German troops at the Eastern front during World War II during Operation Barbarossa invasion of Soviet Union. A map of Europe. A bridge. Fire in a village and smoke arises. German troops stand in a group near artillery. They load a shell and fire.. A board reads 'Eydtkau'. Soldiers pulling artillery. German soldiers capture two Soviet soldier prisoners of war. German soldiers advance, as they walk on the street.
Nazi Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of Soviet Union during World War II). A map of Eastern Front. Flare goes up in dark. The silhouettes of troops in dark. Artillery fire and burning target in East Prussia. Troops raise a barricade at a border post. German troops move cautiously forward. Explosion occurs in a building
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Anastas Mikoyan in New York. Anastas Mikoyan emerges from a plane followed by other officials. Mikoyan speaks to the press with the help of a translator. Mikoyan and the translator speak into microphones.
Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrey Vyshinsky (aka Andrei Vishinsky), making an impassioned speech, in 1948. Adolf Hitler making one of his bombastic speeches, during World War II. Animated map of Europe, showing countries becoming puppet states under post-World War 2 expansionism by the Soviet Union. It also highlights unrelenting Soviet hold over postwar zones of occupation in Austria and East Germany. The map goes on to illustrate expanding communist reflected in politics of Italy, France, Greece, and Finland.
Teletype machines in Washington DC and in Moscow, used for rapid communication between the two countries during Cold War. Scene of buildings with golden dome in Moscow, Soviet Union. U.S. Navy officers view a document on a teletype hotline machine. Scene of fountain and White House behind it in Washington Dc. United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko as they sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev toasts with others include British statesman Edward Heath.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States addresses the American people by radio, from Washington DC, following his return from the Potsdam Conference. President Truman at the White House giving his speech. He talks about the Berlin conference. He thanks the Soviet Union for its allied role against Germany and against Imperial Japan.
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