United States Marines in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Marines gathered outside a tent. A man blows a trumpet. The Marines advance on foot across an area. Two rifles in the foreground as the Marines advance. They advance across a field.
American forces in Leipzig, Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Landmarks include the heavily damaged New Town Hall, Burgplatz, and a church. At start of film, German civilians are seen running along railroad tracks, past war-damaged platform, to reach a train. Hungry German civilian men wrestle with a man on a sidewalk holding a large piece of meat. American soldiers walking across a city square in single file. Two Sherman tanks move across city square following the tracks of a tramway. The overhead electric wires for the tram are visible. More views of American soldiers walking and some in jeeps. A tilted view of the Reform Evangelist Church. Then camera straightens out and shows it properly. In front of the church, two American soldiers sit on a half-track with M45 Quadmount (Maxson) Anti-Aircraft guns installed on it. Back of the half-track has "660 AAA" stenciled on it. Many Jerry cans are held in racks along the sides of the half-track. Scene shifts to a formation of German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. Close-up views of faces of German soldier prisoners of war. Camera pans across them, closeup. They carry all their personal gear, including bed rolls, but no weapons. View from behind them. Wider glimpse of the prisoners under guard. The severely damaged 1928 Kroch Building (Krochhochhaus) is seen in the background. Several German prisoners sit in a jeep, guarded by an American soldier with an M3 .45-caliber sub-machine gun ("grease gun"). At the end of the film, the bomb damaged 1905 New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) is seen in the background.
Civilians in Germany during World War II. Civilians in streets as they carry sacks of food grains after raiding a food house. People come out of a food house after a raid. They carry food bags on their backs.
German prisoners in Germany during World War II. A German soldier with his hands behind his head after being taken as a prisoner. German prisoners lined up. German prisoners seated in a square. Civilians milling about in a street.
U.S. 69th Infantry Division and Russian 58th Guard Division forces meet in Germany during World War II, near the Elbe River at Torgau. A U.S. soldier tries a Russian rifle. Russian and U.S. soldiers eat and try to make each other understand with gestures. A sign reads 'Elbe'. A U.S. and a Soviet soldier stand in the foreground. Soldiers hold Soviet, U.S. and English flags. Soviet and American officers shake hands as soldiers look on. Officers at a drinks table. An American soldier lights up a cigarette for a Soviet soldier.
American and Soviet troops in Germany during World War II. A cameraman records the meeting of American and Soviet troops. Officers pose for the camera. A damaged bridge across the Elbe River in the background. Soviet and American soldiers led by their officers walk across an area. The officers being congratulated.
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