United States and Soviet Union soldiers celebrate their victory as world War 2 comes to an end in Germany. "Elbe Day": Soviet and American soldiers meet at the River Elbe on 25-26 April, 1945. View of Nazi swastika being blown up at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg Germany in 1945. Scenes of celebration in the streets of Paris with French civilians cheering American and French soldiers and celebrating the end of World War 2. French women kiss soldiers. Crowd gathered in Times Square in New York celebrating VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day). Foreign Ministers of fifty nations arrive at San Francisco to sign the United Nations Charter. United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the delegates at the closing ceremony of the conference on June 26, 1946. Ships bring American soldiers back home, including some wounded, after World War 2. Women and families on dock at harbor wave and smile at arriving troop ship with American soldiers returning home. Also seen are soldiers of other countries including Soviet Russian soldiers returning to their families at a train station, with smiling and tearful family reunions. Cemeteries with headstones honoring soldiers who died in the war. Military hardware being scrapped to make peacetime goods. Views of explosive charges being set and military aircraft being blown up for scrap. Piles of scrapped military vehicles. A woman in a factory organizes newly manufactured clothes irons. Workers in a factory perform final assembly on newly manufactured ovens and stoves for homes.
500 Swanky Pets' strut at West Coast Dog Show. A 'Dog town special' arrives carrying a variety of dogs for tenth annual Santa Cruz dog show in Santa Cruz, California. Owners display their dogs.
Weird boat made of junk ready for ocean trip-maybe'. A twenty five feet high and four ton heavy boat made by beachcombers in Fort Bragg, California. A beachcomber climbs onto the boat made by using fifteen thousand rivets picked up from city dump. A propeller on the boat is also seen. Beachcombers hope to sail to Germany in the boat, some day.
Three thousand dogs along with their owners gather to participate in a dog show organized by Morris and Essex Kennel Club in Madison,New Jersey. Owners display their dogs at the show. The best dog in each category wins the award.
Hollywood stars Tom brown, Dorothy Layton, Marion Shilling, June Clyde, Marian Shockley complete a giant jig saw puzzle at Universal City in California. The completed puzzle advertises the film "The Big Cage" starring Anita Page and Clyde Beatty.
Titled 'Sons of Erin march in great parade to honor patron Saint' shows nearly twenty thousand people of Irish descent march through the streets in New York to honor their patron St. Patrick. An American flag flies atop the St. Patrick Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) as a Roman Catholic priest and several officials stand outside it looking at the parade. Policemen control huge crowds along the sidewalks. A dignitary passes by the crowds in a car.
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