SIGNING OF UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER Part 1

Description

Summary: MSs, CUs, individual shots of German, Russian, British, and US delegates attending armistice conference. MLSs, LSs, MCUs, delegates seated at table include Lt Gen Alfred Jodl (German), German Gen Admiral HansGeorg von Friedeburg and Maj Wilhelm Oxenius, Gen Jodl signs the document. MLSs, MSs, CUs, US Lt Gen Bedell Smith, British Gen Sir F E Morgan, French Gen Sevez, Russian Gen Ivan Suslaparoff, British Admiral Sir Harold Burroug and Air Marshall Sir J M Robb seated at conference table. German delegation leaves table. Short cuts, German delegation entering conference room. Note: Sound portion begins here: MCUs, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower seated at microphone delivers a speech relative to the signing of the unconditional surrender. Seated next to the general is British Air Marshall Sir J M Robb.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities