A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Officers and enlisted men work in a U.S. joint communication center. Men work on papers and typewriters. Stenographic Secretary, U.S. Joint Chief of Staff, Secretariat, Navy and Army personnel transcribe and type notes of the conference. Colonel C. R. Peck and Lieutenant Colonel W.W. Chapman, Jr. in the office of Secretariat.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral George Emery arrives at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. Views of officers arriving at the airport. U.S. Army General Walter Bedell Smith speaking to other officers. A sign board on a building in the background reads 'Allied Air Terminal, Luqa'. Several army personnel in front of the building. An army general salutes and disembarks from an aircraft. He walks with another officer. A photographer taking pictures. The officers talking on the airfield. Several officers in the background.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman disembarking from an aircraft at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. Ambassador Harriman talking to an official standing beside the aircraft. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and another officer. The officers talking beside an aircraft. Ambassador Harriman with Major General F. M. Anderson Deputy Commander USSTAF (United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe) and other officers. Several officers beside an aircraft in the background.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall disembarking from an aircraft at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. He salutes and is greeted by British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson. Officials and military officers shaking hands and talking in the background. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden talking and laughing. Several officers in the background. Foreign Secretary Eden walking away followed by an officer.
Scenes of Malta during World War 2. Navy warships passing by docks of harbor with city behind. Scenes of devastated buildings from Axis bombing. Bombing of city of Malta underway. A convoy fighting off Italian aircraft during air raid on the island. Civilians gathered at an air raid shelter for protection during the bombing. Man outside the shelter operates a hand cranked siren to signal the "All clear" after the bombing raid ends. Civilians depart the shelter. British soldiers in a field helping to grow farm crops. Scene of a pig and its piglets being tended by soldiers.
Animated map of Malta and its neighboring countries. Various animated routes to Malta. Scenes of ships in sea. A man sees through binoculars. Bombings on the city. Firing by anti-aircraft gun. Italian bomber aircrafts in air. An antiaircraft gun shoots an Italian aircraft. The aircraft crashes into sea. Firing going on at night. Scenes of damaged ships. A van lifted up to a ship. Food stock in sacks. British flag atop a building. (World War II period).
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