General Douglas MacArthur and his entourage, at Leyte, Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II. He leads them from land, out into the water to stage the famous "return to Philippines" photographs.
The role of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States Army during World War II. In January 1943, the first posting of WAAC enlisted personnel overseas, was to Algiers. Women disembark a ship. WAAC women walk with orphan children into a convent. A WAAC woman washes utensils; others dry clothes. WAAC women arrive in Scotland and get trained. Women visit India. Women at the Taj Mahal in Agra. Women visit New Delhi. Women on camels in Cairo. Women disembark a ship in Europe. Two women adjust a tent. Woman washes her hair and clothes using her helmet. Women inside a tent. Woman checks injured soldiers. Nurses in hospital as they look after soldiers. Women march. A woman pays homage to the female soldiers who sacrificed their life in war. Soldiers carry another injured soldier on stretcher. Officers check injured women in hospital. Women in uniform march.
Front of American Consulate building in Bordeaux France. Plaque above the door marked with - CONSULATE of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. Interior of the Consulate where American consul, Mr Waterman is at his desk. American refugees waiting in the consulate for passports as they prepare to depart France shortly before the fall of Paris to Nazi Germany in World War II. Red Cross workers assisting consul. June 1940.
Soviet newsreel with opening slate in Korean, accompanied by Korean narration. Scene transitions to open pages of books written in cyrillic text, entitled "Constitution Basic Law Soviet Union." Camera pans to various sections of the Law Book. A man, seeming to be the senior judge, sits at a table flanked by a bemedaled woman and another man. Another woman sits at the end of the table. The senior judge is speaking as the camera backs away to reveal a room filled with people seated at the proceedings. Camera pans to cyrillic sign on a door, reading "People's Court, or People's Judgment." Next, a woman approaches the Judge (in his office, or chambers) and presents some documents that she discusses with him. Scene changes showing a poster of a woman holding a petition. Writing on the poster reads,"People's Court." Scene shifts to another courtroom where a man stands at a podium on a stage shared with a panel of people. A mural in the background depicts Joseph Stalin. Closeup of the speaker reveals he is the same judge seen in earlier scenes. As he speaks, the camera pans the serious looking audience that applauds when he finishes speaking. Next, a city street scene shows a tram moving. Then a woman is seen working at a desk inside a modern apartment. She is seen, next, speaking before a group comprising a cross-section of people, including a Soviet military officer. The woman lecturer holds a magazine depicting drawings of violence, including lynchings, and mistreatment against African American citizens in the United States.
Russian attacks on Warsaw and Poznan in World War II in late 1944 and early 1945. Soviet army using tanks, heavy artillery, machine guns and grenades advance forward. Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rosokofskey inspecting Russian cossacks advancing on horses. A Soviet soldier is shot by a sniper while running through street intersection. A Russian machine gunner firing a Soviet DP-28 light machine gun shoots at building to take out a sniper's nest. Dead bodies of German snipers in rooms next to windows. Views of ruined city of Poznan. Liberated concentration camp victims, including a woman who has been blinded in one eye. Interior of a room in Poznan Prison loaded with torture equipment, including a guillotine. Piles of bodies of persons mass executed during German retreat. Women crying over bodies in coffins of three Polish men that were found hanging in the liberated prison. German Generalmajor Ernst Mattern and his fellow officers seen after surrendering Fort Winiary Citadel (Poznan Citadel). Soviet soldiers. Liberated civilians in Poznan hit and beat German soldier prisoners of war as they are marched under Soviet guard. Scenes of ruined Warsaw include a sign that reads, 'Adolf Hitler Platz.' A wrecked trolley or street car with signs on it that read, ''Wierzeno' and 'Ein u. Ausstieg nur fur Deutsche' which translates to English as, 'On and off exit points only for Germans' The ruined home of Frederic Chopin in Warsaw. The Polish flag flying again after battle.
Japanese planes attack United States fleet off Okinawa Island, Japan. A barrage of United States Navy fire shoots down the Kamikaze planes. Views of fire and smoke-filled sea and air. Curtain of anti-aircraft flak fired at Japanese aircraft. Many attacking aircraft seen streaking across the sky and some falling into the ocean after being hit by fire form U.S. Navy ships. (World War II period).
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