George Carlett Marshall arrives in China in attempt to mediate an end to the Chinese Civil War after World War II. United States Army General George Carlett Marshall disembarks from a U.S. Air Forces C-54 aircraft. U.S. P-51 aircraft seen parked on ramp in background. General Mashall is greeted by American and Chinese officers. Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, strolls from operations building to greet General Marshall. Photographers take photographs. General Marshall and Chiang Kai-Shek get into a car and travel in a motorcade to a building, where discussions will take place. General Marshall poses on the steps with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
United States 9th Air Force reactivated at England during World War II. Sign on door reads "Commanding Generals War Room". United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Lieutenant General Lewis Hyde Brereton delivers a speech to the high ranking officers around a conference table. Maps placed on the wall in the background.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
United States Troops in India during World War II. Soldiers and nurses watch as jockeys take horses past them. Tents in the foreground. Civilians and soldiers purchase tickets at the ticket counter. Soldiers watch jockeys ride horses during a race on a track
Animated map shows the four different zones of Germany after World War II.: British, Soviet, French and American Zone. Animated map focuses on the Soviet zone and shows the Iron Curtain rising along the Soviet Border. Russian troops march through streets in Berlin. Civilians board trains on streets. Russian woman directs traffic. Damaged buildings in the background. Russian officers enter and leave Headquarter in Berlin. East German men and women workers on farms. Russian soldiers and East German civilians pull heavy machinery for shipment to Russia. Interior of the Dresden China Works. Civilians mold and paint china articles.
German newsreel shows activities of French workers in Paris, France following capture and occupation of the city by Nazi German forces in World War II. French workers and soldiers lined up on a ladder and removing sandbag defensive protections from the Luxor Obelisk (Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) at the Place de la Concorde. Buildings in the background. Workers pull nails from boards as they disassemble defensive positions and gun emplacements. Long line of saddened workers and French soldiers pass buckets slowly in a bucket brigade. Eiffel Tower in the background.
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