Russian troops advance towards German positions on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Soviet Union forces advance through rivers where the bridges have been destroyed. They advance through swamps and forests. Railroad trains carry tanks and oil under camouflaged nets. Russian trucks pass through a forest and over a bridge.
Victory in Europe Day festivities in Paris, France after World War II. A crowd gathered in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Large flags of United States, Soviet Union, and France are displayed under the Arch.
A mass Communist demonstration by indoctrinated Germans in Berlin, Germany. Communists resort to violence in France against Marshall Plan aid. In Tokyo, Japan Communists demonstrations crushed by the police. Communists resort to violence at Union Square in New York, United states. Valentin Gubitchev,a Soviet employee in United Nations, being deported, after being sentenced for obtaining secret documents from Judith Coplon.
Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.
A seaplane transported to Soviet Union. 46 ton heavy Martin seaplane ready to be loaded aboard a freighter in Jersey City, New Jersey. Plane hoisted in a sling as it is loaded on to the freighter.
During the timeframe of the Dies Committee hearings, under Representative Martin Dies, regarding the suppression of the American Communist Party. A U.S. newspaper headline: "Trotsky Seeks to Come Here for 'Fair Trial'. Friends of exiled Red back move to have his side of alleged plot known." (exiled from Soviet Union.) View of Russian-Ukrainian political leader Leon Trotsky reading aloud the text of a pamphlet. Bricked wall in the background.
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