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American occupation troops collect military uniforms and weapons from German population, at end of World War II. U.S. troops display Nazi plundered treasure in a salt mine.

German civilians in a city on the Elbe River, gather around a poster containing Law Number 5, issued by the Military Government-Germany (American Occupation forces). It announces the dissolution of the Nazi party. Next, a German Army medic talks to an American, near a huge pile of German military uniforms, military equipment, and accessories. Civilians including former German soldiers throng a town square, adding items to the pile. A woman pulls uniform items from her wash basket. An American soldier talks with a German woman as bystanders watch and listen. A man and boy look at a small rifle before the boy throws it on the pile. View from above of the square with people crowded around the pile of castoffs in its center. Women placing officers' swords on the pile. Complete change of scene shows a U.S. soldier from the 3rd Army, in a salt mine, in Merkers, Germany, on April 15, 1945. He is perusing Nazi seized and stolen jewelry, cutlery, and precious metal trinkets in a case. Another soldier looks at a bar of gold and displays it for the camera. Many wrapped gold bars are behind him. German currency bank notes are seen in the hands of a soldier. Numerous packages of currency sit in the background. American soldiers show some of the stolen art works also hidden in the salt mine. Among the seized paintings seen is "Wintergarden," by French impressionist painter Edouard Manet.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064106
German civilians from Weimar village are forced to take a tour of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany.

Nazi concentration camps in Germany. Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. German civilians from nearby city of Weimar heading towards the camp for a forced tour, soon after the camp's liberation during World War II. Women laugh and talk as they walk on road. Elevated view from camp building looking down on main courtyard of camp as group of German citizens is led across the square. Line of citizens entering the camp through the main gate, as seen from just inside the main gate. The group looks at exhibits of lampshades and frames made of human skin. Evidence of Nazi atrocities including two shrunken heads of holocaust victims being shown to the German citizens. A civilian woman who has fainted is carried away. Civilians are forced to look at a prisoner whose toes are gone or removed, and whose feet are severly deformed by abuse and neglect. A horse cart heaped with dead bodies of emaciated camp victims is seen outside a camp building. German women walk out crying. Liberated prisoners stand at camp fences and watch as the citizens leave the camp.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064125
American home front life during World War II. Reminders of American historic involvement in earlier conflicts since the Revolution.

American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.

Date: 1942
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064132
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States and scenes of aircraft bombing a bridge.

American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Enemy looks at target area of a city map for bombing. An aircraft drops bombs on targets on ground. Explosion near a bridge. Civilians walk on the bridge. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064133
American civilian volunteers serve as aircraft spotters in World War II and practice during a drill in Arkansas, United States.

Opening scene shows soldiers standing near a searchlight and others by an array of sound direction finders for use in detecting movements of aircraft over the United States during World War 2. A large formation of single engine fighter aircraft is seen in flight. A formation of Navy PT boats speeds through the water. A trained volunteer airplane spotter looks through binoculars. A tall observation tower in a wooded area. Other volunteer airplane spotters, including two women, are shown in various cities. One spotter is in an agricultural area. Scene changes to students at a United Services Organization (USO) benefit dance in their high school. Camera pans upward to an airplane spotter on duty, above the school. He hears the sound of an airplane and looks through his binoculars. He annotates a Flash Message report with his observations, and picks up a telephone announcing "Army Flash" to the operator. A woman at a telephone switchboard takes his call and relays it to a woman at an Information Center. Film shows volunteer airplane spotters being trained by the U.S. Army to identify enemy aircraft using charts of their Silhouettes. Closeups of civilians ostensibly reporting their observations using "Army Flash" calls. Closeups of telephone operators giving priority to such calls. View of volunteers inside an information center, where aircraft movement are plotted on a large table map and their flight number, number of aircraft, number of engines they have and whether they are at high, medium, or low altitudes. Officers from Army Air Forces interceptor units observe from a balcony. In a drill, alerted pilots are seen scrambling and taking off in interceptor aircraft. A P-38 fighter plane takes off directly toward a camera. A formation of Curtis P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft are seen in flight. A large "V" formation of U.S. Army single engine airplanes is shown.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064134
Operation of an Air Raid Control Center by American civilians in Arkansas, United States in World War II.

American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States during World War 2. The radio stations ordered to go off line. A woman sings at a radio station. Message through the radios given to the civilians not to use the telephones. Closeup views of different kinds of portable and console radios. The Commander at the Information Center orders all aircraft to be grounded. Artillery fired at simulated enemy aircraft. Women marking on a large map at the Information Center. Civilian Airways officer takes information on the phone. A woman places symbols on the map. Animated map of United States with the Information Centers. Vehicles drive past a police station. Men pass the message from the District Control Center. Mills and, hospitals are requested for a blackout. Doctors and nurses in a surgery operating theater perform an operation in the hospital. The entire organization on alert after information reaches all the departments. Blackout in the city on the sound of an alarm and building lights go dim.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064135