A huge crowd cheering and celebrating the news of victory over Germany, ending World War 2, in Europe, on May 8, 1945 (VE Day). Cheering crowds gathering at Times Square and Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City. American flags on display.
Group of U.S. servicemen gather in clearing near tents, on Okinawa, on May 8, 1945, (V-E Day) to give thanks for the end of World War 2 in Europe. One sits at improvised organ. Officers and a Chaplain enter the clearing. The Chaplain distributes song sheets and conducts the group in singing, accompanied by organist. At conclusion, all turn and face the American flag flying nearby.
Armed Italian Partisans escort several Italian Fascist officials, who walk with their hands raised along a street in Ivrea, Northern Italy, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Local citizens walk along beside and behind them, including some on bicycles. Another scene shows Italian Partisans escorting several soldiers, of the Italian National Republican Army, with their hands on their heads. This group is also followed by a large number of local citizens. Scene shifts to an American jeep carrying an officer and two U.S. soldiers. It is followed by an automobile, seen, later parked with another near a sidewalk, where several Italian Republican Army officers are conversing cordially with American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division.(By May 5, 1945, all Nazi German forces in Italy, had capitulated.) Italian women and children seen in a small open bus.
Germany surrenders in World War II. British soldiers and citizens loaded in a horse drawn carriage ride down a street in London and wave during celebrations on news of German surrender that day. A man selling the May 7, 1945 London newspaper "The Evening News" with headline "Germany Surrenders". A number of men and women buy newspapers from him. Allied soldiers in a jeep with American flag on it. They shake hands. Men and women march down a road with a British flag as they celebrate Allied victory in Europe during World War II. They are also rolling a statue on a cart. Happy British citizens celebrate VE Day.
A 1976 training film in the United States details the role of Combat Military Police of the United States Army in supporting river crossing during war. A member of U.S. Military Police looks through binoculars on a hillside while the division advances on a training battlefield. Rest of clip shows actual footage from World War 2: U.S. 9th Army troops cross the Rhine River in Europe in 1945 during World War II. Equipment and U.S. Army soldiers cross the river. Landing crafts and barges across the Rhine River. The troops disembark from landing crafts at the river bank. A pontoon bridge is built by men. An MP directs traffic of vehicles and other equipment along the bridge.
Bombed buildings in Berlin, Germany shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Berliners walking along sidewalks past skeletons of bombed out buildings in Berlin, in July, 1945. Rubble has been cleared from sidewalks and streets, but is piled up alongside. Two women ride in a horse-drawn wagon, carrying what appear to be household goods. The damaged Potsdamer Bahnhof railway terminus station. People in the foreground. Ruins of damaged buildings in the area of Potsdamer Platz. Lettering atop the railroad station building reads 'Potsdamer Bahnhof'. Rubble strewn on both sides of the street, and pedestrians pass by along with a few horse drawn wagons. No motor vehicles are seen.