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President Harry S. Truman announces surrender of Germany in World War II. Crowds celebrate in streets of Manhattan
VE Day (Victory in Europe) May 8, 1945. From the White House, in Washington DC, President Truman announces that Germany has surrendered, bringing World War 2 in Europe to an end. Americans are seen celebrating the good news in the streets of downtown, Manhattan, New York City. Crowds on Wall Street and cheering on steps and in front of statue of George Washington at Federal Hall. Ticker tape falls on Wall Street. View of Trinity Church between tall buildings. Cheering crowd fills Times Square. Many in the crowd are soldiers, sailors and other military servicemen in uniform. American flags are seen on buildings and some carried by people in the crowd.
The U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt takes the oath of office at the White House, Washington DC (WW2)
United States President Franklin Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House, Washington DC during World War II. 7000 guests arrive for the 1945 inauguration. Snow covered land. Wounded soldiers from the nearby hospital are invited as guests. Crowd lines up in the backyard of White House. President Roosevelt's grandchildren stand at stairs with Harry Hopkins. Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Mrs Stimson, Secretary of Navy James Forrestal and Mrs Forrestal, Secretary Harold Ickes, Chief Justice of United States Harlan Stones, Admiral of fleet Ernst King, General George Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and his wife among the guests. Vice President Wallace swears Harry Truman. President Roosevelt states in his inaugural address that they will get victory in war.
Trial of Vidkun Quisling in Oslo and German leaders surrender in Germany at end of World War 2.
The first preliminary trial of Nazi war criminals following end of World War II in Europe. Norwegian leader Vidkun Quisling is tried for high treason in Oslo, Norway. Men are seated during the trial. Vidkun Quisling sits during the hearing. View of the Norwegian ship "Patria" which is now Allied headquarters, in Flensburg, Northern Germany. On May 9, 1945, the Allies arrest all elements of the German shadow government at Flensburg. German prisoners march near the harbor. Ships in the background. High German officials are arrested. Two German Navy officers and a non-uniformed official (who has the appearance of a Hitler doppelganger) stand with their hands behind their heads. Exterior view of Castle at Flensburg. Inside lies the body of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, after he committed suicide. Picture of Admiral Doenitz, on wall above the body. Colonel General Alfred Jodl, leaving the Germany Army Headquarters at Flensburg, as he is taken into custody. Exterior view of German shadow government headquarters at Flensburg. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, successor to Hitler, is taken into custody. Doenitz and Jodl, are escorted by Allied armed guards, through a tunnel in the Flensburg compound. View of house in Luneberg, Germany, where Nazi SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, commits suicide after his arrest by British soldiers. View of cyanide poison pills taken from Himmler, before he succeeded in taking one he had hidden in his mouth. Body of Himmler.
Russian feature film reenacting Soviet forces advancing in Germany and a German civilian family prepares to leave their house
From a Russian feature film "Meeting on the Elbe" (dubbed in Korean). Reenactment of the "East Meets West" meeting of the American and Russian soldiers at the River Elbe near Torgau Germany on April 25, 1945. Reenactment : A burning house. Smoke rising from the house. Russian troops in tanks move along the road in front of the house. The interiors of the house of a German civilian. The damaged interiors of the house. The German civilian rushes with his baggage. A Russian soldier behind the civilian. The civilian sits in a chair with the baggage. A girl and a boy beside the man sitting in the chair. A man in the room talks to the soldier. The civilian with the woman and the boy beside him. A soldier outside the entrance gate to the house as Russian forces take over the German town. (World War II period).
Reenactment of the activities of American and Russian troops after they meet on the River Elbe, near the end of World War II.
From a Russian feature film "Meeting on the Elbe" (dubbed in Korean). Reenactment depicts meeting of the American 69th Infantry division and Russian soldiers at the River Elbe near Torgau Germany on April 25 and April 26, 1945. Reenactment : An American soldier meets a Russian soldier on the shore of Elbe river and the soldiers talk. A tank behind the soldiers. The soldiers sit down and the American soldier takes out a dollar note and scribbles on the note. A bridge over the River Elbe as the raised spans meet and come into place. The Russian troops stand in a line on the bridge. Two of the soldiers holding flags. A banner being displayed on the bridge across the river. An American officer and a Russian officer shake hands. The American officer reviews the troops. The band plays. The soldiers stand in a line. The officers salute and walk past the troops. The American soldier and the Russian soldier on the shore of the river. The officers salute. American tanks with troops move. The American officer views the soldiers through binoculars. Soldiers standing behind the American officer. The officers converse looking at a document. An American officer in a room inside a building. A crowd outside the building. The officer looks at the crowd through the window of the building. Another officer enters the room and approaches the American officer. The American officer hands over a symbolic key to the other officer and both men converse.
Reenactment of the activities at Russian occupation headquarters in German city at the end of World War II.
From a Russian feature film "Meeting on the Elbe" depicting East Meets West meeting of the American and Russian soldiers at the River Elbe in Germany on April 25 and April 26, 1945. The film is dubbed in Korean. Reenactment: The interiors of Russian occupation headquarters in a German city perhaps intended to be Torgau. An American officer talks to the Russian officer in the headquarters. Two nuns stand beside them and listen to the conversation. The American officer moves over and picks up the telephone and speaks over the telephone. The nuns and the Russian officer watch the American officer. The Russian officer sits down at the table and writes on a paper. The American officer leaves and the nuns bow to the officer. A woman in a bicycle approaches the American officer. The woman speaks to the officer. Other men and women move about in the headquarters. The American officer talks to a group of men. The officer talks to a couple of men. A Russian guard stands behind. The American officer outside a door to an office room.
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