United States Army Ninth Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber (“Santa Barbara Miss”) taxiing and taking off from the snow-covered airfield during World War II. Crew standing on top of an M2 High-Speed Tractor (M2 Cletrac) aircraft tug watch the bomber take off. More B-26 Marauder bombers of the Ninth Air Force take off and fly to Germany. Fighters accompany the Ninth Air Force bombers in flight. Shows many German fighters being shot down by aerial gunners. Puffs of dark smoke from German Flak anti-aircraft gun fire. A B-26 Marauder shot down over Germany. Flames engulf the bomber as it falls. Bombers continue with their flight. Bombers drop aerial bombs on surface targets. Thick smoke rise from bombed area. Carpet-bombing over Germany. Aerial view of German towns devastated after the carpet bombing. The Ninth Airforce turn back to their airbase after a successful mission. Ninth Air Force fighter escorts spot German fighters following bombers. Crewmen firing with aircraft machine gun, hitting German fighters. A German fighter is shot down, bursting into flames. A shooting M1919 Browning machine gun is seen from a window. The machine gun shot down a German fighter. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress catches fire. The crewmen jump out of the doomed Flying Fortress. A German fighter bursts into flames midair. A German Luftwaffe pilot parachutes from the downed fighter. Ninth Air Force fly back to their base.
Hermann Goering questioned by Chief Prosecutor Robert H Jackson during the Nuremberg trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Prosecutor Robert H Jackson questions Goering about the German government. Goering describes the ways and means of arresting people and states: 'The government that Germany had was the only feasible type of government at that time and it succeeded in pulling Germany out of the depths.' Courtroom rises for the recess. Some of the defendants talk during the recess.
The capture of German General Albert Kesselring in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. General Kesselring and two aides enter the terrace of the Berchtesgadener Hof hotel (present location is now the Haus der Berge, Hanielstraße 7, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, where U.S. General Maxwell D. Taylor had arranged for them to stay following surrender at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They sit together at a table and review documents. United States Army General Maxwell D. Taylor and Colonel Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave a building with a 101st Airborne emblem on the doorway and meet Colonel Charles H. Chase.
Nazi plaque at Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) during World War II. A bridge on a river in Munich, Germany. Buildings of Munich damaged due to the bombing by the Allied bombers during World War II. Civilians pass by the ruins of destroyed buildings. The famous "Church of Two Towers" or Frauenkirche (Frauenplatz 12, 80331 München, Germany) damaged by bombing of Allied bombers. The Frauenkirche towers.
View of ruins in Munich, Germany during World War II. United States Army soldiers warming themselves at fire. U.S. Army soldiers in the Ehrentempel (Brienner Straße 34, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany. Iron sarcophagi with names of the buried Stormtroopers written over them. 'Der Letzte Appell' 'Ehrlich Hier' written on one of the sarcophagi.
A victory celebration in Wiesbaden Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Mostly Russian Displaced Persons (DPs) carrying Russian flags gather in a street in Wiesbaden, Germany to celebrate the Allied victory over Germany. A band plays at the center of the people as men stand around. Russian women march. (See also prior clip clarifying April date, despite slate in this clip stating February.)