Tanks and vehicles of the 11th Armored Division of the United States Army with infantry advance into a city of Germany, during World War II. Tanks advance through muddy roads of villages and agricultural farms. Infantrymen sit on tanks. Soldiers on one of the tanks talks with a man dressed in civilian clothing, who climbs up on tank to talk to him, as they appear to discuss directions to a a destination.
Tanks and vehicles of the 11th Armored Division of the United States Army with infantry advance into a city of Germany, during World War II. Tanks advance on roads of a village. Civilians watch the tanks with anxiety. A young German girl watches the truck. Infantrymen walk on roads carrying their weapons. Tanks drive in an open field and cross agricultural farms.
Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, board their P-51D aircraft, for a mission against German targets, during World War II. They are operating from a bombed out captured German airfield, near the end of the War in Europe. Major L.K. Brueland is seen in cockpit of his airplane as he taxis with the canopy open, making his way between obstructions on the ramp. His aircraft displays 14 and one half swastikas. Another pilot climbs aboard his P-51D, as a photographer stands on the nose of the aircraft. His airplane has 16 German crosses (not swastikas ) painted on it. Crew chief cleans his canopy. He taxis out with canopy closed.
Vladimir Lenin addressing delegates at meeting of the Second Congress of the Communist International ("Comintern"), held in the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace, in Moscow, on July 19, 1920. Some illuminated candles on tables behind the speaker. (The sign on the speaker's stand, in Russian and French, simply asks attendees to refrain from smoking.) Next, Lenin is seen outdoors on a cold day, on March 18, 1919, in Red Square, Moscow. He is speaking at the funeral of Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, his close associate, and Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). (Sverdlov died on March 16th at age 33.)
Two handmade 1946 model Ford cars during their test drive on roads in Detroit, Michigan. Four and two door models of the Ford car during their exhibition run. Narrator describes the post war production effort for new Ford cars and speaks to how Ford had not forgotten cars for American consumers after retooling following its war production work in World War II.
A parade by the Soviet armed forces during May Day celebrations at the Red Square in Moscow during World War II. Posters and cutouts of Joseph Stalin, Lenin, and other Russian leaders. Large marching troops of the Soviet Military. Marshal Stalin reviews the parade. American Army officers at the venue watch the parade. Grim Japanese Military Generals watch Stalin's power display. World's heaviest artillery and tanks move on during the parade.
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