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U.S. President John F Kennedy visits Rathaus at Cologne, Germany.

United States President John F Kennedy arrives at the Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). President Kennedy rides in an open car as he leaves the airport. German civilians cheer for his arrival. German policeman uses a walkie-talkie handset. Scene of a boat sailing in the Rhine River. A man hammers nail in carpet in preparation for Kennedy’s arrival in front of Kölner Rathaus (City Hall). Presidential motorcade moves to the Rathaus and Cologne people wave from apartments. President Kennedy shakes hands with people and takes the stand to address the crowd. The President talks about Cologne and relates Cologne to certain United States of America. Robert Lochner, Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, stands right of the President. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer speaks in German. President boards car with Chancellor Adenauer and 15 motorcycles follow them. Scenes of Cologne Cathedral and people wait for President.

Date: 1963, June
Duration: 6 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034078
U.S. soldiers firing machine guns and a German Panther tank erupts in flames in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne (Köln) Germany during World War II. Wrecked buildings and rubble along the street sides. Tanks advance through the debris filled streets. Two soldiers atop pile of debris poised with rifles at the ready. Soldier in prone position atop pile of debris fires a machine gun. View of a German Mark V Panzer (Panther) tank in Komödienstrasse near the Cologne Cathedral. This is shortly after it had knocked out at least one U.S. M4 Sherman tank in Cologne that day. The Panzer is one of three German tanks remaining in the city. Combat camera footage from Cameraman Jim Bates shows the attack on the Panther tank as seen from Bates' position in the Deutsche Arbeitsfront building. The Panther is hit by fire from gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer in an M-26 series Pershing tank (a T26E3) with a 90mm gun, which had just rolled into position at the crossing of An den Dominikanern and Marzellenstraße. (The Pershing tank is not seen in this footage. It is at street level in front of the building, with the cameraman above). German soldiers jump from the Panther tank. The German Panther Tank receives additional fire from the Pershing and is consumed in flames. Smoke rising from the tank. Camera pans to view of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) and then back to the burning Panther tank.

Date: 1945, March 6
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075883
Allied armored units enter Cologne, Germany as the city is ruined during World War II.

Allied troops advance towards Cologne in World War II, Germany. Map depicts Allied invasion of Western Europe and advance towards Germany. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill, and Soviet President Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta conference in Livadia Palace, Crimea, Russia. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery is seen consulting with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley. A group of American Sherman tanks firing their guns from a field. A building collapsing from shellfire. American troops firing truck-mounted machine guns equipped with huge enclosed drums of ammunition Glimpse of surrendering German soldiers running toward the camera. Barrages from rocket launchers. British soldiers running into a town with shells bursting and fires burning. An American soldier running behind two German soldiers he is taking as prisoners. US Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft diving to attack. View from cockpit of an aircraft flies through an explosion and fireball. Tanks and infantry advancing and firing. A U.S. P-51 fighter plane with white striped wings flies overhead. American troops riding in an M3 half-track. British soldiers manning a gun. Bombardier in a U.S. bomber bent over his bomb sight. View from aircraft of bombs bursting on the ground raising huge smoke clouds. More German soldiers running forward to surrender. Canadian soldiers moving forward through flooding waters. Canadian Commanding General Henry Crerar is seen with an aide. Canadian troops descending a hill into a town and fighting in the streets. Canadian troops firing mortars and artillery. American armor and infantry occupying a German suburb of Cologne. A woman hangs a large white flag from upper window of her house. Destroyed houses and German soldiers running with their hands held up. U.S. troops entering city of Cologne, with Cathedral in the background. Sherman tank moving toward the Cologne Cathedral.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060113
Tanks and troops of U.S. First Army enter Cologne, Germany,during World War II.

U.S. First Army troops advance in Cologne, Germany during World War II. View of Cologne Cathedral still standing. Sherman tanks tow away street cars used to block roads. M-26 Pershing tanks roll through streets of Cologne. City almost destroyed by bombing. U.S. Soldiers walk through streets and fire machine guns from behind piles of rubble. Heaps of debris on streets. A German car is struck by a collapsing building. U.S. troops shoot at German soldier walking across street. Sherman tank firing from a park square. Close range view of a German Panzer tank, filmed by combat cameraman Jim Bates, as it is is hit by fire from an US Army M-26 Pershing tank (gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer) and the German crew jumps out. The tank goes up in flames. Wounded German soldier lying on ground. Two American officers shake hands, standing on an abandoned German Panther (Panzer) tank, in front of the Great Dome Cathedral, which was deliberately spared by U.S. bombers. Many German prisoners of war. Hohenzollern Bridge, destroyed by retreating German forces. A road sign reads: "Welcome to Koln, courtesy of the Spearhead Division." German residents stream back into the wrecked city. An older German civilian man sits on his luggage next to a damaged train track. Damaged street car on rubble-filled street. Views of the Cologne Cathedral, standing in the midst of destroyed city.

Date: 1945, March 6
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072902
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers shoot at German snipers in Ehrenfeld, Cologne (WW2)

United States 3rd Army Division soldier shoots at German snipers in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Street sign at Subbelrather Straße (Subbelrather Street) in Ehrenfeld borough, Cologne. Soldiers ride a Jeep and walk on foot near St. Rochus Church (Rochusstraße 98, 50827 Köln, Germany). The ruins of St. Rochus Church. A skyline view of Cologne, Germany.

Date: 1945, March 5
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080546
German woman carrying a bucket; United States 3rd Army Division soldiers in Cologne (WW2)

Pulheim station in Pulheim near Cologne, Germany during World War II. Train station sign reads “Pulheim”. Houses and military vehicles behind Pulheim station. Partially obscured road sign leaning on wooden post on road to Cologne. A German civilian woman carrying a bucket in a village. A wooden mill. Road sign reads “Köln”. A cleared roadblock to Cologne. United States Army soldiers (3rd Division) in Cologne on road and street after their entry into the city.

Date: 1945, March 5
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080541