Austria is liberated to independent self rule by the occupying nations, post World War 2. Exterior of Upper Belvedere Palace building in Vienna, Austria. Troops of the occupying nations parade. A large crowd gathers for celebrating the independence after Austrian State Treaty agrement. The flags of the big four occupying powers, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union, being lowered from the flag poles and the flag of Austria is raised. Officials stand amidst the crowd, including brief close up views of Theodor Körner, the President of Austria, and Julius Raab, the Chancellor of Austria. People cheering and celebrating.
Dignitaries arrive for the Potsdam Conference at Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. The palace building and gardens. Red flowers planted in the shape of a star called the 'Big Red Star' in a garden. Green lawns and a river in the background. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill; United States President Harry S. Truman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin arrive at Cecilienhof Palace. The Big Three seated in chairs in the garden. Photographers take pictures.
United States President Harry Truman; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Attlee at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. The dignitaries arrive for the Potsdam Conference. The dignitaries seated in chairs pose for a photograph. New British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin stands behind President Truman. Photographers take pictures.
A political rally in Berlin, Germany. Exteriors of a gutted Reichstag building. A crowd gathers for the political meeting. Social Democratic leader Franz Leopold Neumann addresses the crowd. The Soviet flag flies at half mast from atop the Brandenburg Gate. The crowd listens and applauds as leader of the independent trade union Scharnofsky addresses them. Other German leaders of the Western Zone address the crowd followed by German Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter making the final speech.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini of Italy. Next Mussolini is seen addressing a large crowd from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy announcing plans to invade Greece. Views of Greek troops marching during the Greco-Italian War between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. Animated map depicts Italian advances into Greece with subsequent withdrawal as the Greeks drive them back and then invade Albania. Closeup of Hitler enraged about this turn of events, delaying his military Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. Glimpse of Mussolini visiting his troops in the field. Newspaper headline reads: "Jugoslavia Gets Hitler Terms." A sub headline reads: "Nazi move in Greece Seen." Another view of Greek troops marching. A Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, enters a steep dive to bomb a target. Bombs exploding in forest. Another Stuka diving and dropping bombs on a city building. Closeup glimpse of a Stuka speeding past the camera. View of a bombed out Yugoslavian building from German air attack on April 6, 1941. Animated map shows German and Italian forces attack paths from their bases in Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Hungary, vanquishing Yugoslavia. Map extends to Greece, where German forces overwhelm three defending Greek Divisions (aided by some British forces). Aerial view of a German Junkers Ju 52 transport plane flying over the Parthenon in Athens.
The Russian Campaign in the Baltic Sea during World War 2. A map showing locations of the Soviet Union, Finland and Kola. The bow of a Navy warship vessel advancing at sea. The German Navy cruiser ship Nurnberg following behind the camera ship. A sailor on the camera warship looking through binoculars. A deck gun on the deck of the German ship. Explosions at the sea in the distance. Light guns aft on the German ship being fired. The Russian vessel is shelled. Several explosions surrounding the vessel. Equipment on the German ship. Smoke rising from the Russian vessel. German Navy officers and sailors watching from the ship deck. Water splashing against the bow of the vessel.
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