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The cheery British voice over tells us of the arrival of various British military and diplomatic officials, hinting at the huge amount of work they have to get through. We then see Churchill arriving, followed by Roosevelt. The leaders then meet up but the action then shifts to less senior officials. We get detail of how the three countries will meet regularly to co-ordinate their policies. Scene then shifts to the Big Three arriving for the main talks. The leaders and their officials are then shown seated and the commentary tells us that ‘Here was destroyed the last hope that Germans may have had of victory through Allied disunity’. Stalin is described in glowing terms and then the scene shifts to the sequence that can also been seen in our first Yalta clip in this section. Here we have a commentary.  Towards the end of the war the leaders of the Big Three powers Churchill (Britain), Roosevelt (USA) and Stalin (USSR) met in Teheran in 1943 and then here in Yalta in February 1945. Their aim was to discuss what would happen to Europe once the conflict was over. As with the Soviet clip, the upbeat tone of this clip is the most interesting feature. The stressing of the unity of the powers is interesting, as is the glowing description of Stalin. Clearly the public back home is meant to be in no doubt of the goodwill and cooperation between the powers.
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Video Length: 172
Date Found: April 12, 2008
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UK National Archives |
February 17, 2010
Short film describing the role of one of William I’s Domesday commissioners.
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UK National Archives |
February 08, 2010
A documentary re-creation of the 1951 Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition
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UK National Archives |
December 16, 2008
This is an impressive display of US military might. Landing craft take marines to the beach who then storm ashore. Since the 19th century France had ruled Vietnam. During the Second World War Japan had taken over Vietnam. At the end of the war the French wanted to rule Vietnam but Ho Chi Minh, ...
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UK National Archives |
September 29, 2008
Henry explains how important letters were. The post is good on the whole. He explains that soldiers like descriptions of ordinary daily life. He also explains that long letters can also be used as toilet paper! He also points out that soldiers often get bad news. He then explains censorship and ...
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UK National Archives |
July 25, 2008
This clip shows trainee Tommies digging trenches, probably in England in 1915. The clip closes with instruction on rifles and a machine gun. The film shows troops training before being sent to the western front in 1915. They are all volunteers, persuaded to join up by Lord Kitchener's ...
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