Activity in Germany during World War II. United States soldiers move about with a monumental building in the background. Bombed buildings and a piles of debris. A radar in operation. A soldier looks through binoculars from atop a tower. U.S. Army jeeps parked in front of a building. United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. Damaged roof of a house.
United States soldiers in the European Theater during World War II. U.S. artillery placed in a line along a dirt road. Soldiers lying down next to the artillery. They look through binoculars. They look at women and children playing in a field.
A bomb damaged city or town in Germany during World War II (possibly part of Berlin). Pedestrians walk on road with bridge overpass. Part of sign remains on bridge with last word "Tageblatt" (possibly referring to the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper?) A U.S. Army ambulance jeep approaches on the road. An old man walks holding a stick in hand. German civilians on a street with walking bicycles past area with rubble of bombed out buildings. United States military truck on a road. German boy walking past the truck. A man and a woman go by in a horse driven carriage. Three young boys stand in front of barbed wire and watch the cameraman closely, making no expressions.
Opening slate reads April 17, 1945, Wiesbaden, Germany. A brick building in Wiesbaden with large arrow pointing downstairs, labeled "LSR", meaning Luftschutzraum (Air-raid room). Signpost in front of a building with damaged roof reads, "Radfahr-weg" (bicycle path). Below it an American army sign reads "WP-Water Point." U.S. soldier directs military vehicles, carrying surrendered German soldiers, as they cross the Rhein (Rhine) river, from Wiesbaden to Mainz on a pontoon bridge. The dome of Christuskirche (Christ Church) across the river, dominates the skyline
President Sukarno of Indonesia visits Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon welcomes President Sukarno at an airport. Photographers take pictures. Dignitaries in staff cars. They arrive at the White House. United States President Dwight D Eisenhower shakes hands and greets President Sukarno at the White House.
Arabs back Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser on seizure of Suez Canal, in Cairo. President Gamal Abdel Nasser speaks over the microphone. Indian Diplomat Krishna Menon disembarks from an Air India flight. Russian delegates disembark from the aircraft. Representatives of 22 Nations attend the London Conference. British troops at airport ready to use force if the Conference fails.
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