New Zealand Minister Walter Nash disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by the United States officials and other British envoys at the airport in Washington DC. The officials shake hands.
May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia during World War II. Posters of Soviet leaders. British, French and United States officials are guest of honor. A huge crowd gathered for the May Day celebrations. Buildings in the background. Troops march with guns. Band plays trumpets. President Mikhail Kalinin, Joseph Stalin and Marshall Voroshilov salute the officers. Motorized rocket launchers move along the road. Tanks pass in formation.
The first preliminary trial of Nazi war criminals following end of World War II in Europe. Norwegian leader Vidkun Quisling is tried for high treason in Oslo, Norway. Men are seated during the trial. Vidkun Quisling sits during the hearing. View of the Norwegian ship "Patria" which is now Allied headquarters, in Flensburg, Northern Germany. On May 9, 1945, the Allies arrest all elements of the German shadow government at Flensburg. German prisoners march near the harbor. Ships in the background. High German officials are arrested. Two German Navy officers and a non-uniformed official (who has the appearance of a Hitler doppelganger) stand with their hands behind their heads. Exterior view of Castle at Flensburg. Inside lies the body of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, after he committed suicide. Picture of Admiral Doenitz, on wall above the body. Colonel General Alfred Jodl, leaving the Germany Army Headquarters at Flensburg, as he is taken into custody. Exterior view of German shadow government headquarters at Flensburg. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, successor to Hitler, is taken into custody. Doenitz and Jodl, are escorted by Allied armed guards, through a tunnel in the Flensburg compound. View of house in Luneberg, Germany, where Nazi SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, commits suicide after his arrest by British soldiers. View of cyanide poison pills taken from Himmler, before he succeeded in taking one he had hidden in his mouth. Body of Himmler.
United States President Harry S Truman gives a message on the war against Japan in World War II. He states that the Japanese should realize that United States has skill, men, power, leadership, allies and determination to win the war against Japan. He gives a report on the progress of the war.
Soviet resources and preparation for World War II. Troops march on streets in Soviet Russia. Tanks and trucks move across a field. A locomotive moves on railway track. Cannons on field. Planes in flight. Newspaper printed. Men read newspapers. Women dig trenches with shovels. Women listen as a man speaks on a street. Women wear bands on arms and do medical work. Men work in factories. Equipment in factories. Ships on harbor and oil fields in Russia. Russian leader Joseph Stalin in view. Small craft in water. Naval guns and planes in flight.
World War II on the Russian Front. View as German troops advance near bombed out buildings. fight on streets. View of destroyed city and a bridge over water. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions. German soldiers stand on hills. Ships in water. German Tank moving across wheat fields. Smoke and explosion due to bombardment. German bombers in flight. Aerial view of the Russian villages. Bombs being dropped on city. German Pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Soldiers, jeeps and tanks move along a road. German artillery fires. Damaged villages. Russian women mourn for soldiers killed in battle. Dead bodies of Russian soldiers.
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