Two soldiers, a German and Russian, shake hands with each other and then motion for their comrades to come celebrate with them after receiving news of the Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers. Russian and German soldiers run into battlefield and celebrate and hug each other. Some German and Russian soldiers exchange hats while they talk to each other for the first time. Russian soldiers with handwritten banner.
Austro-Hungarian forces invade Serbia during World War 1. Hands ripping a newspaper apart. Front page of French newspaper, Le Petit Parisienne, reads “La Tension Austro-Serbe Les ambassadeurs de France et de Russie font une démarche auprès du cabinet de Vienne” (“The Austro-Serbian Tension: The ambassadors of France and Russia approach the Vienna cabinet” in English). A French language newspaper says “Le conflit Austro-Serbe” (“The Austro-Serbian conflict”). Austrian cavalry moves into Serbia. Serbian locals look on Austrian cavalry in the background. Austrian cavalryman with horse. Some Austrian soldiers are riding open horse drawn carriages.
The surrender of German General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, Rear Admiral Walter Hennecke and the 709th Static Infantry Division to American forces in Cherbourg, France during World War 2. General von Schlieben and Rear Admiral Hennecke and other German troops are taken to the Allied headquarters in Cherbourg after making a request that they be permitted to surrender to Major General Manton S. Eddy, the Commander of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division. Commander of the 7th Army Corps General J. Lawton Collins interviews General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben alleged to have said “I learned in Russia that small groups can achieve major delays” General von Schlieben talks to General Lawton Collins. General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben and Rear Admiral Walter Hennecke outside the Allied headquarters. General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben walks past an American armored vehicle. Both General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, Rear Admiral Walter Hennecke talking outside and their photos taken before boarding a jeep to be transferred to his prison in Trent Park in England. United States soldiers gathered outside the Naval Headquarters building while a German prisoner calls out for others to surrender. A German soldier carries a white flag, followed by surrendering German troops with hands up as they leave the Naval Headquarters. A wounded American soldier with facial injuries covered by bandages and gauze.
Circus acts with animals in Berlin and Moscow. A pair of chimpanzees in human clothes perform in front of an audience. A chimpanzee wearing a dress swing in monkey bar. Chimpanzee band play musical instruments in Deutschlandhalle (Messedamm 26; 14055 Westend, Berlin) in Westend, Berlin. Chimpanzees dancing to music. A man brings a dog on stage. A little girl watches the circus show. A dog runs on a spinning table. Dog performing stunts. Tigers perform an aqua ballet with acrobats in Moscow, Russia. A tiger licks the head of an acrobat in the middle of a pool. A troupe of tigers happily splash and wading about in a fantastic aqua ballet.
German troops push a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft during in snow in Russia. A pilot in cockpit adjusts his flight helmet. Messerschmitt Bf 109 starting up ready for takeoff. Ground crew wave flags. A group of aircraft in flight. Point of view from airplane of snow-covered ground as seen while taking off. Thick black pillar of smoke over a village. German fighters strafing Russian positions as seen from gun camera footage. Russian aircraft are strafed in flight. Strafed fighter bursts into flames.
Warsaw is liberated by Soviet troops during World War II. Soviet artillery fire victory salvo to celebrate the liberation of Warsaw in Moscow at night. Aerial view of Warsaw, Poland after its liberation. Smoke rises from destroyed buildings and structures. Shows Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender to Germany. Stalin and Russian generals. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his generals in Warsaw during its 1939 siege. Warsaw sign in Polish stands in front of Hitler and his group. German infantry troops firing in prone position. Buildings engulfed in flames as Warsaw held out for 18 days. Civilian refugees panic on the street. Polish garrison, commanded under General Walerian Czuma, officially capitulated to the Germans. German General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz and Generalmajor Bruno Bieler in a meeting inside a bus for signing of surrender. Polish colonel Aleksander Praglowski seen at window of bus during signing. Polish women watch as captured Polish Army soldiers are led to captivity. Polish prisoners of war (POW) gather on a field. The Red Army fight German Wehrmacht troops in Russia. Red Army tank move across the battlefield. Pillars of smoke rises far from the tanks. Howitzers and Katyusha rocket launcher firing at night. Soviet tanks on fire. Rear view of soldiers advancing in smoky battlefield. Scenes of devastation and rubble of bombed buildings in Warsaw after its liberation by Soviet forces. Polish civilians in bombed streets, some holding newspapers. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov uses a compass on a map. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of the 2nd Belorussian Front talks to military officers. Marshal Ivan Konev of the 1st Ukrainian Front smokes a long cigarette. View of the Kremlin. Josef Stalin smiles in the Kremlin.