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Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

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.

Date: 1945, March 26
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040691
Aerial view of bomb damage in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

Bomb damage in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Aerial view of the Hohenzollern Bridge across the Rhine River, Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) and the city of Cologne. Aerial view of the bomb damage in the city. Damaged buildings.

Date: 1945, April 16
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056165
U.S. soldiers advancing along the ruined area in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne (Köln) Germany during World War II. Destroyed buildings along Old Town Cologne. Debris on the street. A tank's gun traverses. Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) in the foreground. A soldier standing beside a Jeep uses a field phone. Soldiers advance on the street.

Date: 1945, March 6
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075882
U.S. soldiers advancing and M-26 tank moves into position in Cologne, Germany (WW2)

United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Damaged buildings and rubble along the street. Split column of the United States troops walking towards Cologne Cathedral. United States Army M-26 Pershing tank moves into position. It fires at the building. Ruins of the city. View of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany).

Date: 1945, March 6
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075885
German surrender scenes and views from wrecked German cities at end of World War 2

Documentary titled 'Deutschland Erwache' recounts Germany's wartime experiences. Nazi Swastika emblem is blown up on top of the Zeppelintribüne at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg in 1945 by the U.S. Army. Following explosion, the pieces from the destroyed emblem fall from the sky. Montage shows: German Prisoners Of War (POWs) marching; Ratification of the German surrender documents (from surrender two days earlier at Reims) held at Soviet headquarters in Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany on May 9, 1945. German officers present include Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff from the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. They are seen entering room and signing documents. View of Keitel signing the surrender document. Soviet Russian General looking at surrender documents. General Eisenhower, General Montgomery and others shown in brief glimpses. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at Yalta. Aerial views of heavily bomb-damaged cities in Germany, including wrecked German cities of Cologne, Nuremberg, Hamburg, and Berlin. View of Brandenburg gate in background and rubble of bombing in foreground as two people carry a stretcher down the street. A wrecked street sign for the Unter Den Linden lies on the ground partially covered in mud. Ground level views of smoking ruined buildings in Berlin and a few German citizens walking on the streets. Views of dead German soldiers on a battlefield. German soldiers helping to carry and tend to wounded and bandaged German soldiers. Large group of German citizens gathered in a public square.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675050132
Montage of scenes illustrating the final stages of World War II in Europe

Liberation of Paris August 22, 1944. Tricolor flying from Arc de Triomphe. Crowds celebrate. Young people dance in street. Tanks firing guns. Bombs dropping on Germany. American tanks firing in Cologne, Germany. Spires of Cologne Cathedral loom above destruction and rubble in streets of Cologne. German civilian refugees on the streets. Germans in front of air raid shelters. Animated map showing Soviet advance from East.Formation of Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft. Soviet tanks in farm field. Silhouetted German soldiers surrendering. Wounded and dead German soldiers. Destroyed German military equipment. A long line of surrendered German soldiers. Allied forces driving into Germany beyond the Rhine River. Suffering German civilians and refugees including men, women, and children in desperate circumstances after the devastation of war. German refugees walking on roads, including babies in carriages or prams.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051622