+"Lambach Austria" +1945 stock footage and images

German soldier prisoners cook and eat at an open field in Lambach, Austria after capture by U.S. forces

Clip opens with very brief image of buildings at Mauthausen concentration camp during World War 2. Next, scene changes to Lambach, Austria, on the banks of the River Traun, on a large open field in which German prisoners of war (POW) are seen camping and cooking food over open fires. They are German soldiers captured in the Austrian Alps by U.S. Army infantry soldiers of the 80th Division, 3rd U.S. Army, at the time the unconditional surrender was signed. The weather is warm and many are lightly dressed. Some men are lined up behind a truck carrying a tank of fresh water. A section of the camp has been cleared as a football (Soccer) pitch and men appear to be trying to organize a game. Scene shifts to a far end of the encampment, bounded by many trees. Everyone at the camp seems occupied in adjusting their tents and other matters related to their shelters. More views of men at the football pitch. Closeup of a man with stove and cooking gear under an unusual shelter. Closeup of a man eating soup as a group of young soldiers stand behind him. Closeup of three very young German soldiers, two of who are wearing German uniform caps. Closeup of an older man smoking a pipe. Another young man wearing a German soldier's cap.