Sinking of Queen Elizabeth-class British Royal Navy battleship HMS Barham in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. The ship sinks after being torpedoed by German U-Boat U-331. Smoke rises from the ship. The ship explodes and heavy columns of smoke rise up.
Group of British Army officers relax while stationed in Oppeln (Opole), Upper Silesia, with other Allied forces as peacekeepers after the third Silesian uprising following the post World War 1 plebiscite. Several Italian Army officers pose for the camera. A unit of French Army bicyclist troops walks their bicycles as they leave a military post at Malapanerstrasse (Ozimska Street). French bicycle troops on their bicycles, riding along a rough road, causing several to fall, at side of the road. Several armed men patrol rail bridge, at Sczepanowitz (Szczepanowice) where one span had been destroyed by the Polish Konrad Wawelberg Destruction Group, on May 2nd. View of the bridge in state of partial reconstruction. A French Bicycle soldier and another armed man accompany a soldier operating a small rail car on the line. In the final scenes, behind the men riding the railway handcar, silhouettes of building spires can be seen on the horizon, in the distance, in Old Town Opole (now in Poland). Among these may be the Piat tower, the Town Hall, and the cathedral.
People protest against the Soviet blockade in Berlin, Germany. Women close shutters in front of stores. Demonstrators march towards the center of Berlin in vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate. People gathered in front of the Reichstag building as they listen to speakers. British and American soldiers in audience. People gathered in front of the Reichstag building. Four Russian guards walk towards a Soviet monument.
Important buildings in Berlin, Germany. The Rathaus Schöneberg (John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin, Germany) on Martin Luther Strasse. The Rathaus Schöneberg Tower and the entrance to the Rathaus. The Russian flag at a flagstaff. French, American, and British flags fly. The front of the Allied Control Authority building.
Allied troops in the European Theater during World War II. A sign on a shell reads 'They'll make you whistle'. A sailor aboard a ship looks through binoculars. Naval guns aboard ship being fired in darkness, at night. Flashes of light and smoke. A sunrise over the water. View of sunken warship in a channel. British soldiers receiving hot drinks and snacks on a wharf. Convoy of warships underway. an aircraft takes off from an aircraft carrier deck.
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Russia during World War II. Officials arrive for the conference. Three Allied leaders seated around a table at the conference. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the desk. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, James F. Byrnes, Harry Hopkins and Alger Hiss seated at the table. The officials around the conference table. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill discuss at the table. Stalin talks to People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman.
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