Trains with driver-less locomotives collide in Belgium during World War I. The trains burn. The collided trains in view. Men inspect the collided trains. The German troops build the railroad. Germany's Railroad Engineers Corps restore a bomb damaged tunnel.
Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.
Exterior night time shot of U.S Capitol dome in late 1930s. Sign 'Division of Communications and Records' above a State Department office door. Officer at desk. Men working in office and typing. Door sign 'Secretary of Department of State'. Cordell Hull at desk. Hull speaking. He reads a statement urging peace and security rather than armed conflict in Europe. State Department workers typing out memos and interpreting coded dispatches. A close up of a page decoding a secret coded dispatch. Newspaper headlines indicate orders dispatched for American ambassador to return from Germany (shortly before outbreak of World War 2). Sign for 'Carlton Hotel' on the hotel building. Secretary Hull seated in his office as he studies reports. Pictures of Hull in various newspapers of different languages. Seal of the U.S. on an entrance of a U.S. Embassy. A door closing with sign "American Embassy" on it.
United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, and French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, meet in the British Foreign Office, in London. The three powers meet to discuss the future of Germany and also the Far East situation.
Soviet war strategy against German invasion during World War II. Home of Russian musician Tchaikovsky converted into museum and his symphonies. Home and portrait of Leo Tolstoy in Russia. Dead bodies of Russian men and also some women and children dead civilians lie on snow covered grounds following a massacre by retreating German forces. Russian citizens cry and mourn the atrocity and loss. Russian children abused and mass murdered by German forces. Russians tortured and killed by Germans. Russians swear their oath to fight against Germany and take revenge. City of Leningrad attacked by German Army.
The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938. Austrian civilians parade, celebrating the annexation, in town of Villach. They crowd around a German marching band, and render the Nazi salute as a German color Guard and troops march along a town street. Troops stack their gear in military manner and relax together. Several pose with an older Austrian woman.
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