Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. A group of British military officers, members of British Physical Damage Team, examine damages by atomic explosion. Officers visit the destroyed Nagasaki Prison at approx 1000 feet distance from the ground zero. Officers examine effects of immense heat from explosion, on a discolored steel piece found in debris. Team of British officers, one of them smokes a pipe. Members of British delegation are shown in close ups: Captain W.N. Thomas, Professor of Engineering at Cardiff College, who led the team; Flight Lt. H. Elder; Squadron leader R.G. Whitehead; Squadron Leader J.B. Hawker; Special Duty Officer O.C. Young.
Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. Australian Forces during an oath take ceremony. Troops lined up at parade grounds in front of their barracks. Bugler stands in front of flag pole and another soldier hoists the flag. The Australian flag hoisted at the ceremony. Troops march with their rifles.
Training regarding relief and rebuilding works in Germany and Japan by United States Army, after World War II. Narrator discussing adoption of American inventions for use against America and allies. German U-boats operating under seawaters bring destruction to a ship. American Wright brothers with their invented airplane. London burning after blitz raids by German aircraft during World War 2. Atomic bomb explosion over Japanese city of Nagasaki and mushroom cloud seen from the air. Also view of Trinity blast in New Mexico - the first U.S. atomic test. The atomic cloud rises high and vast in the sky. Narrator warning against the perils of a third world war.
The converted mess hall in Karlshorst, outside Berlin where signing of the German surrender takes at the conclusion of World War 2. British delegation arrives and take their seats. Flags of United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain at the meeting hall. Nazi delegation arrives and takes their seats at the side of a table. Nazi officials Field Marshal Keitel, Colonel Stumpff and Admiral Friedeburg sign the document. Lord Tedder, General Spaatz and Marshal Zhukov sign the document.
Views of the signature page on the German surrender document, ending World War II in Europe. Scenes of devastation in Berlin with many buildings and bridges reduced to rubble, including the Reichstag building. A victory parade in Moscow, Russia after signing of Nazi surrender. Victory parade by military troops in Moscow. Troops march with rifles, salute Josef Stalin and others on review stand. Huge crowd gathered singing victory hymns. Soviet citizens cheer and present bouquets to Russian soldiers and lift them. Women laugh. Fireworks at night in Moscow to celebrate the victory.
Italian civilians celebrate the execution of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini during World War II. Dead bodies of Benito Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci and other confederates such as Alessandro Pavolini, Achille Starace and Nicola Bombacci lie on Piazzale Loreto in Milan, Italy. A large crowd gathers to view bodies of Mussolini and his mistress. Partisans and police guards try to keep the angry crowd away from dead bodies using water fire hose. Partisans stand around bodies while crowd press at their backs. Crowd attempts to view the bodies.
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