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  1. Pacific Islands Campaign

    Part 4: Japanese planes attack ships off Saipan. US troops land on islands off New Guinea. Troops fight and supplies are dropped on Guam. Women and children are fed and treated at field hospitals.

  2. War Crimes Trial: The Belsen Case

    Part 5: Courtroom scenes of the trial by a British military tribunal at Lueneberg, Germany, of Nazis who served at the Belsen prison camp. Includes scenes of atrocities at Belsen. According to UN contents sheet: "To a British military tribunal at Luneburg [sic] is brought a sordid assortment of Nazi war criminals...headed by the notorious Josef Kramer, charged with responsibility for torture and mass murder of 50,000 prisoners, at the German death camp at Belsen. Belsen's women -- as savage as any of the men. Kramer's chief assistant -- 21 years old and a veteran of five years of atrocities...

  3. May 1934 Jubilee

    "1 May 1934, Jubilee" Members of the Krupp family attend a Nazi rally in Berlin.

  4. Nazis visit Krupp firm

    "Nazi officials visiting the Krupp Firm" Soldiers marching, holding flags with swastikas, delivering speech, distributing Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf."

  5. Dedication of Hitler portrait

    "Dedication of Hitler painting at Krupp's Institute for Physical Research" Unveiling of portrait of Bismark and bust of Hitler in a meeting room. Shots of officials talking, Krupp leaving. Chamber music group playing, audience members and speakers salute both pieces.

  6. Goebbels visiting Krupp works

    "Goebbels visiting the Krupp Works" Automobile with Goebbels. CUs, Goebbels. Crowd.

  7. VE Day in US

    United News. Crowds in Times Square celebrate news of VE Day and people pray in churches.

  8. Truman speaks on end of war

    President Truman announces the German surrender.

  9. Nuremberg stadium, swastika blown up by US troops

    US and Russian troops meet at the Elbe. Shows General Emil Reinhardt. Shows scenes of Nazi headquarters in Nuremberg. Huge US flag is raised over the giant swastika atop the Nuremberg stadium. Swastika is later blown up - the actual explosion and flying debris.

  10. UNRRA Council plans belief of world's needy

    Delegates and the UNRRA meeting in Jersey City, NJ. Herbert Lehman speaks on international understanding.

  11. UN Security Council meets

    Delegates arrive at Hunter College, New York for a meeting of the UN Security Council. Shows scenes of the meeting as Sec. Byrnes speaks on international cooperation.

  12. Gateway to Victory: D-day invasion

    Aerial and amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy.

  13. Gateway to Victory: Rome taken

    US troops enter Rome under the supervision of Gen. Clark. A mob attacks collaborationists. Pope Pius XII addresses the populace.

  14. Gateway to Victory: Normandy beach

    Allied convoys land on the Normandy beaches. Gens. Eisenhower and Montgomery and Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsey shown.

  15. Western front

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 371. Soldiers. Civilians with luggage. Headlines, "Vive la France". Aerial views of bomb damage.

  16. Bitter War on West Front (Malmedy)

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 371.

  17. Bitter War on West Front (Gen. DeGaulle)

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 371.

  18. Formal Jap Surrender

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 431. Release date, 09/06/1945. According to UN advance information: "Japs Sign Surrender Papers." On the broad decks of the USS "Missouri" in Tokyo Bay, the official Japanese delegation signs the formal surrender documents. Military representatives of each of the victorious Allied powers, then affix their signatures, and hostilities are ended. Gen. MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allies, speaks to the gathering, and to the world, stating that hostilities have ceased, and that with God's help, war will be ended forever.

  19. Truman speaks

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 431. Release date, 09/06/1945. According to UN advance information, "The President Speaks." In Washington, Pres. Truman offers thanks for the Allied victory, and summons American to work as diligently in the postwar period as she did in the prosecution of the war.

  20. US Army in Japan

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 431. Release date, 09/06/1945. According to UN advance information, "Tokio [sic], The Desolate City." As Yanks occupy the Japanese capital they see that Tokio is a ruined city. The antiquated Jap fire-fighting equipment was unable to save immense areas which were burned out by fire bomb raids. Yet, most of the buildings in the Mikado's compound are untouched.