Activities of children in Germany near end of World War II. German boys from war torn Germany smoke cigarettes in a field. Trees in the background. The boys play and run down a hill. Children lined up beside an autobahn. A tower in the background. German boys in a group pose for photographs. Some children smile; other boys look melancholy and tired.
Russian and American soldiers meet in Germany during World War II. Russian and American groups in Germany. They converse in sign language. Building in the far background. Officials discuss amongst themselves and a man writes down the information on a paper. Soldiers seated on the ground. One of the soldiers makes a sketch of the soldiers. Buildings in the background. Soldiers seated on the ground. One soldier plays accordion.
U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers strike targets in Germany near the end of World War 2. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers in flight over Germany, as viewed from ball turret of another B-17. The B-17s display checkered tails of the 385th Bombardment Group, stationed at RAF Great Ashfield, England. There is some camera movement that soon focuses on bombs away view and bombs falling from the B-17s. Some incendiary bombs are seen streaming white smoke (possibly M-17 or M-19 incendiaries). Numerous flames erupt simultaneously as clusters of indendiary bombs ignite on contact with the ground. Camera rotates around during filming as the ball turret rotates. White smoke rises from the ground.
Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Germany during World War II. United States aircraft in flight. They target transportation system in Germany and destroy rail tracks and roads. An explosion on a German train on a railroad. Burning freight trains. U.S. airplanes drop bombs on German vessels in a canal. A German flag tower, radio and radar bases, trucks carrying ammunition and supplies are destroyed by United States aircraft.
Scenes in Germany immediately after end of World War Two in Europe. Bomb damaged buildings in Germany. Heaps of debris lying on the ground. German civilians walk along the ruins. An archway of a bomb damaged building. Rubble on a street.
The Allies exercise air superiority over Germany in final days of World War 2. Gun camera footage from U.S. 8th Air Force P-47M, Number 44-21160, UN-F, "Devastatin' Deb, flown by Capt. John C Fahringer, Lima, Ohio. assigned to the 63rd Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group. He strafes German aircraft and hangars at Stendal airfield, near Berlin, Germany. Burning aircraft in front of a hangar.