American GI, with the U.S. 16th Armored Division, sits in the cab of a 2.5 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck (CCKW) and talks with a girl, in Pilsen Czechoslovakia, during World War 2. A Technical Sergeant and another soldier sit on the truck hood.A U.S. soldiers standing on the hood and another in the rear of a Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep, lead a column of surrendering German officers and soldiers, as they march through crowds on a Pilsen street. Several scenes of the marching German troops. They are halted at a town square. Sign on fence in center of area contains U.S. Army logo and words:"Ivanhoe PWE." An American soldier speaks briefly to lieutenant General Georg von Majewski, Commander of the surrendering German forces. View from above of U.S. Army trucks and jeeps gathered near the square. Next, civilians are seen gathered around American soldiers in parked jeeps and seated on an M24 Chafee light tank. The soldiers sign autographs for the Czech civilians.
Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.
German soldier prisoners of war in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. Large group of German prisoners corralled in the city. A German officer stands and talks. An elderly German officer stands and poses. Soldiers around a water pool. (World War II period).
Welcome of American forces by Czech civilians of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia in final days of World War 2, in Europe. Crowds of Czech civilians welcome Americans. They cheer and wave to Americans. U.S. Army GMC CCKW 2 1⁄2 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo trucks move along street in background. Closeups of the enthusiastic local citizens waving to the camera. They line the sidewalks and cheer, as two American jeeps lead a column of M24 Chaffee Tanks along a main street of the city.
German prisoners march past in Pilsen,Czechoslovakia. Czech civilians cheers the Americans. Buildings seen in the background. German prisoners march past through town. Russian soldiers on horses. U.S. Army soldiers guards road. Trees seen on either side of road. Czech civilians watch the German prisoners march. Some of the German prisoners are boy soldiers. (World War II period).
German soldiers taken by the U.S. Army as prisoners of war in Pilsen,Czechoslovakia, during World War 2. German soldiers, who have surrendered, assembled in a group on hillside near a road. An American M4 Sherman tank passes on the road. The prisoners turn to watch it. More Shermans plus a small bulldozer and a jeep are seen on the road. The prisoners begin moving under direction of an American soldier, as citizens watch from the opposite side of the road. View of oncoming German prisoners walking toward the camera. They march around the camera as they proceed. Several persons in civilian clothes are among the prisoners. Sherman tanks continue passing on the road. Some German POWs are ambulatory wounded and many are young boy soldiers.
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