German antiaircraft units fire at soviet bombers in Eastern Front during World War II. Von Kleist and Guderian Panzer Divisions roll past burning villages in Soviet Union just 500 kilometers from Kiev, Ukraine. General Guderian speaks with the officers. Soviet tank units surrender. 65,000 Soviet prisoners march under German guard.
Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrey Vyshinsky (aka Andrei Vishinsky), making an impassioned speech, in 1948. Adolf Hitler making one of his bombastic speeches, during World War II. Animated map of Europe, showing countries becoming puppet states under post-World War 2 expansionism by the Soviet Union. It also highlights unrelenting Soviet hold over postwar zones of occupation in Austria and East Germany. The map goes on to illustrate expanding communist reflected in politics of Italy, France, Greece, and Finland.
Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visits United States and meets with President Richard Nixon. The cottage at Camp David where Brezhnev stayed during his visit. A secret serviceman stands on guard outside the cottage. Trees and pond at Aspen House, the residence of President Richard Nixon at Camp David. Soviet leaders Brezhnev, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Gromyko and Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin converse while walking towards Aspen House. Brezhnev smokes cigarette and walks inside the Aspen House along with other officials. Gromyko and U.S. Secretary of State, William P. Rogers are seen outside, conversing with Dobrynin
Allied leaders meet at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet honor guards and a band pass in review at an airfield. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gets off an aircraft. Churchill's daughter Sarah Churchill in uniform. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Churchill. Andrei Gromyko in the background. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in a jeep and being greeted by Molotov.
Allied leaders meet at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Cars pull up at Livadia Palace. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a Russian cap get off a car and enter the building. Russian guards salute. On 5th February Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrive at the palace.
The Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Exteriors of Livadiya Palace. A plaque on a wall bearing a Communist star, hammer and sickle emblem. A view of Yalta area. Mountains and the surrounding area. Cars pull up at Livadia Palace and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyachselav Molotov arrive for the conference.
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