Visit of Hollywood film studio executives flying from Brussels, Belgium to Frankfurt in Germany. Aerial view of passenger aircraft in flight transporting the film executives from Brussels to Frankfurt. They enter the IG Farben Building (Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Military officers welcome them. Film producers dine at General Eisenhower's private dining hall at IG Farben Building. Robert Murphy, the German Ambassador, speaks to Edgar Mannix.
Visit of film executives from Brussels, Belgium to Frankfurt in Germany. A boat trip of producers on the Rhine River. Producers smoke cigars and drink wine sitting on deck of the boat. Major General Oliver P. Echols, Major General Ray W. Baker, Major General Robert W. Harper, General Robert Erskine and Major General Surtees on the boat talk to each other and watch the river and its banks. Mistresses of some producers also accompany them.
Nazi leaders in Germany giving speeches during World War 2. Soldiers from various countries like England, Poland, Greece, America and Norway. View of young boy soldiers in Germany at end of World War 2. Earlier scene of Nazi Waffen SS soldiers as they march with goosestep on parade. Victims executed in Nazi massacre in Italy shown with hands tied behind their backs. Nazi victims mourned in France. Bodies of women and children slain by the Nazi SS in Belgium. A large crowd of civilians gathered to pay homage to the dead in Lublin, Poland. Allied military vehicles and personnel trample and walk on Nazi flags and posters in Germany. A pile of Nazi flags burning in the street, as men, women and children walk past. German prisoners of war assembled in a large outdoor enclosure, and moving out in a line. German soldiers surrendering, with white flags displayed. American soldiers look at open mass graves of persons shot dead by Nazis. Emaciated boy children inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp stand behind barbed wire fence around the time of its liberation. The prior scenes are contrasted with ordinary life in the United States. A boy retrieves a ball from a pond, and throws it. Children play on see saws at a playground. A baby take first few faltering steps. A girl hangs from monkey bar. A man and two women share a newspaper article.
Germany surrenders in Austria at the end of World War II in Europe. German officials arrive for surrender. German General and Commander of 19th German Army Erich Brandenberger signs capitulation in an Austrian city. U.S. Army General Edward H. Brooks receives German surrender in Austria. German Naval Commander Admiral Karl Donitz is captured. British sailors board captured German U-boats at Antwerp, Belgium. German prisoners aboard a U-boat.
V-E Day and Victory celebrations in Europe at the end of World War II in Europe. Civilians celebrate on the streets in Brussels, Belgium. Victory celebrations in Paris, France show a church bell ringing. French, American and British flags are raised. Cheering French crowd on the streets in Paris. French General Charles de Gaulle visits the Arch de Triomphe and pays homage at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery receives German surrender at Lundberg.
Allied soldiers in Rhineland, Germany during World War II. A truck drives through muddy road. A truck crosses a bridge during a flood. Water in the river gushing from under the bridge. United States Third Army soldiers advance across an area in Rhineland. A soldier looks through binoculars at the enemy position. An aircraft drops bomb on German position and explosions occurs. Soldiers cross over a newly built foot bridge. Smoke screen being laid down. Smokescreen machine emits smoke. Smoke screen canisters are floated downstream. Troops carry crates containing medical and ammunition supplies to the other side of the river. Smoke envelopes the whole river. Tanks and trucks cross over the bridge. Troops advance and tanks fire guns. A dead German soldier lying in the mud. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) are led away by Allied troops. A map of Belgium and the Netherlands. First Canadian Army under General Harry Crerar attacks east of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Sign reads “Stadt Goch Kreis Kleve” in Kleve (Cleves), Germany. Red Cross and army trucks and ambulance advance into Kleve. British General Bernard Montgomery with British soldiers. Tanks advance and British and Canadian troops fire artillery in battle. Shells being loaded. Machine gun (Lewis gun) being fired. Canadian troops marching to Goch, Germany. Tank rolls past a damage building. German civilians watch the arrival of Canadian troops in Goch. Some German refugees leave town.