German officials surrender at the end of World War II. American and Russian troops meet near the river Elbe in Torgau Germany. United States General Reinhardt meets Soviet Army General Rusakov. Representatives of the German Army, wearing civilian clothing, sign a surrender document at Allied Mediterranean Headquarters in Italy, yielding Italy and Austria. W.D. Morgan signs for the Allies, on behalf of Supreme Mediterranean Commander Alexander. Massive American Flag raised to cover the giant swastika symbol at outdoor stadium in Nuremberg. Then in a later shot, the Nazi Swastika symbol is destroyed (blown-up) by American troops at the Nuremberg Stadium (Zeppelinfeld) in Germany.
Ruins in Berlin, Germany near end of World War II in Europe. Exteriors of the damaged Berliner Sportpalast. A sketch depicts men playing sports. Cattle on a street. People move along bombed buildings. A jeep driven on a road. A tank on a street. Officers and soldiers pull a tram. Soviet Russian soldiers perform hopak dance.
From East Germany a group of Czechs arrives in West Germany. People including men, women and children arrive in an armored car. They come to West Germany from Soviet occupied East Germany. People get off the armored car.
The May Day parade in East and West Berlin, Germany. Soviet Army troops goose-step and tanks roll during the parade in East Berlin. Spectators watch the parade. West Berlin: A large crowd gathered during the May day Parade led by the Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt. Willy Brandt addresses the gathered crowd.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and English Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet in Casablanca, Morocco. German troops and German POWs being driven out of North Africa by the Allies. President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in chairs on the lawn of the White House at a planning session. Various war scenes from many theaters of battle action in World War II: Allied vessels and planes in the Pacific. Higgins boat (LCVP) in water and American troops invading Sicily and coming ashore on its beaches. Soviet infantry and artillery advance on the eastern front, firing at German enemy positions.
America and Britain conduct Berlin Airlift operations, flying supplies to blockaded East Berlin during the Soviet Berlin Blockade. Blockade lifted. Refugees flee East Germany and move to West Germany.
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