Training film for U.S. Navy titled 'Our Enemy - The Japanese'. U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Joseph S Grew states that Japan's logic is incomprehensible by Western standards and that they are 2000 years behind in ethical, social thinking. Wall charts in the background. Grew further talks about Japanese weapons. Hirohito's tomb in Hachioji. Emperor Hirohito on horseback followed by other Japanese officials on horseback. Japanese Army officials stand in formation. Troops lined up. Troops parade on streets. Japanese monks pass along road. (World War II period).
Arrival of German Chancellor and führer Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany during World War 2. Large crowd cheering lined up in Marienplatz (Marienplatz 1, München, Bayern 80331), the Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper Max-Joseph-Platz 2 D-80539 Munich) and other major streets at the center of Munich, as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini pass in car. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini give Nazi salute on balcony. Crowd greet Hitler and Mussolini with Nazi salute. Children performs the Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walk into building after giving salute. View of gloves and hat. Guard with rifle stands at attention. Hats belonging to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini shake hands on steps of building. Italian Foreign Minister, Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, is with Benito Mussolini. Benito Mussolini gives salute to crowd.
Members of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, following World War 1, climb the steps of the Courthouse in Erzinjan (Erzincan) Turkey (the Provincial Capital). Next, an honor guard of Turkish infantry are seen marching along the street. Local people stand at the side of the road, across from the government building, where two Turkish soldiers stretch a banner across the steps reading (in French) "Long live the 12th principle of Wilson." (This alludes to the 12th point in a speech by U.S. President Wilson in January, 1918, that set the stage for ending World War 1. It stated, in essence, that The Turkish part of the Ottoman Empire should remain sovereign, while other nationalities under Turkish rule should be free to develop autonomously.) The film ends showing members of the Mission visiting a Red Cross Orphanage, where a group of little girls walk past them.
Adolf Hitler in a meeting with Philippe Petain in Montoire, and then with Francisco Franco in Hendaye France. Soldiers stand in lines. Philippe Petain gets out of a car in Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Pierre Laval beside him. Petain exchanging salutes with German officers. Cameramen take photographs. Petain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. Scene changes to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering relaxing and laughing as they ride in Hitler's train car. A sign reads Hendaye, the train's next stop. A bridge in view. A train arrives. 'Espana' written on train. A crowd gathered at the station. Adolf Hitler stands at the station and greets Francisco Franco. Both men walk on the station. Nazi flags hung. They board Hitler's train and pull dark curtain down over window of the meeting room on the train. (Opening slate states 1941, but that is incorrect. This event was October 24, 1940). (World War II period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. They pose for photographs. Premier Molotov, William Harriman and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius stand behind them. Alexander Cadogans in the far background. Cameramen take photographs.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. Premier Molotov and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius stand behind them. Dignitaries enter a building. Sarah Churchill, Cathy Harriman and Mrs Anne Boettiger talk to each other.
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