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U.S. 16th Armored Dividion in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at end of World War II. Firing at snipers
Czech civilians pose with some U.S. soldiers of the 16th Armored Division, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at end of World War 2, in Europe. They are standing on top and in front of an abandoned German tank. They completely cover the tank, and wave enthusiastically for the camera. Scene shifts to the rear of an M24 Chaffee light tank, with some civilians gathered around it, as it prepares to move out, behind an M3A1 halftrack pulling an M10 ammunition trailer. Views of other halftracks loaded with U.S. troops and equipment. Several American infantrymen gathered at a fence, one pointing out sniper location, while another takes aim with his rifle. American soldier in a 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (aka, 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, Priest, by the British Army). He is firing its M2 .50 caliber air-cooled machine gun in its raised cupola. Brief glimpse of a Czech soldier aiming his rifle behind a tracked vehicle.
Czech partisans and U.S. soldiers round up German soldiers and civilians in Pilsen, at the end of World War II
A U.S. Army jeep rolls slowly in front of a group of civilians with their hands raised in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They are guarded by Czech partisans and Czech citizens. (The civilians are likely German civilians during expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovia at the end of the war. They may also include Czech civilians accused of collaboration with the Germans.) Two U.S. soldiers walk on sidewalk with a Czech policeman. The soldiers stand in front of a group of civilians on the sidewalk, looking upward. An elderly Czech civilian man with a rifle looks upward from edge of a building. A German officer is seen in window of a building. A white cloth (as flag of surrender) hangs from adjacent window. Armed U.S. soldiers escort high-ranking German officers, from their local headquarters, to a vehicle, as local citizens watch. U.S. soldiers and Czech partisans in a backyard, look for snipers in building nearby. German military prisoners, guarded by Czech partisans, stand with hands raised on a sidewalk. The partisans search German soldiers as they come out of a building. Some civilian women are held with the German soldiers.
Soldiers march during a meeting of Allied Generals in Ludwigslust, Germany at end of World War II.
Allied Generals meet in Ludwigslust, Germany at end of World War 2, in Europe. Formations of British and U.S. troops pass in review. Russian, U.S. and British Generals review the troops. U.S. Army Major General James M. Gavin, Commanding General ( CG ) of the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Major General Matthew B. Ridgway CG 82nd ABN, Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey Commanding General British 2nd Army and Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Tikhonovich Grishin, Commanding General 49th Soviet Army, at the reviewing stand.
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Monterey depart from New York City in the United States.
USS Monterey (CVL-26) leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard where she was outfitted for Operation Magic Carpet, to bring U.S. troops home from Europe after World War II. The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) with her crew visible on deck, leaves the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a shakedown cruise. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt passes under the Brooklyn Bridge after departing from the yard. Sailors on the ship deck. Several wide views of skyline of New York City buildings and skyscrapers. The ship on its way to the Caribbean.
Gun camera coverage of P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing ground targets in Germany near end of World War II.
Gun camera shot near the end of World War Two in Europe. P-47 from U.S. 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, pilot: Gudebski, seen interdicting lines of communication in various places, mostly hitting military traffic moving on roads.
United States Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafe ground targets in Germany.
Gun camera footage of United States Army Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing ground targets in Germany, virtually unopposed, during final months of World War II in Europe. Shots are seen from three different P-47s of the 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron. Film from Pilot, Martin, shows strafing at targets of opportunity in cities and towns. Film from pilots, McAuley and Carlisle, shows concentration on lines of communication: railroads, roads, bridges, etc. But also show strafing of power plant and a tank on the road.