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Allied American, British and Soviet leaders during the Malta and Yalta Conference.

The Malta Conference in Malta, January - February 1945. The Malta fortification, building and towers. A plane taxis on the Luqa Airport on the island. General Woods, Smith, Marshall and Brehon B. Somervell deplane in Malta. Major General C.P. Woods shakes hands. Lt. General Walter B. Smith met by British Air Commander Whitney Strait. Ambassador W. Abel Hellemen with Major General F. M. Andersen. Arrival of Admiral Ernest J.King at the airport. Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theater. Admiral Andrew and B. Cunningham greet each other. General George C. Marshall steps off a plane. General Brehon B. Somervell greets England's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. On February 2, 1945 an American warship arrives with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is saluted by the British Prime Minister Churchill. Sailors on deck. View of the Montgomery House. Combined meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff at the Montgomery House. The chiefs are seated around a table, military plans agreed upon. A wall map in the background. Delegates leave for another conference. Policemen control the crowds on either sides of a street. A Russian airport near Yalta in the Crimea. A transport plane lands at the airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Allied leaders outside a tent. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off the plane. UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. The flags of three countries fly over the field: US, UK and Soviet Union. Secretary of State outside the tent. Harry Hopkins arrives. Prime Minister Churchill gets off a UK plane. Kremlin Guards form the guard of honor. Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by Russian reception committee. Daughters of Roosevelt and Churchill talk All the delegates around the transport plane. Delegates salute during the national anthem. British Prime Minister and U.S. President inspect the guard of honor after the national anthem. Kremlin Guards march past in review. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033669
Major John Vassos talks to recruit at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt (WW2)

Animated map shows the spread of Nazism in Europe during World War II. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters and Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt. Also known as the “Spy School” the training center is a lavish royal palace known as the “Ras el Kanayas”. Colonel Toolman and the OSS Middle East theater staff planning special missions for the penetration of the Balkan region. Colonel reads a map on the table. Other staff members beside him read reports. A large map of Europe is seen behind the OSS staff. OSS Schools and Training Commanding Officer Major John Vassos screens a candidate during recruitment. Major John Vassos hands over a list of requirements to the candidate.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079976
A convoy of U.S. LSTs underway in the Mediterranean Sea prior to the invasion of Gela, Sicily during World War II.

A convoy of U.S. LSTs (Landing Craft Tank) underway in the Mediterranean Sea is heading for Gela, Sicily during World War II. Loading and unloading of an LST on a coast. A truck is loaded aboard the LST. Army equipment on its deck. U.S. troops on the deck of the ship. Four ships in the convoy. Two LSTs going toward the shore.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060795
Allied planes drop bombs on the Pantelleria Island for invasion in Mediterranean Sea.

Allied planes drop bombs on the Pantelleria Island in Mediterranean Sea. A map shows the Italian island. Airplane in flight. Other airplanes in flight nearby. They drop bombs on the island. High altitude view of the Island and the bombarding. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028520
Atlantic Allied convoys attacked by enemy submarines in the Mediterranean Sea.

Allied convoys underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Sailors aboard the ships. Animated diagram illustrates the movement of submarines. Torpedoed Allied tankers in view. Smoke due to explosion. The sailors jump into water as the tankers are attacked. Naval officers confer about the preparations for supply to be received by the convoy. Naval intelligence obtains information that submarines are heading towards a projected convoy route. The port Commander advances the departure time. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053518
The GIs in a United States Landing Ship Tank prepare their guns in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II.

Soldiers in a United States Landing Ship Tank in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II A vessel in the ocean. GIs on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. A vessel seen at a distance. U.S. flag on the stern of the Landing Ship Tank. Soldiers near the stern. Soldiers prepare the Anti Aircraft guns. Four vessels seen at a distance in the ocean. Hills and mountains in view. Two soldiers in the vessel, one of them preparing the bullets to be loaded in the gun. The calm ocean water. A vessel seen at a distance.

Date: 1943, July 10
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054776