A shrine in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Exteriors of an old Slovak church. A modern store in the foreground. An old woman and a girl walk in front of a sidewalk religious shrine made out of sheet iron into a figure of Christ. A yellow flower growing at the foot of a shrine at the corner of the street.
British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visits Prague, Czechoslovakia after World War II. An American Douglas DC-3 aircraft taxis on a Czechoslovakian aerodrome. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery alights from the aircraft. He is greeted by Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and Commander-in Chief of the Czechoslovakian Army General Ludwig Svoboda. The gathered crowd greets Marshal Montgomery with cheers. He reviews members of Czechoslovakian 1st Armored Brigade which served under him. Marshal Montgomery in a convertible car which drives through the cheering Czechoslovakian crowd.
Celebrations on 4th July, Independence Day of the United States, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. U.S. troops and a band march. U.S. Army Major General Ernest N. Harmon at the 4th July celebrations. Czech President Edvard Benes and others on a reviewing stand. The troops march. American mechanized vehicles pass in review.
Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald at an airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Klement followed by military officials walks on the airfield. Prime Minister Gottwald shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin. Gottwald boards an aircraft for Moscow. Russia. The aircraft takes off.
Camp for Russian prisoners in Plattling, Germany soon after World War II. Russian prisoners being placed in line by a U.S. soldiers. Prisoners walk along a field and being lined up. Prisoners carry their meager possessions. Line of U.S. trucks. Russian and U.S. soldiers on guard. Line of Russian prisoners being marched to trucks for return to Russia. Prisoners getting into a truck guarded by rifle carrying U.S. soldiers. Truck pulls off. Trucks drive up to a train. Prisoners being searched for knives or weapons of any kind. Historical record accompanying the footage indicates that these Russian prisoners were former Russian soldiers, captured by the Germans, and that some of them then joined and fought for Germany.
Funeral of U.S. General George Patton in December 1945 in Hamm, Luxembourg after World War II. Exterior of military hospital at Heidelberg. Sign reads 'Villa Rehner'. U.S. soldiers carry Patton's casket out of villa and put it into an ambulance as soldiers stand at attention. Ambulance moves along a road followed by soldiers on foot. Exterior of Christ Church. Casket being carried into church. Civilian man and woman enter the church. Minister leading procession from church, followed by casket, casket being put into the ambulance again for transport to Luxembourg. Funeral procession moves along streets of Luxembourg. Parading tanks and half tracks in the funeral procession. Half truck bearing body of Patton passes. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. Body being borne into American military cemetery in Hamm Luxembourg (later established as Luxembourg American Cemetery). Body being carried through lines of soldiers at attention. Spectators at attention on sidelines. Soldiers fire volley over the grave. Soldier blow taps.
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