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.
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and his entourage arrive by Jeeps at the Palace. Army General accompanied by three women makes way toward the Palace. Exteriors and interiors of the Palace. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, and his party arrive at the Palace. View of the conference being held inside the Palace. (World War II period)
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadiya Palace in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and aides exit the place after the conference. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill smokes a cigar. He is accompanied with his daughter. Dignitaries leave in their cars. Churchill and aides exit the place and leave in their cars.
Segment from the United Nations Security Council meeting at Hunter College, New York City, United States, on March 27, 1946. At the time, the Soviet Union, with its troops in Iran, and with interest in the governance and autonomy of Azerbaijan, was pushing to postpone discussion of the appeal by Iran that the action of the Soviet Army in Iran was a threat to international peace and security. American statesman James F. Byrnes, Edward R. Stettinius, Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko and representatives of the UN Security Council member countries are seen entering the conference room at Hunter College, New York City. The dignitaries seated at a table. Delegates and spectators present. Gromyko, the Soviet representative to the United Nations, speaks in Russian. Other delegates listen, seated behind. A delegate from China speaks. Several delegates raise their hands with questions. U.S. representative James Byrnes demands that the Iranians be given a chance to be heard. The Soviet delegation stands and exits the talks abruptly. Iranian delegate Hossein Ala', Iran's Ambassador to the United States approaches the table and is seated. The delegates listen as Mr. Hossein Ala addresses the council. Mr. Ala urges the council to take action, saying, "Iran views with grave concern any delay in the consideration by the council of the merits of these disputes. For these reasons, on behalf of my government, I request the council to take up these matters at once and reach, without reference to further negotiations, a solution consistent with the principles of the charter."
Wounded Japanese troops visit the Yasukuni Shrine (3 Chome-1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8246, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan. Visitors commemorate the Japanese people killed on foreign soil in wars involving Japan since the Meiji period. A group of wounded soldiers (wearing white robes) leaves the shrine. The Imperial Seal of Japan, known as the Chrysanthemum Seal (kikumon), is displayed in front of the Yasukuni Shrine. A man in uniform accompanies the group of wounded soldiers. Soldiers put on their caps while walking. Two soldiers sitting near a window in a bus, watching a woman and a child near the window outside. Wounded soldiers get into buses. A woman standing at the gate of a bus bows as the soldiers enter the bus. (Note: the conflict creating casualties at this time is probably on the Manchuko border with the Soviet Union.)
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