Aerials of Anglo-Iranian oil refineries and planes parked at an airfield. Truck pulls trailer loaded with disassembled aircraft. Overhead crane stack supplies in storage depot. African American (US) soldiers remove side from crated airplane parts. P-40 and A-20 assembled at an airfield. Russian officers ferrying planes to Russia, arrive in C-47. Various Russian pilots, officers and U.S. officers. (World War II period).
United States plan for the Korean peace talks wins approval at the United Nations meet in New York. Delegates seated on the tables. Card in front of the delegates read their nationalities. Complicated ballot leads one delegation to mix their vote producing a display of humor by Russia's Vishinsky.
United States resumes bomb research in the Pacific. The United States answers Russia's violation of the Atom Test Moratorium by beginning a series of nuclear shots in the Pacific. Missile being launched. United States aircraft in flight. U.S. soldier looks through the periscope aboard a ship. View of smoke rising from the nuclear tests conducted.
A hockey match between Canada's Penticton Vees tangle and Russia's top ice team for the world's Amateur Hockey Championship in Germany. Spectators seated in a stadium watch the match. The players wearing skate gear play the match. The spectators applaud for them. Canada wins the match by 5 points.
The French line ship, SS Lorraine, in camouflage paint, seen backing into port at Bordeaux, France, on June 24, 1918. Belgian troops of the ACM Corps (Autos-Canons-Mitrailleuses, Belgian armored unit) disembark. They are seen as they walk down a gangway from the ship, in combat uniforms and steel helmets, and carrying their weapons and personal gear. (Note: Soldiers of this armored unit from Belgium fought alongside the Imperial Russian army against German and Austrian troops in 1915 in Russia, during World War 1, before the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, after which they were stranded in hostile territory. They left Vladivostok for the United States on the SS Sheridan, and docked at San Francisco on May 12, 1918. They were warmly greeted as they proceeded across the U.S. to New York city, where they participated in the Memorial Day Parade. After leaving New York City, aboard the SS La Lorraine, they reached Bordeaux on June 24 1918.)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt lights a cigarette. Premier Joseph Stalin seated next to him. U.S. Admiral William Leahy stands behind Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill seated in uniform smoking a cigar. He takes off his hat. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. They pose for photographs. They talk and laugh. Admiral William D Leahy stands in the background. Sir Andrew Cunningham, Sir Charles Portal, General George Marshall and other officers in the background.
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