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U.S. Quartermaster Corps salvaging war materiel during World War II, in Italy
Film opens showing a burning building collapsing during World War 2, in Europe. A burning U.S. millitary vehicle on a street explodes. Another one catches fire and black smoke billows from it. American troops gather in the area, along with a truck, a jeep and an ambulance. Next, a bulldozer driven by a U.S. soldier, is seen moving debris from the scene. Then a large salvage depot is seen, with huge pieces of metal and parts stacked in it. Camera pans across the acres of materials, as it follows several soldiers walking along a path in the depot. The materials seen include pieces of American and German airplanes and armaments. A so-called mop-up crew of a Quartermaster Salvage Company is seen driving in a truck along a highway. They pull up next to the hulk of a crashed airplane. They pick up gasoline Jerry cans. They raise remains of a knocked out tank, by means of cables. One soldier is seen picking up personal military gear. A mop-up crew uses a derrick to retrieve parts of destroyed railroad cars. A soldier retrieves abandoned small arms near a river, as another fishes military clothing from the river, itself. Trucks are seen carrying retrieved items along a road to the depot. Two trucks enter the depot. One carries several German airplane wings. Several loaded trucks are directed to areas of the depot where they are to dump their loads. Views of the depot show how similar items are relegated to the same parts of the depot. Rubber tires are stacked in one area, and aircraft parts in another. Heavy trucks and tanks are seen being transported into one section of the depot.
Allied victory celebrated with fireworks at night over Berlin, with Brandenburg gate in foreground. View of bombed Berlin Germany.
Ruins in Berlin, Germany, following Battle of Berlin, near end of World War II in Europe. The Allied victory is celebrated with simple fireworks at night, as seen in the distance, with the damaged Brandenburg Gate in the foreground. Allied soldiers look at a burning building, with street intersection signs in front denoting Am Botanischen Garten and Unter den Eichen. Sweeping, elevated view of the heavily damaged city. Various wrecked statues and monuments. Closeup views of the somewhat damaged National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in front of the Stadtschloss. Closeup of what appears to be a Soviet woman soldier and Soviet male soldier relaxing against smaller sculptures at the base of the Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian statue within the monument. Camera pans wide views of destroyed major buildings in Berlin including the Reichstag and the significantly damaged Hitler Youth Headquarters building (Soho House) with sign "Hitler Jugend") over entry way, and round symbol containing a swastika inside a diamond shape. Civilians walk past various bombed buildings and landmarks of Berlin. A man pushes a trolley.
People move along bombed buildings and Russian soldiers perform hopak dance in Berlin, Germany.
Ruins and rubble in Berlin, Germany following Battle of Berlin, near end of World War II in Europe. Exteriors of the damaged Berliner Sportpalast. A sketch depicts men playing sports. Cattle on a street. People move along streets beside bombed buildings, ruin, and debris. A jeep driven on a road. A tank on a street. Officers and soldiers pull a disabled tram or streetcar on tracks. Soviet Russian soldiers perform hopak dance.
General Courtney H. Hodges informs about the new assignment of the 1st Army in the south Pacific during World War II.
United States General Courtney Hughes speaks during a radio talk in United States. General Courtney H. Hodges speaks into a microphone as he talks to radio audiences soon after the end of World War II in Europe. He says that he is happy to be home and will soon visit his home town in Georgia. He says that after that he will visit Washington and then leave for the South Pacific where the United States 1st Army has been ordered to go. He poses with other officers.
American soldiers arrive in New York, United States aboard the ship Thomas H. Barry.
American soldiers arrive in New York, United States aboard the ship Thomas H. Barry, returning home from service in Europe. Women with babies are seen on the dock. Soldiers on board the ship shout and whistle. As troops disembark, they touch and kiss soil formed into the shape of a map of the United States. (World War II period).
Horse racing resumes as 30,000 people turn out at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island.
Horse racing resumes in the United States after the end of World War II in Europe. Men work to redecorate the stands at a racing park. Horses go for their paces at the track. 30,000 people turn out at Narragansett Park, Rhode Island to watch a horse race. Crowd entering racetrack stands. People lined up to purchase $2 place and show tickets at betting windows. The horse race begins. People cheer. Horses on the track. The race comes to a thrilling finish.