Alternating World War 2 footage and dramatized scenes with actors. German Luftwaffe bombers destroying French cities. Invasion of France by Germany. Burning buildings and debris in French cities during 1940 invasion. Hitler viewing Eiffel Tower while visiting Paris in June 1940 after occupation. German flag atop Eiffel Tower. Allied fighter aircraft shot down, pilot ejects and parachutes to ground as aircraft crashes with explosion. Pilot landing in parachute, gathering and hiding parachute. Actors conversation segment. Footage of sad looking and defeated French soldiers marching in streets of France under occupying German guard, as depressed French citizens look on. French General Philippe Petain at desk delivering speech that calls for collaboration with Germans. Close ups of sad and crying French men, women, and children in streets of France suffering war and occupation. Petain salutes soldiers during a parade after he abolishes representative government. Petain speaks from podium to gathered soldiers. View of French General Charles De Gaulle, in Britain, calling for continued French resistance and speaking to French officers on a warship. Actor dialog segment. Footage of Petain visiting Hitler. They shake hands while photographers record the meeting. Actor segments. Footage of Free French forces training and marching in various cities. Free French soldier receives machine gun training. French officer training in Russia at a Soviet recognition ceremony. French soldiers carry railroad ties and discuss over a map. RAF spitfires in flight. Sign at training camp "French Air Force Squadron. Flexible Gunnery School." Allied naval ships at sea; close views of ship guns. Smoke rises from French ship fleet scuttled at Toulon November 27, 1942. Mobilized French citizens receiving rifle training. Free French Army encampment with French flag raising ceremony. French citizens gather to read posted German notices. Parade celebrating liberation of Paris in World War II. Happy French citizens smile and cheer French, American, and Soviet allies marching in Paris.
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.
International Peace Campaign Meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England. People stand near a huge banner. The banner reads 'Stand By Czechoslovakia, No Plebiscite.' The British and Russian flags in view. Huge crowd of spectators. Sea of faces. A procession moves on the street. Spectator on sidewalk holds an American flag. Another holds Communist Red flag. Several double deck buses are seen. Several banners are seen. One reads: Britain-France, Russia Can Stop War". Another reads: "UNITY OF ARTISTS, Artists International Organization for Peace and Democracy; for Cultural Development."
International Peace Campaign Meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England. Men stand in front of a banner. The banner reads 'Britain, France, Russia, Can Stop War'. A huge crowd gathered at the Square. Speech by James Meston, 1st Baron Meston in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Several people stand behind Lord Meston. He talks about peace in his speech. A sculpture of a huge lion in the background.
Scenes of Nazi atrocities at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany at the time of its liberation in World War 2. Bodies of victims heaped in railroad cars at railroad siding in Dachau, Germany. Faces and emaciated bodies of dead prisoners. Stack of naked bodies at crematorium. Huge pile of prison uniforms, hats, and other type of clothing removed from dead. Railroad car filled with bodies of victims. The United Nations flags over liberated camp. Flags of France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, England and United States.
The Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Liberated prisoners stand in a group. They hold flags of America, Great Britain, France, Russia and other allied flags. Freed prisoners with posters and banners in their hands. Freed prisoners with flags stand in a squad. Freed prisoners on stairs and roof stand and talk. (World War II period).
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