German troops of KG Peiper advance in Malmedy, Belgium during World War II. A map points out Belgium, Germany and France. Camouflaged German StuG III Assault Guns advance. Flamethrowers used. German soldiers fire at American positions and bombard. German soldiers pass by a U.S. Army motor convoy in flames near Malmedy. The United States Army soldier prisoners of war in the town under German guard. Red Cross personnel examine the bound bodies of U.S. POW that were found and, separately, of Belgian civilians massacred by the German troops near Malmedy (the so called Malmedy Massacre). The dead are buried in a common grave. Wrecked houses and buildings. News headline reads, "3rd Army deep in Germany." Fire blazing in supply depots left by the retreating United States forces. U.S. artillery and antiaircraft guns fired point blank at the advancing German tanks. The U.S. tank guns and machine guns fire over the snow covered battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. U.S. Army Air Force aicraft and German Luftwaffe aircraft engage in aerial dogfight combat. Contrails across sky. U.S. soldiers in snow covered forest of trees in Battle of the Bulge. General Eisenhower visits troops at the front. News headlines about Russians smashing German lines and 40 Japanese ships sunk. Views of dead U.S. soldiers on Belgian battlefield.
United States General Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Brussels, Belgium. Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and other dignitaries greet him. He talks to the dignitaries. Soldiers and officials greet him. He places a wreath on the tomb of the Congress Column, also known as the Monument to the Unknown Soldier (Place du Congrès / Congresplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium). Other soldiers salute. Buildings and a car parked in the background. (World War II period).
U.S. Military Police check point in Haversin, Belgium. Military Police of the 83rd Infantry Division, Fifth United States Army at entrance to small village. Military Policemen check identification of U.S. soldiers and vehicle drivers. Belgium civilian presents identification papers to the Military Policemen. (World War II period).
United States 2nd Infantry Division retreats from Wirtzfeld to Elsenborn, Belgium. Ambulances move on road. Snow covered field in the background. Troops of 2nd Division pack and load luggage on 2 ½ ton trucks and leave the town. M 10 motor carriage move towards front near Soldiers sit on trucks and jeeps. Artillery moves in town. Soldiers walk on road. Three soldiers walk on road. Snow in the background. Medics and Headquarter troops move to rear along road through snow covered fields. Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division rest besides road. (World War II period).
United States soldiers skate with children on a frozen pond in Belgium. Men and women at the pond. Soldier skates and falls and a man help him. Soldier skates with children, they hold him skate. United States soldier tries to skate alone. He falls. He tries again and succeeds. Children accompany him. People and children watch them. (World War II period).
Dead bodies of soldiers killed by Nazi forces are exhumed from a mass grave and placed into caskets in Belgium. All the dead bodies have their hands tied at the back. German officer prisoner watches as men take the bodies out. (World War II period).