American aircraft strafing a railroad in Germany, near end of World War II in Europe. Explosion on the ground. Strafing a town. Aircraft strafing barracks. Aircraft strafing railroad.
Formation of aircraft B-26s in flight over Germany. Bombs dropped from B-26s. Bombs burn installations on ground. (World War II period).
U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment Band provides music for Cabaret Nights at the Red Cross club in Germany during World War II. Red Cross workers and servicemen dance. A crowded dance floor. People dance and the band plays music in background. A waiter serves coffee at table to Corporal Anthony J. Montana, T/4 Richard E. Wheeler, Private First Class Frances L. Deck, T/4 Robert L. Thacker, Private First Class Batty M. Branch, all in EATS communications. The dance floor.
Large number of German prisoner of war soldiers assembled in barracks yard in British Zone in Germany, just after the end of World War 2 in Europe. The German soldiers are being demobilized, finger printed, and insignia are removed from their uniforms. A man cuts a wing symbol off of a German officer's hat. A German farmer addresses the group. Soldiers work in farm and pitch hay.
The end of World War 2 in Europe. United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362nd Fighter Group in Germany. Group commander's P-47 (multi-colored checkered cowl represents all three assigned squadrons) taxiing on an airfield. The planes take off. Group commander leads a formation of twelve P-47s from the 379th Fighter Squadron (yellow cowlings). They maneuver in flights of four each.
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other officials in the liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany near end of World War 2 in Europe. U.S. military officials enter the gates of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. The officials walk on a path inside the camp. U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower with other officials inside the camp. Inmates who had survived in the camp demonstrate a torture device where they are stretched across a wooden platform. General Eisenhower and officials watch. The ground covered with the dead bodies in some areas. Arch Bishop of Canterbury and other church dignitaries visit the camp and inspect. The civilians of the Allied Investigation Commission inspect the camp. The officers walk in front of the camp. They visit the dungeons, crematories, and there is a sign beside a rack of bunks: "5 men with operations in each box". Dead bodies of concentration camp victims piled up. The group of officials view. The officials inside the dungeons with piles of dead bodies of human beings. The remains of the bodies in an enclosure where they were burned in furnaces. The officials stand outside the enclosure.