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.
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.
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.
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.
United States President John F. Kennedy visits West Germany. Men rolling out the red carpet in Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). President Kennedy disembarks from the Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000, Boeing 707-353B). German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes President Kennedy. Kennedy and Adenauer review the honor guard. Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard greets Kennedy. They board in a car. People on the sides of streets in Cologne as the President's motorcade passes. A large crowd cheers and waves U.S. flags. President Kennedy attends a Catholic mass at Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). Police try to control the people. German men and women running to meet President Kennedy. A banner read ' Welcome President Kennedy'. Another one reads 'common struggle for peace and freedom'. President Kennedy addresses people in front of Bonn City Hall (Markt 2, 53111 Bonn, Germany). People wave small United States flags.
Spires of Cologne Cathedral silhouetted against sky in Cologne in Germany. In the interior of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) some damages caused by bombing is seen, during World War II. View of the front of the Cathedral.
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