British Royal Navy sailors point to brass sign on the HMS Swiftsure while docking in Shanghai, China. Brass letters reading “SWIFTSURE”. View of HMS Swiftsure with British Navy flag. British Royal Navy sailor polish the brass letters “SWIFTSURE”. British Royal Navy officers salute as British Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser greets Dr. Weiching Williams Yen (also known as Yan Huiqing), former Premier of the Republic of China and the first Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, onboard the HMS Swiftsure. Dr. Weiching Williams Yen socializes with Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser and another British Navy officer. Dr. Weiching Williams Yen poses with Admiral Sir Fraser and unnamed British Navy officer. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaks with Times correspondent, Waldo Drake, onboard.
Chinese University students stage a demonstration calling for the early withdrawal of Russian forces from Manchuria in front of the Consulate-General of the Soviet Union after World War II. The students gather outside the Soviet consulate in Hongkou District, Shanghai (20 Huangpu Rd, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China). Nationalist Chinese flags wave during student demonstration outside Soviet consulate. Student leaders shouting, addressing the crowd. Students march during demonstration from Soviet Consulate-General toward Garden Bridge. Students march during demonstration in Shanghai.
Student demonstration in front of the Consulate-General of the Soviet Union in Hongkou District, Shanghai (20 Huangpu Rd, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China). Facing the Consulate is the Astor House Hotel (15 Huangpu Lu, Shanghai). Student demonstrators display nationalist banners in Chinese and the flag of the Republic of China. Student demonstrators raise their fists as leaders shout and lead the crowd. Chinese student leader shouts at fellow demonstrators while hanging on window railing of the Consulate-General. Student demonstrators cheer and raise their fists up. Another student leader reads a speech in front of demonstration. Demonstrators in front of Consulate-General of the Soviet Union entrance. Student demonstrators shout and raise their fists up in front of Soviet Consulate.
Baker nuclear test (part of Operations Crossroads) detonates 21-kiloton bomb MK III, “Helen of Bikini”, on Aomoen Island (Bikini Atoll). A clock is seen on the lower right side of the screen. Baker target ships for the explosion (such as the USS Saratoga) are docked on Bikini Atoll. The Baker test detonates 90 feet (27 m) underwater, halfway to the bottom in water 180 feet (55 m) deep. A column of hot gas bubble forms after detonation. Thicker clouds of hot gas falls, covering Bikini Atoll and ships. Lower clouds around the area dissipates.
Jewish testimony at the Nuremberg trials at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) after World War II. Famous Lithuanian Jewish poet and witness Abraham Sutzkever (Avrom Sutzkever) gives his Holocaust testimony to the tribunal. Sutzkever testifies against Franz Murer (also known as the “Butcher of Vilnius”), for murdering his mother Rayne Sutzkever and infant son. He recounts his experience living in Vilna Ghetto for two years before escaping with his wife to join the partisans in Lithuania. Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence and Justice Francis Biddle taking down notes at their bench. Justices, court stenographers and other personnel listen to the testimony. A Military Police personnel walks across the room. Justice Lawrence question Sutzkever while the latter is on the witness stand. Sutzkever replies in Russian.
Non-Jewish Polish Auschwitz prisoner Severina Shmaglevskaya shares her testimony during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. A Russian interpreter translates her testimony from Polish to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Russian Prosecutor L.N. Smirnov called the woman prisoner from Auschwitz to give her testimony. Justices taking down notes at their bench. Justices, court stenographers and other personnel listen to the testimony. Shmaglevskaya testifies concerning the treatment of women and babies in Auschwitz. The witness was also active in the Polish underground.
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