U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) SI (Secret Intelligence) operations against Axis Powers in the European Theater during World War II. An SI agent washes a paper with 'Eagle atop Swastika' Nazi symbol of Hitler's Third Reich in Germany. The officer pours a solution and places the paper in a surgical tray. He fixes the paper on a cardboard and further examines it.
U.S. ground crews work on United States Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in England prior to a bombing raid on Emden, Germany by U.S. 56th Fighter Group during World War II. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft parked. The ground crew mounting an auxiliary fuel tank and loading wing guns.
Ice melting and water flowing as Spring comes to Leningrad following winter siege by Germany in World War 2. Crosses from Nazi graves wash away into streams. Convoy trucks continue to drive on the melting ice of Lake Ladoga. Group of children in Leningrad enjoy a walk outside. A child rides a tricycle. A woman washes windows of a trolley. Point of view (POV) shot of driving trolley in Leningrad, showing controls. People board trolley. Soviet women soldiers from Army and women sailors from women's Navy corps walking. Wide shot of Leningrad with trolley running. Dancers from the famous ballet theater board a Soviet battleship. Dancers perform traditional dances while sailors play violin and other instruments. Sailors watch as dancers leave ship in small boat. Woman spits on German prisoners of war POWs as they are marched through the streets of Leningrad. Soviet citizen soldiers or militia march in procession holding rifles with fixed bayonet.
American food, machine, tools and other supplies loaded in ships for Europe under Marshall Plan. German citizens in West Berlin Germany busy rebuilding after World War 2 destruction. Men at construction sites and boys and men moving equipment, bricks, steel, lumber, cement, and wheel barrows. Communists demonstrate in Soviet east Berlin. Men and women climbing fences at a building while a crowd pushes forward. Communists blockade Berlin. East German police officers in a human chain move a crowd. A blockaded area dividing the city. Industrial production stopping due to power failures. Closeup of analog power dial moving to zero from a power cut. A light in a factory turning off. Goods piled up idle in train stations, unable to be moved. A blocked border crossing at Helmstedt, and a line of trucks with food supplies at the crossing, stopped and unable to pass. Truck drivers discuss the impasse with a Russian guard.
In spite of Non Aggression treaty with Denmark, signed by Germany, May 31, 1939, German ships carrying army troops dock in Copenhagen and offload troops, tanks and equipment in the midst of local citizens, as part of surprise invasion of Denmark, on April 9, 1940, in World War 2. Some local citizens running away from the dock area. View of German troops marching along a street in Copenhagen, as local people line the sidewalks, watching.
Max Schmeling arrives in New York, United States. World heavyweight boxing champion from Germany Max Schmeling with a dog in his arms. He smiles as he arrives in New York for a bout with Jack Sharkey. Schmeling aboard a ship.
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