P-47 Thunderbolt fighter P-38 Lightning planes in Munich Germany. P-47s land on airstrip. Formation of P-38s in flight. P-38s landing on an airstrip.
U.S. infantrymen and tanks advance towards Munich, Germany during World War II. A U.S. motorized column moves towards Munich. A tank laden with infantrymen fords a stream. U.S. troops cross a stream in small boats. Infantry patrols move through fields and into the streets of Munich. Infantrymen talk to German civilians after entering Munich.
Opening scenes are of ruins in Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Damaged Brandenburg Gate and ruined buildings of Berlin. Damaged building of Adlon Hotel. Allied troops move forward in Germany to complete the Allied occupation of Germany. A truck loaded with Allied troops heads towards Berchtesgaden. Smoke rises from the Berghof, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's mountain residence (Narrator refers to it as the Eagle's Nest, which is not correct. The Eagle's Nest or Kehlsteinhaus was not bombed and is not shown in this clip). Ruins and damaged buildings in Munich including exterior building facade, and arched stair entrance to festhall, marked with painted lettering by American soldiers, "157th infantry, 45th Division." Interior views of the Hofbräuhaus München beer hall (Hofbräuhaus am Platzl), including interior views of ruins inside its drinking room (trinkstube) with shattered windows and broken furniture. (Narrator refers to this as "the famous beer hall." At least two noteworthy NASDAP formative events occurred there: On February 25, 1920, Hitler presented the Nazi Party Twenty Five Point Program there. On November 4, 1921 the National Socialist party held a large public meeting at the Hofbräuhaus and fighting and protesting broke out after Hitler spoke. The Sturmabteilungen, or "SA", then in its infancy, attacked and ejected protestors.)
White flags at the windows in Munich, Germany, at end of World War 2. Bomb damaged room of Adolf Hitler's Berghof residence and retreat at Berchtesgaden (sometimes mistaken for the Eagle's Nest which was his mountain top retreat known as Kehlsteinhaus). Snow on the mountains, seen through main window of Adolf Hitler's Berghof residence. Bomb damaged room. Guard outside the entrance, seen through underground passage. A Dodge Command car leaves main Berghof gate house. Guard salutes.
Destroyed Munich Railroad Station in Germany by Allied bombers, during World War II. Wrecked cars and railway tracks sprung and bend. Roof of the station shattered by explosion. Signal poles damaged due to bombing from Allied bombers. Other damaged buildings of Munich with the Railroad Station in foreground.
United States Army soldiers guard the entrance of Burger-Brau Keller in Munich in Germany. United States Army troops of 42nd (Rainbow) Division march past the entrance. Isar river seen with the bridges intact. (World War II period).