Russian and American troops meet in Germany during World War II. Russian and American soldiers talk. American Major-General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General of the 69th Division with his Russian counterpart, Major-General Vladimir V. Rusakov, Commanding Officer of the 58th Guards Division and American and Russian troops march on road. General Emil and General Rusakov talk as they march. US, Russian, and British flags on display.
Germany in ruins after the end of World War II. Aerial views of skeleton buildings and rubble in Leipzig. Industrial Magdeburg is destroyed by dive bombers of the U.S. Tactical Air Forces. The huge Krupp tank factory is destroyed. Partially finished tanks on an assembly line. The stone swastika is replaced with stars and stripes. U.S. troops ( Yank troops ) blast a surrounding stone swastika. A huge rallying stadium serves as a parade ground for the yank troops.
U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower cites G.I. Joe in the United States. General Eisenhower credits Allied Generals with genius, but states that the real hero of the war is G.I. Joe Albergo and his buddies in other armed services of the Allies in World War II.
The Iwo Jima flag 7th War Loan drive in Washington DC during World War II. The 7th War Loan drive is underway. Famed Iwo Jima flag raising survivors and heroes, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes stand together outside the U.S. Capitol. Guards stand at attention. Gagnon, Bradley and Hayes raise a flag of the Unites States above the U.S. Capitol to kick off the load drive. The military personnel salute the flag. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., speaks telling American people of the urgency of buying war bonds.
Americans celebrate the news of victory over Germany and prepare for continued war against Japan in World War II. Happy Boeing employees celebrate news of victory over Germany in Seattle, Washington. Hundreds of Boeing workers wheel out a giant B-29 bomber from an aircraft production hangar with a large sign "On To Tokyo" draped on its side. The Boeing workers stand in a group and wave and cheer. One worker is even seated atop the highest gun turret on the aircraft during the celebration. The shining dome of the U.S. Capitol building is once again lit up for the first time following a period of darkness during nightly brownout procedures in Washington DC. Also the neon lights in Times Square in New York City are turned on again with the lifting of night darkness regulations, many signs of theaters, shops and businesses are seen lit up again. New York residents and some uniformed US Navy sailors are seen celebrating in the streets of New York on V-E day (Victory in Europe). A US Navy sailor with a pretend Hitler mustache is hoisted in the air. The torch and full structure of the Statue of Liberty is lighted again in New York for the first time, following a long period of darkness.
A typical day in an aircraft carrier task force of the U.S. Navy during a mission of finding Japanese invaders in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese aircraft carriers and cargo ships at sea, carrying war equipment. Aircraft in flight over water. An animated map shows bombarding at Sapan, Guam, Yap and Palau. Bombardment and explosions. A team of the aircraft carrier task force at the deck of the ship and prepares for the take off of U.S. aircraft from the carrier. A pilot in a cockpit. The aircraft take off from the carrier and bomb Manila. Smoke at a distance. An aerial view of Manila city. Another group of U.S. aircraft in flight and strafe Japanese ships.
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