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Surrendered Nazi soldiers and equipment in a field in Czechoslovakia.

A crowd of German civilians (families of Nazi prisoners in Czechoslovakia) in a field in Czechoslovakia. A United States soldier frisks a Nazi soldier. Large mass of surrendered German troops in the field. Surrendered German equipment parked in the field. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046384
Soldiers and officials gather for the celebration of V-J day in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.

Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.

Date: 1945, August 18
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062816
Memorial service in Lidice, Czechoslovakia; Edvard Benes and officers put wreaths on graves honoring massacred civilians

A memorial service for Czech people killed by Nazi Germany after Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's assassination in Lidice, Czechoslovakia. People walk for the ceremony. People observe silence for the people killed by the Germans after the assassination of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich. President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes puts wreaths on graves at the site where the burned down village of Lidice had been. Officers salute. Wreaths placed on the graves. Children gathered at the ceremony. Soldiers stand at attention. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068485
German civilian Pusch testifies in trial of Franz Strasser for shooting of American aviator prisoners; scenes from tribunal in Dachau (WW2)

Excerpts from 24 August, 1945 (World War II) military commission tribunal in Dachau. Swearing in of translator and charges read against Franz Strasser for: "Violation of the Laws and Usages of War. In that on or about 9 December 1944, FRANZ STRASSER, Kreisleiter of Kreis Kaplitz, an Austrian National, did at or near Kaplitz, Czechoslovakia, wrongfully and unlawfully kill an American airman, whose name, rank and serial number are unknown, [by shooting him with a machine pistol]. Strasser replies with a plea of not guilty. Next scene shows entry of German civilian truck driver, Josef Pusch, who is sworn in and provides testimony about the incident. Pusch describes the events of the shooting of the American prisoners by Strasser. United States flag and judges on raised platform. U.S. officials, defendants and civilians in the court room. Shows hearing as it begins. The Nazi commandant seated with other officials. The German civilian is questioned by an interpreter. German civilian Pusch identifies Strasser. Pusch gives his account to the tribunal about the shooting of the American flyers.

Date: 1945, August 24
Duration: 8 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021221
Portion of Trial of Nazi war leaders during Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg Germany. Audio only.

Audio only. Nazi war leaders on trial in Nuremberg Germany. Coverage on how the charges will be grouped. The speaker focuses on three major issues: international situations and aspirations for expansion of Germany between 1943-1945; conquering of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and improvement of military and political positions.

Date: 1946, October
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030655
German civilians move out with their baggage and American armor passes through the streets of Pilsen in World War II

German civilians move out with baggage in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia near end of World War 2, in Europe. Long line of German prisoners march through country side. Grasslands seen on either side of roads. American soldiers with guns and rifles stands near the tanks. German civilians moves out of Czechoslovakia with their baggage. Army vehicles moves ahead through the Czech town. Buildings on either side of the streets. Czech civilians watch as the vehicles pass through the streets. Armored vehicles and tanks pass the truck of German prisoners. Czech civilians and police wave. Happy Czech crowd of men, women, children, and Czech policemen cheers for the Allies. Sign on rural road indicating Praha (Prague) ahead. German prisoner soldiers on vehicles, horse carts, and on foot move on road, and include some Russian Liberation Army (ROA or Vlasov Army) and Czech soldiers riding on captured German tracked vehicles. Some soldiers walk at side of road. (Note: Film is silent, but sound track carries continuous "motorboating" noise.)

Date: 1945, April 8
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055605