Officials meet at Heston Aerodrome in London, England. Prime Minister Chamberlain arrives by car and enters airport building. Large crowd gathers. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain moves through cheering crowd to board airplane. He speaks briefly to the crowd before boarding. People cheer. Prime Minister enters plane. Plane taxis and takes off.
Plane parked at Heston Aerodrome in London, England. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain shakes hand with officials as he boards the airplane. People wave hats as Prime Minister's plane departs. Photographers stand with their cameras.
Depicts the signing of Franco-Nazi Peace Pact (Franco-German Declaration) in Paris. A steam engine train arrives at a railway station in Paris. Joachim Von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister moves out of the train. French Foreign Minister George Bonett and other officials welcome him. The two ministers and other officials at Elysee Palace for signing the Non Aggression Treaty. Ribbentrop and Bonett sign the treaty as a step towards European peace. Some ambient room noise in background.
A review of significant events that occurred in the year 1945. Scenes from fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President. Wide view of snow covered lawn of the White House, and guards positioned on the south White House lawn. View of President Roosevelt as he is sworn in as President of the United States, on the south portico of the White House due to wartime austerity measures, on January 20, 1945. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin pose at the Yalta Conference. Death of Roosevelt in April 1945. Burial procession and funeral ceremony of Franklin Roosevelt. Men and women weeping. An African American woman waves her handkerchief as she mourns. Wreath on grave of President Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman sworn in as U.S. President on April 12, 1945. Surrender of the Germans signed by General Jodl and General W.B. Smith in Reims, France. Representatives of Russia, Britain, France and United States at the surrender. General Dwight Eisenhower smiles.
Documentary about significant events of the year 1945. German dictator Adolf Hitler visits German hospitals. He talks to and asks well being of Nazi soldiers. The famous Nuremberg trials of the Nazi leaders. Prominent Nazi leaders Hermann Goering, Speer and others facing the trial in a Court of justice. The United Nations Conference with delegates from various nations. Delegates sign the UN Charter.
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin addresses the people of the Soviet Union during World War II. Men, women, and children listen to the speakers broadcasting the speech made by Stalin. “This war is not an ordinary war! It is the war of the entire Russian people.” the narrator translates Stalin’s speech. A printing press prints Russian newspapers. Man distributes newspapers. Russian men riding horses. Patriotic Russian men marching into a town to enlist in the war effort. Women plastering Soviet propaganda posters. Women and children trained for military tactics. A short-haired Russian woman tests a rifle. Boys use pickaxes in mining. A woman joins the Soviet Army. A female factory worker works with a lathe. An elderly Russian man harvesting wheat. A locomotive train driving. A woman piloting a ship. Women driving tractors. Women carry large sacks on their backs. Russian soldiers taking a metal bedframe. Farmers raising cattle. Houses, factories, and other infrastructure destroyed by fire and dynamite by Russians themselves. View of the Dniepropetrovsk dam in Ukraine. Russians blow up the Dniepropetrovsk Hydroelectric Station to prevent it from falling to Nazi hands. A woman torches her house. Farmers produce in fields. An old man with rifle watches sky for Nazi bombers. Burning houses and villages due to Soviet scorched earth policies. Guerrilla units trained and they march. Guerrilla soldiers with rifles. Men and women Soviet guerrilla soldiers talking. Soviet men hide in the bush. Guerrilla soldiers push down a telegraph post. A burning train. Guerrilla fighters shoot down German soldier. A burning oil depot. Exploding Nazi installations such as bridges, buildings, and warehouses. Russian guerrilla soldiers fire with machine guns. Animated map depicting Nazi German forces stopping outside Moscow. The Kremlin in Moscow. Fresh reserves of the Soviet Red Army march in Moscow.
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