Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. U.S. soldiers parade at U.S. 48th General Hospital followed by wounded soldiers on wheel chairs. Soldiers parade holding American flags. Victory Parade along street showing band preceded by WAC (Women's Army Corps) and band. Soldiers ride on trucks on a street. Band moves ahead preceded by U.S. motorcycles. Cameraman records the event. Parading band comes to a halt in front of U.S. MP (Military Police) Honor Guard. American soldiers and WACs (Women's Army Corps) with their heads bowed in front of Honor Guard.
BUF (British Union of Fascists) leader Oswald Mosley inspects members of fascist paramilitary group Blackshirts during East London Campaign on June 7, 1936. Members of Blackshirts parade along street and pass in review. Oswald Mosley reviews the parade and gives a salute of same type as Nazi German salute. Long column of members of Blackshirts along a street. Some carry Union Jack flags. British Bobby (police man) walking beside the marchers. Members of band beat drums. Groups of uniformed men and uniformed women Blackshirts parade.
Leader of BUF (British Union of Fascists) Sir Oswald Mosley delivers a speech in Manchester, England. Crowd gathered as they listen to Oswald Mosley speaking from a dais. Police officers try to contain some disturbance among crowd. Mosley making gestures during his speech. A large sign in background reads: "Fascism means War." Crowd gives fascist salute to Mosley. English Bobbies circulate in crowd to maintain order.
Combat footage filmed during the Soviet invasion and Battle of Berlin, Germany during World War 2. Smoke rises from damaged bridges and railroad lines. Ruined buildings of Berlin in aftermath of Soviet air and ground attacks. Piles of captured German weapons. German police officers and soldiers being taken as prisoners of war. Surrendering German troops march along a street. Grafitti on building wall says "Surrender - No." White surrender flags hang from windows and balconies of buildings. (These are contrasted by edited insert of German swastika flags covering the facades of buildings in the past.) German General Helmuth Weidling, commander of the Berlin Defense Area leads other Gernan officers from a bunker in the city, following their surrender to the Soviets on May 2, 1945. Large number of surrendering German soldiers marching, while General Weidling and other Berlin Defense Area officers quietly watch as their troops march past, as prisoners.
Hanging of Nazi war criminal in Bruchal, Germany. American soldiers lined up. U.S. MP (Military Police) brings a Nazi prisoner to gallows. Hood is placed over condemned man's head, rope is placed over hood and body is dropped through a trap.
Hanging of a Nazi war criminal in Bruchal, Germany, a former German sergeant who was tried by the U.S. 7th Army court and found guilty of killing an American aviator who bailed out of his plane over Germany. Nazi prisoner approaches gallows guarded by American MPs (Military Police). Body of condemned being dropped through trap. Body being removed from beneath gallows and placed in coffin.
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