Germans retreat in Romania. Map shows boundaries of Romania, Serbia and Croatia. German military troops load artillery and fire on advancing Russian tanks. German tanks move through a grain field. Romanian troops surrender before the Germans. The troops search in the corn fields. Smoke rises from a burning truck. (World War II period).
Marshal Ion Antonescu, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania, salutes German soldier after awarding him an Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd Class medal during World War II. Close up of German soldier saluting. Another German soldier receives a medal, possibly a Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal. Close view of another medal, a Order of the Star of Romania, 2nd Class. Words on the medal reads, "FIDE SALUS" (salvation lies in loyalty). Marshal Ion Antonescu inspects artillery covered by camouflage net and talks to Romanian soldiers. Marshal Ion Antonescu at trenches talking to more Romanian soldiers.
Dr. Robert Ley visits Romania. Nazi politician and Head of the German Labor Front Dr. Robert Ley gets off a train at a Bucharest train station during World War 2. He is greeted by Romanian officers. Romanian soldiers holding spades salute as the officers leave with the guest. Ley gives the Nazi salute as he passes the soldiers. Lay and the officers arrive at the meeting venue. Dr. Ley greets and confers with Prime Minister of Romania Ion Antonescu. Several Nazi and Romanian officers and officials at the meeting. Romanian soldiers and guards in formation at theTtomb of the Unknown Soldier in Bucharest. Dr. Ley lays a wreath at the tomb. Officers salute. Dr. Ley visits a project site near Bucharest. Romanian youth dig with shovels.
Moreni oil fields in the Prahova district in Romania. Materials being transported on bullock and mule carts over hilly terrain to the Moreni oil fields in the Prahova district in Romania. Vendors sell drinks, fruits and other eatables along mud-soaked paths. Materials being transported on horse and bullock carts in the foreground. A man buys from a monger. Oil shoots out from a well. View of wooden field storage tanks. Derricks in the background. A settlement of wandering nomadic people called Gypsies.
Training and motivational film for U.S. Army Air Force crews preparing for the bombing of the Ploesti (or Ploiesti) oil fields in Romania, (Operation Tidal Wave) of August 1943. Final part of a training film to brief U.S. Army Air Forces aircrews in preparation for their bombing raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania during World War 2. Formation of bombers is seen flying toward oil derricks in the oil fields. Aerial views of the oil fields and refineries. Oil storage facilities. Closeup of oil workers at a drilling rig. German officers walking in snow, ostensibly seeking places to obtain oil to fuel their wartime operations. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and other Nazi officers examine a chart in Africa. German prisoners taken in North Africa. Large numbers of German prisoners walking across the desert. A flight of several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes in formation. Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini, walking with an entourage in an Italian colonial region of Africa. He climbs aboard an open rail car on a small gauge railway. Accompanied by others, the rail car is pushed along the track by Colonials in white garb. German Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, who commanded German forces attacking the Soviet Union in Operation Typhoon, is seen visiting a German base. Next, Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle has his hands on the fins of a bomb while posing with his flyers when underway in the Pacific, aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) for their daring raid B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. View of a B-25 taking off from the Hornet. An American B-17 flying fortress, bomber taking off for a daylight raid in Europe. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking on radio, saying "We believe the Nazis and fascists have asked for it. And they're going to get it." Oil storage tanks ablaze with heavy black smoke rising.
United States President Richard Nixon on tour to Romania. President Nixon and Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu during an official meeting. Other officials of the two countries talk with each other. A bilateral conference presided over by President Nixon and Nicolae Ceausescu. Romanian leadership and American delegates sitting at the conference. Emblem of Romania at the conference hall.