President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress in Washington DC, United States. Roosevelt informs the Congress about the decisions taken at the Yalta Conference in World War II. He states that the two most important purposes of the Conference were to bring peace in Germany and establishment of an international court. He also declares that war against Japan will continue.
Soviet troops march at a victory parade in Red Square after the Allied victory over Germany in World War II. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Nikita Khrushchev, General Semen Budennyi and other officials atop Lenin's tomb as they review the victory parade. Nazi German flags and banners thrown at the foot of Lenin's tomb. High ranking Soviet military officers are seen watching the parade.
The end of World War 2 in Europe (but still going on in the Pacific). Horse cart on a street in Germany. Civilians tending cart with the dead bodies of German soldiers in the cart. Graves of the dead German soldiers. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta conference. Allied Navy warships underway at sea. Large room filled with architects and draftsmen at drafting tables with drawings. Construction site for a large dam and for an electric power station. Sweeping view of farm fields in the United States. A cow and her calf together. Farmers in the U.S. harvesting food. American children in a simple rural school house with a wood stove, listening to a teacher read at the front of the one room schoolhouse.
U.S. President Harry Truman aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta(CA-31)in the Atlantic Ocean. President along with Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, inspect the ship while underway to the Potsdam conference. The U.S light cruiser, USS Philadelphia (CL-41) is visible ahead starboard, as they stand on the forward deck. Secretary Byrnes in a working conference aboard the ship. He holds a map of Germany. Byrnes consults with Dr. Ben Cohen. President Truman with Secretary Byrnes and Commanding Officer of the Augusta, Captain James Foskett, on the deck of the ship. President Truman personally greets each of the ship's officers and then lunches with sailors in their mess. Secretary Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, sit with the President and discuss latest dispatches. Truman and Byrnes discuss a map of Europe. The USS Augusta being greeted by Royal Navy units. British light cruiser, HMS Birmingham, passes close aboard. President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, and U.S. Naval officers salute the passing vessels.
Major Robert Morgan (well-known as the pilot of the B-17, "Memphis Belle," first to complete 25 missions over Germany, in the European Theater and now a B-29 Aircraft Commander with the 73rd Bomb Wing) briefs his crew. They sit on the tarmac near their aircraft, the B-29, "Dauntless Dotty," which was lead aircraft on the first B-29 bombing mission over Japan, on November 24, 1944. The Crew enters the aircraft after the briefing. (World War II period).
The 5th United States Army in Saint Leonhard, Italy during World War II. Sign Board reads 'Saint Leonhard'. 5th United States Army jeep crosses a bridge. Scenic view of houses in the valley. Soldiers speak with Italian children. Officer shakes hands with soldier. Officer takes a look at the stolen art paintings from Florence by Nazi Germany. Name on the painting reads 'Robens Pietro Paolo'.
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