United States troops carry out Southwest operation of Alsos mission in Germany in World War II. Troops move ahead on road to target area. Road sign of 'Vaihingen - 2 kms'. Troops pass through Black Forest in Southwestern Germany. General Harrison, Colonel White and Colonel Pash discuss plans. U.S. troops at Hechingen headquarters and castle Burg Hohenzollern on hill.
German prisoners of war march through streets in Munich Germany, guarded by U.S. soldiers. German prisoners have their hands folded behind their head. Several United States Army soldiers are seen traveling in Jeeps. People are seen riding bicycles on streets. Damaged and destroyed buildings of downtown Munich and rubble from World War II Allied bombing are seen. Scenes from front and back of Karlstor gate (Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany) as German prisoner columns pass through the historic gate.
Bombed city of Cologne (Köln) in Germany during World War II. Street sign reads 'Kaiser Wilhelm-Ring'. Destroyed buildings seen in the city. View of ruins and rubble in the city. Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) seen, its spires still standing amid the rubble all around it.
Spires of Cologne Cathedral silhouetted against sky in Cologne in Germany. In the interior of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) some damages caused by bombing is seen, during World War II. View of the front of the Cathedral.
The American flag fluttering in the breeze from one of the towers of the Ludendorff Bridge, over the Rhine River, in Germany, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Cross the Rhine with Dry Feet, Courtesy of 9th Armed Div.' Several views of wrecked bridge over Rhine River. Bomb damaged buildings and rubble seen on the other side of the bridge, where U.S. Army trucks and ambulance are seen passing by. Dramatic clouds passing by overhead as trucks roll by past rubble of buildings in Remagen. Final sequence shows several trucks, filled with U.S. Army troops, proceeding further into Germany through the city of Remagen.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War 2. German civilians lined up as an Allied soldier checks their identification cards. Policemen check cards of civilians. A municipal book labeled "Files" (Akten) is retrieved in the city of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) by U.S. soldiers. Telephone records being recovered. A post office is reestablished. Food bags being loaded onto a truck. A handbook of military government in Germany. Displaced German people unload from a truck. A woman distributes blankets to them. Displaced persons being looked after in a hospital.