President Franklin D. Roosevelt cuts his vacation short and returns to the mainland United States to visit a dentist. President Roosevelt on board ship USS Potomac (AG-25) sailing to Miami, Florida. President Roosevelt standing holding the arm of his son (likely James or Elliott). President Roosevelt and entourage in a car in motorcade, crowd at the side of road waving to him. President at railway station, surrounded by a huge gathering in Miami, as train pulls away from station.
Japanese envoy and delegation board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister of Japan, General Yoshijiro Umezu and other Japanese staff on the deck of USS Missouri. Japanese General signing the surrender document. Russian General Derevyanko, General Sir Thomas Blamey from Australia, Colonel Moore Cosgrave General Jacques P. Leclerc of France and Admiral Cel Helfrich from Netherland signs the peace treaty concluding with General MacArthur from United States.
Airplanes in flight over USS (United States Ship) Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Views of the battle ship in sea, various navy aircrafts and B-29 aircrafts can be seen flying. (World War II period).
Airplanes in flight over USS (United States Ship) Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, Japan at end of World War II. Views of the battle ship in sea, various U.S. Navy aircraft and B-29 aircraft can be seen flying. Sailors on gun deck of Missouri, small crafts going through water. Japanese officials arrive, Sailors standing in attention, General Douglas MacArthur arrives on deck, person speaks on microphone.
An American horse platoon in West Berlin. United States soldiers on horseback along the Budapester Strasse in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The American platoon crosses the Herkulesbrücke (“Hercules bridge” in English) near Lützowplatz over the Landwehrkanal in Schöneberger Vorstadt (present day part of the Tiergarten district) in Berlin. Buildings in Lützowplatz are destroyed. Soldiers and civilians crossing the bridge during a rainy day. People using umbrellas as they cross the bridge. A car crosses the bridge. People walking around destroyed buildings in Lützowplatz.
1st May 1960: top officials turn out for a communist rally in Havana. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, National Bank President Ernesto Che Guevara and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado address the rally. They denounce the United States in their speeches. Girls with rifles. Officers, young boys and girls in the rally. People wave the Cuban flag. Soldiers on a tank. Police officers on motorcycles.
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