Malta Conference meeting of American and British Allied leaders on island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, beginning January 30, 1945. C-54 aircraft lands on airfield in Malta, with U.S. staff officers aboard. Leaders exit plane starting with U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J King, greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union Averell Harriman. U.S. Army General George Marshall exits with Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, and they are greeted by British Army Field Marshal Wilson and Mr. Harriman. Exterior of Montgomery House on Malta as dignitaries enter the conference. General Marshall and then Admiral King enter Montgomery House. Dignitaries seated at long table meet during conference at Montgomery House. Camera shows various attendees including British Field Marshal Alexander and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke. Also Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Marshal Charles Portal and Marshal H. Wilson. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on British ship salutes arrival of President Roosevelt on U.S. Navy ship arriving for Crimea Yalta Conference. Yalta mountains and Black Sea views. Workmen unload communication equipment from ship and deliver it by truck convoy. Exterior of the Livadia Palace site of the Yalta Conference. Signal Corps wire the building and Army Navy message center and telephone exchange is shown. Stettinius, Anthony Eden, and other leaders arrive by aircraft and are greeted by Chairman of Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov. British Prime Minister Churchill and American President Roosevelt arrive and meet Molotov and other Russian dignitaries. Russian honor guard stands in formation. Big Three of President Roosevelt, Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill at the palace. Dignitaries seated around conference table to discuss plans for occupation of Germany. They sign a statement. Big 3 dignitaries seated on a bench outside the palace pose for photos with officials. (World War II period).
Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. Japanese carriers Kaga and Zuikaku underway at sea. Officers on the deck of a Japanese ship. Japanese sailors push airplanes on the flight deck of a Japanese carrier. A pilot runs down the flight deck to an airplane. Japanese officers being briefed on the flight deck. Japanese pilots run to embark their airplanes. Air 'boas' on the bridge of the Japanese carrier give a 'launch planes' signal. Japanese planes are launched from the carrier. A Japanese torpedo bomber in flight. The airplanes fly in formation and approach Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor burns under Japanese air attack. Bombs explode on Ford Island. (World War II period).
Japanese artillery fired in the Malay jungle, Kuantan during World War II. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers load and fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. A map of Singapore showing British positions. The map zooms into Pulau Ubin island. A soldier watches enemy action through binoculars. Japanese troops cross the Straits of Johor from Malay to Singapore in small boats and wade ashore with equipment. Shirtless Japanese gun crewmen load shells into artillery. A Japanese soldier puts a blade on his bayonet. The artillery fired and airplanes drop bombs as screaming Japanese infantry advance along a muddy road. British and Allied prisoners of war (POWs) are being searched and led away by Japanese guards.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl harbor in Hawaii, United States. Officer on deck of USS Buchanan as he looks at the ceremony taking place at the memorial through binoculars. Guests aboard the memorial. Colors at half-mast. Memorial with colors at half-mast during dedication. Guests on beach at Ford Island, looking towards memorial.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl harbor in Hawaii, U.S. Memorial during dedication. Guests aboard the memorial. Two staff officers salute as they face band on key. Guests stand before their chains on memorial. Officers and guests seated during services. Guests leave their chairs after services. Colors at half mast. Several wreaths hang from railing on Arizona Memorial. Wreaths hang from railings, another wreath floats over top of sunken Arizona. Some sections of Arizona above water. Ford Island ferry moves away from the memorial.
Wrecked parts of ships destroyed after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Capsized USS Utah (AG-16) seen off the western side of Ford Island, as filmed from a smaller boat passing along the length of its upturned hull. Wrecked parts of USS Arizona with turrets awash and twisted superstructure, as seen from smaller boats moving beside it. Closeup views of damage to the USS Arizona (BB-39). Mountains, buildings and trees in the background. Navy sailors on smaller boats passing near the damaged ships, including a group of sailors on a ship tender of the USS Arizona, with writing "Ariz" for "Arizona" written on the side.
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