoru Shigemitsu signing. Next, MacArthur is seen signing the document. He turns and presents the pen to Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright , who is standing behind him alongside British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival. Brief glimpse of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center with flag appearing to be at half staff and a long awning extending from its entrance to the sidewalk. View of representatives at the first United Nations meeting there . Views of audience in auditorium shows many notables. Closeups of Soviet Ambassador, Andrey Gromyko and Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov.. Next, President Harry S. Truman is seen broadcasting a greeting to the delegates, from the Capitol, Washington, DC, on April 25, 1945. The delegates are seen listening to the broadcast and then applauding.
View from conning tower of the submarine, USS Bowfin, in Apra Harbor, Guam, during World War 2. Officers and crew of the USS Bowfin stand in formation on the foredeck. With his back to the camera, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, stands at a microphone, reading a citation. He then steps forward to decorate Commander Alexander Kelly Tyree with the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Bowfin (SS-287), on the Seventh War Patrol of that submarine during the period 25 January 1945 to 25 March 1945. Admiral Nimitz then proceeds to decorate other officers and sailors of the Bowfin, as Navy photographers take photographs. The Admiral with two officers and a sailor hold hand salutes a while as the ceremony is finishing. Admiral Nimitz then steps from the Bowfin, across another submarine docked next to it, and down to his launch. He salutes, as the launch pulls away. (Another view of Nimitz stepping into his launch is inserted here, as well.) Glimpse of the officers back on the Bowfin. (Note: Commander Tyree subsequently received a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Navy Cross, following the War Patrol of the Bowfin from 29 May 1945 to 4 July 1945.)
Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran and his family at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Queen Fawzia and their three-year-old daughter Shahnaz Pahlavi strolling in the palace grounds. Trees lined on side of the road. The daughter plays with their pet Pekingese dog. The Iranian Royal family poses for a photograph.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran visits the United States. Motorcade of Shah of Iran driving over the Bear Mountain Bridge, in New York and arrives at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point. Artillery fire in salute. U.S. troops standing in attention with flags of U.S. and Iran. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and U.S. officer salute. Shah Pahlavi gets out of car and is greeted by U.S. General. Shah Pahlavi and escorting General officer enter into building. Shah Pahlavi and the General review parade of the cadets at West Point. Shah Pahlavi shakes hands with West Point cadets, and then enters car and his motorcade drives away.
The Imperial Iranian Navy in Iran. Imperial Iranian Navy marines with machine guns in patrol swift boats. A machine gun pointing upwards. View of the Imperial Iranian Navy destroyer. Iranian marines wearing life vests rush to their positions on board. A gunner adjusts naval artillery. A marine brings an artillery shell. Naval gun crew fire anti-aircraft gun. Marine viewing the target from artillery stand. The artillery officer gives out order to fire. Marines use binoculars to view the Persian Gulf. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, speaks about the role of the Imperial Iranian Navy in helping Iran’s independence and modernization. An English dubbing translates the Shah’s comments. The Shah speaks in French.
United States politician W. Averell Harriman and Mrs. Harriman sit with Iranian officer. Harriman and Henry Grady with escorts. Harriman ascends steps into building followed by Grady. Iranian flag on the building. Harriman and Grady greet Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Harriman and Vernon Walters confer with Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran. Harriman and Grady walk by American flag flying from flagpole in garden.
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