The funeral of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vladimir Llyich Lenin in Moscow, Russia. Lenin's coffin carried,enroute from Gorki to Moscow, and lying in State at Column Hall of the House of Unions. Mourners lined up holding wreaths to pay homage to Lenin. Joseph Stalin and Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, stand at head of the bier. Russians march through the streets holding banners. Stalin and other leaders bearing Lenin's coffin. Excavation with explosives to construct Lenin's tomb, at wall of Kremlin. Statue of Lenin. Workers excavatiing and constructing Lenin's successive Tombs. A large crowd of mourners gathered at Red Square. The body of Lenin preserved in the tomb. Joseph Stalin seen descending stairs after visiting Lenin's tomb.
Allied strategic Conferences in World War 2. Opening scene shows Château Frontenac. Then President Franklin Roosevelt seated with Canada Prime Minister, McKensie King, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Scene shifts to their respective military staffs conferring at a table. Next scene shows the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, with the Big Three (Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) seated on the portico, and their top ranking military officers standing behind them. Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov stands behind Stalin. American officers are seen in next scene, including General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King (lighting a cigarette) and General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, W. Averell Harriman, stands behind King and Arnold. Closeup of Churchill. Shift to an animated map of Europe. It illustrates the massive fortifications put in place by the Nazis along the coast of occupied Europe. Camera pans across heavy German coastal guns, Pill Boxes, and shore obstacles in place on the beaches. Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel leads a group of German officers on an inspection tour of the "Atlantic Wall" defenses. Closeup of Rommel. British Bristol Blenheim bombers en route to attack targets in the German occupied areas. Views of Allied airmen inside cockpit of their bomber aircraft. A flight of five German fighters (appear to be Bf-109s) peeling off to attack an Allied bomber. View inside bomber of American gunner in bomber firing machine gun at attacking German fighter. Head on view of German Focke Wulf FW-190 fighter heading straight toward the camera, and point of view from gun camera as German aircraft zooms up over it. Gunner in bomber firing. An aircraft exploding inflight. View inside Allied bomber, through cracked windshield, of aircraft in a formation of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder bombers. Next shot is rearward from bomb bay showing bombs away view as bombs are released from a B-26. Scene shifts to aerial view from rear of a U.S. B-17 bomber dropping bombs. View of the bombs striking a railroad marshaling yard. Another view of a B-26 bomber in flight.
Senator Vandenberg talks about the U.S. relations with Soviet Russia. Demanding that this nation be firm in its dealings with foreign powers, he says our foreign policy must be one which 'says what it means and means what it says'.
Presidential candidate Richard Nixon appears before a panel of citizens in a program, Michigan, United States. The television program is named 'Man in the arena'. The panel sits in the center of the studio. Audience seated in the studio. Stanley Krajewski seated in the panel asks Richard Nixon a question about his stand on Soviet Russia and Czechoslovakia. Richard Nixon states that as a President he would use economic and diplomatic powers of United States. He says that he is against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Audience applauds Richard Nixon as he answers in the arena.
Trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes in Nuremberg, Germany soon after the end of World War 2. British Chief Prosecutor Hartly W Shawcross presents count no 2, crimes against peace involving wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. A document reveals Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. Footage showing Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin and Germany's Joachim Von Ribbentrop as they sign non-aggression pact between Russia and Germany on August 23, 1939 (also called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). Germany prepares to occupy Poland as Pope Pius XII and President Franklin D Roosevelt appeal for peace just before start of World War II.
Allied troops advance towards Cologne in World War II, Germany. Map depicts Allied invasion of Western Europe and advance towards Germany. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill, and Soviet President Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta conference in Livadia Palace, Crimea, Russia. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery is seen consulting with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley. A group of American Sherman tanks firing their guns from a field. A building collapsing from shellfire. American troops firing truck-mounted machine guns equipped with huge enclosed drums of ammunition Glimpse of surrendering German soldiers running toward the camera. Barrages from rocket launchers. British soldiers running into a town with shells bursting and fires burning. An American soldier running behind two German soldiers he is taking as prisoners. US Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft diving to attack. View from cockpit of an aircraft flies through an explosion and fireball. Tanks and infantry advancing and firing. A U.S. P-51 fighter plane with white striped wings flies overhead. American troops riding in an M3 half-track. British soldiers manning a gun. Bombardier in a U.S. bomber bent over his bomb sight. View from aircraft of bombs bursting on the ground raising huge smoke clouds. More German soldiers running forward to surrender. Canadian soldiers moving forward through flooding waters. Canadian Commanding General Henry Crerar is seen with an aide. Canadian troops descending a hill into a town and fighting in the streets. Canadian troops firing mortars and artillery. American armor and infantry occupying a German suburb of Cologne. A woman hangs a large white flag from upper window of her house. Destroyed houses and German soldiers running with their hands held up. U.S. troops entering city of Cologne, with Cathedral in the background. Sherman tank moving toward the Cologne Cathedral.
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