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USAAF General Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany on taking over General Eisenhower's command (WW2)
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany after World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk delivers a speech on taking over United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower's command. He states "it is my policy to follow out the policies laid down at Potsdam and so ably carried out by General Eisenhower. I have not forgotten who started the war. The German people as a whole supported it and they must be made to realize their responsibility. Germans must work out themselves. They can and must produce without the taint of Nazism so that they can take their place among the peace loving countries of Europe." The American flags in the background in the office.
German boys stand near a swimming pool and children playing on a field in Germany.
Activities of children in Germany approaching the end of World War II in Europe. German boys near a swimming pool. The boys run on a field. Buildings in the background. German children wave. The children playing on the field.
Lt. Col. conducts outdoor briefing for fighter pilots at partially destroyed airfield in Germany near end of World War II.
Lieutenant Colonel conducts outdoor briefing for pilots of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at a partially bombed out German airfield, near the end of the Second World War in Europe. Among the pilots seen is Lieutenant B.W. Carr, who was credited with destroying 23 Nazi aircraft. The briefing officer refers to a map suspended at rear of a military vehicle. Wrecked air base buildings in the background and what appears to be a damaged bridge in the distance. Pilots stand as briefing ends and walk past several Squadron P-51D aircraft. Lt. Carr, wearing a holstered sidearm, walks toward his airplane (not seen).
Pilots of U.S. Army Air Force climb into their P-51D airplanes at captured German airbase, near the end of World War 2
Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, board their P-51D aircraft, for a mission against German targets, during World War II. They are operating from a bombed out captured German airfield, near the end of the War in Europe. Major L.K. Brueland is seen in cockpit of his airplane as he taxis with the canopy open, making his way between obstructions on the ramp. His aircraft displays 14 and one half swastikas. Another pilot climbs aboard his P-51D, as a photographer stands on the nose of the aircraft. His airplane has 16 German crosses (not swastikas ) painted on it. Crew chief cleans his canopy. He taxis out with canopy closed.
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.