United States soldiers fight along the Austrian border near Scharnitz Pass in Austria during World War Two. Infantrymen of Companies A,B, and C, 1st Battalion, 409th Regiment, 103rd Division, fire rifles at German positions in wooded hills, across a snow covered field. Soldiers take cover behind trees and fence posts. M4 Sherman tanks, a half track and jeeps support the soldiers, on a well paved road. A soldier fires a machine gun from a jeep. A tank fires its gun at hillside across the snow-covered field. The soldiers look through binoculars. Two surrendering German soldiers run by several American soldiers, one of whom swings a rifle at them and another who kicks at them as they run past. A U.S. tank enters a village, passing a sign that reads ' Scharnitz, Kreis Innsbruck '. U.S. infantrymen enter the village passing between buildings and log fences. The walk past several iron tank obstacles along paths in the village.
A U.S. Navy officer at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria after his liberation immediately after World War II. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jack Taylor from Hollywood, California stands among other survivors and describes his capture, imprisonment and conditions for prisoners at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp.
German prisoners march in Austria during World War II. The prisoners march on a road. Allied soldiers lead them. German prisoners carry bags in their hands. Views of German prisoners marching.
German prisoners march in Austria during World War II. German prisoners march on a road. A hut in the background. Trucks drive past on a road in the foreground. German prisoners with their belongings loaded on a horse cart move out. Horse carts and prisoners move along a road. The belongings loaded on carts.
Soviet Army M-4 tank (via Lend-Lease) pulls Soviet tank in Liezen, Austria. Soviet tank in mud hole. Soviet soldiers around the tank. M-4 tank pulls the tank from mud hole. Soldiers standing in the foreground. (World War II period).
United States Army 80th Infantry Division meets Russian troops in Liezen, Austria, at end of World War II in Europe.. Russian troops walk down the Enns River bridge. They cross the bridge. Troops march over bridge. Formal ceremony participated in by formations of Russian 9th Tank Brigade, Russian 21st Infantry Division and U.S. 80th Infantry Division soldiers. Major General Horace L. McBride, Lt General Walton H Walker, Russian Major General Voskresenskii, and Russian Lt Colonel Tisachnee attend services . General McBride presents medals to Russian general.