Scenes from the Wöbbelin concentration camp in Ludwigslust, Germany, four days after the camp's liberation, towards the end of World War II in Europe. German civilians come out of a barracks building of the Wobbelin concentration camp building after viewing dead bodies of prisoners. U.S. soldiers entering and leaving the same building.
German General Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt in Weilheim, Germany after his capture by the U.S. Army towards the end of World War II in Europe. General Field Marshal Rundstedt speaks with Commander of U.S. XXI Corps Major General Frank W. Milburn. General Field Marshal Rundstedt steps from a car and enters a building. Interiors of a room shows General Field Marshal Rundstedt smoking. He walks out of the building followed by U.S. officials.
U.S. Army Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson escorts U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson in Weilheim, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. Forth Worth Texas newspaperman Mr. Amon Carter talks to his son Lieutenant Amon Carter, Jr., recently liberated from a German prison camp. U.S. Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson escorts U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Mr. Carter to U.S. XIX Corps area where they visit U.S. Army General Raymond S. McLain. Officers stand next to a sign : 'Truman Bridge leads to Berlin'.
U.S. Army Air Force B-26 Marauder bombers at an airfield in Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. A waist gunner, of a B-26 Marauder bomber, demonstrates the scope and maneuverability of his gun, aboard the aircraft, while parked on the airfield. The B-26 sits with engines running, and then is shut down. Cockpit control wheel gun switches are demonstrated. A pilot and a copilot at the controls in the cockpit of the B-26. Pilot dons a flak jacket, grasps the control wheel, and pats a pair of baby shoes hanging in the windshield. Pilot and copilot go through the motions of a takeoff, for the camera. A dog mascot sitting on a bomb. Ground crew screw tail fins on to bombs. B-26 taxiing. A Bombs being loaded on a B-26. Airmen load 50 caliber machine gun belt ammunition into a box. Shark's teeth are painted under the nose of the aircraft.
Freed Allied prisoners in Wurzen, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. Large groups of freed Allied prisoners including American, British, French Moroccan, Poles, Slavs and Indians in Wurzen. A partially damaged bridge. The ex-prisoners scramble over the damage in attempt to cross the river and reach U.S. lines.
Freed slave laborers in Wurzen, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. A group of Hungarian-Jewish slave laborers seated on a sidewalk eat and rest.