The President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation in the United States. President Roosevelt advocates National Conscription (military draft) for material reasons and for reasons of morale. He defends the principles of the Atlantic Charter. He summons the United Nations to protect their own sanctity and that of small nations as well. Men wearing head phones listen to the speech.
An open auction in France. View of the mansion owned by politician Pierre Laval in World War II. Earlier footage of Pierre Laval descending exterior stairs of the mansion. Sign reads “Imprimeries Mont-Louis”. Pierre Laval in his office walking toward a desk and being seated behind the desk. French newspaper announcing the auction of Laval's assets. People in attendance at the auction of the estate and belongings of France's traitor Pierre Laval. A painting is shown at the auction.
Industries of the Germans on a Parisian subway in France are dismantled to restore transit duty. People walk on a street. A train pulls in at a tube station. Men dismantle machinery used by the Germans during World War II. Men break up railway lines and concrete roads. They push a trolley loaded with concrete blocks.
Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. Brief view of New York Stock Exchange trading floor. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need in World War II (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
Ruins in Berlin, Germany near end of World War II, during Battle of Berlin. A U.S. jeep rolls past Soviet Russian officers in rubbled Berlin. A line of horse drawn wagons on a street. An old women is carried on a stretcher through debris, with Brandenburg Gate in background. Soviet soldiers smile and talk standing near wrecked buildings. A man rides a horse drawn wagon. White flags fly from wrecked buildings. Wrecked monuments and buildings. A burning building with flames seen through windows. Burned sign boards ripped down on a street. Civilians dig through rubble. Russian, British and U.S. soldiers mingle in the streets. A soviet soldier smokes a cigarette and plays music on an accordion as an American soldier listens.
Group of U.S. soldiers wave American flag to stop a U.S. Military Police jeep. A Sergeant gets out of the jeep and greets the GIs. He then gives each of them a carton of cigarettes. Remainder of the scenes show Soviet occupation forces and Berliners subject to Soviet authority. A Soviet woman soldier directing traffic. Russian soldiers pose for pictures in front of the Victory Column in Berlin. View of the golden winged victory statue on top of the column. Three pillars displaying pictures of Stalin and two other Soviet leaders. Soviet soldiers walking near the Brandenburg Gate. Several quiet streets. Elderly German citizens sitting on a bench in front of a granite memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm I. A street filled with destroyed cars, broken buildings and rubble everywhere. Several German citizens struggle to move a laden wooden wagon. A Russian woman soldier directs traffic. Local citizens queue up for water. They read a paper posted with a message from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. A line of citizens passing bricks to help with rebuilding.
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