United States Army General Dwight Eisenhower arrives in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A United States Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft taxis on Prague Ruzyne Airport (Aviatická, 161 00 Praha 6, Czechia). General Dwight Eisenhower alights from the aircraft and is greeted by Czech officials. His car drives past cheering crowd lining the streets. General Eisenhower car waves to the cheering crowd from the car. He reviews an honor guard. Eisenhower’s car crosses the famous Charles Bridge (Karlův most, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia).
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Czechoslovakia during World War II. People gather on either sides of a street in town of Susice. 'Hotel Fialka' written on a building. Soldiers aboard military vehicles passing on the street. Buildings in the area. People waving towards the soldiers and cheering.
American GI, with the U.S. 16th Armored Division, sits in the cab of a 2.5 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck (CCKW) and talks with a girl, in Pilsen Czechoslovakia, during World War 2. A Technical Sergeant and another soldier sit on the truck hood.A U.S. soldiers standing on the hood and another in the rear of a Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep, lead a column of surrendering German officers and soldiers, as they march through crowds on a Pilsen street. Several scenes of the marching German troops. They are halted at a town square. Sign on fence in center of area contains U.S. Army logo and words:"Ivanhoe PWE." An American soldier speaks briefly to lieutenant General Georg von Majewski, Commander of the surrendering German forces. View from above of U.S. Army trucks and jeeps gathered near the square. Next, civilians are seen gathered around American soldiers in parked jeeps and seated on an M24 Chafee light tank. The soldiers sign autographs for the Czech civilians.
U.S. soldiers in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia during World War II. Vehicles parked on a street. Soldiers and civilians gather. Twin babies in a stroller on the street. A soldier plays with the babies and gives candies to them. A soldier talks to two women. Buildings in the background. A soldier talks to a woman and hugs her.
German soldiers return to Germany following the end of World War 2 in Europe, and German civilians are expelled from Czechoslovakia. German soldiers are seen withdrawing from the area of the Czech-German border in the vicinity of Oelsnitz, Czechoslovakia and Pilsen, Germany. German soldiers, many of whom are very young, march down street. Soldiers move on bicycles, horse drawn carts and trucks on village street. Buildings in the background with advertisement in German.. Men ride in an automobile. View of German civilian women and children during forced expulsion of German civilians from the area. The German cilvians rest temporarily in a field. A German soldier shaves in the field. German civilians get into an army truck. Trees in the background. German truck convoy passes through town. Civilians on either side of street wave. They rest temporarily in a field. A soldier shaves in the field. Civilians get into an army truck. Trees in the background. German truck convoy passes through town. Civilians on either side of street wave.
Interview of a liberated concentration camp prisoner in Dachau, Germany. A crowd gathered to watch the interview. Dr Hassarek of Czechoslovakia tells how he was hung by his wrists by Nazi German captors. (World War II period).