Views of various newspaper headlines during world war 2. Headline announces that the Allies have crossed the Rhine River in Germany. View of U.S. Army soldiers in jeeps and trucks crossing a bridge over the Rhine. Point of view (POV) shot from inside open moving automobile crossing bridge. Dead Bodies of concentration camp victims in a camp following liberation by the Allies. German Army prisoners running in formation with their hands up, under guard by the Allies. Large group of Germany military prisoners in a queue. A young boy German soldier is seen crying. Nazi flag being burned: Flag with swastika mark of Nazis is on fire and seen burning.
The converted mess hall in Karlshorst, outside Berlin where signing of the German surrender takes at the conclusion of World War 2. British delegation arrives and take their seats. Flags of United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain at the meeting hall. Nazi delegation arrives and takes their seats at the side of a table. Nazi officials Field Marshal Keitel, Colonel Stumpff and Admiral Friedeburg sign the document. Lord Tedder, General Spaatz and Marshal Zhukov sign the document.
Surrender of German armored unit. Soft skin vehicles with soldiers on them drive on roads to assembly area during World War II. Camouflaged Mercedes staff car, VW Schwimmwagen amphibious vehicle, and trucks drive down the road. High ranking German military officers in the cars proceed to surrender in the assembly area. Signboard reads 'Neumark'. A Brigadier General's Star on a jeep.
Signboard reads 'Wehrmacht Fahrbereitschaft' and 'Tryhard - Liberated Allies'. German prisoners marching through streets in Germany under guard of U.S. Army forces. Several lines of marching prisoners seen. Includes close up views of faces of some prisoners, with some looking sad and dejected, and others smiling. A truck carrying soldiers passes by. Wagons and overloaded cars full of belongings of refugee German DPs (Displaced Persons) seen on the streets and being carted by civilians. German soldiers continue to pass by, with some in horse carts.
U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. It displays a brown and orange paint job. It banks left and descends. American P-51 aircraft in flight. P-51s fly through and skim over tops of clouds. A flight of four P-51s in close formation, viewed from another aircraft close enough for the pilots to be visible in cockpits. The flight leader's P-51D has an ace of spades playing card painted below his cockpit and two dice -- a five and a four --painted on the nose of his plane under writing that reads "Down for double." He also has symbols for 16 victories painted below the rear of his cockpit. (Reportedly, this is the aircraft of Major Gordon Graham, of the 355th Fighter Group, who retired as a Major General, after a career in the U.S. Air Force.)
Russian troops after capturing Berlin during World War II. Nazi flags and banners lying on the ground. Soviet officials on the streets. Russians troops ride on tanks. Liberated French, Belgians and Italians parade. Russian troops celebrate their victory. They play accordion and dance.