U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division advance in Belgium during World War 2. U.S. Army Captain examines a snow-covered disabled M4 Sherman tank, with shell holes in it, in Sterpigny, Belgium. Damaged buildings all around. American soldiers look at a damaged German Panther tank. View of jeep approaching on road. Shattered trees along the roadside. (Note:This footage was shot in the town of Sterpigny, Belgium just after 16 January 1945. The 2nd Battalion, U.S. 330th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 3rd Armored Division and fought alongside tank units of the 3rd Armored Division against elements of the 9th SS Panzer Division to capture the town on 16 January.)
U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division advances in Sterpigny, Belgium during World War 2. M-4 tank with dozer blade clearing snow from road. It moves past damaged German Mark V Panther tank. Photographer with a camera taking pictures, while lying in snow. Across the road behind him, U.S. soldiers, in a parked 3/4 ton truck, are hit by gunfire from unseen source, and tumble from the truck,to the ground, where they writhe in pain. One of their unhurt companions runs for help, as a jeep stops near the truck. Next, soldiers are seen lifting the wounded from the truck, on litters. Medics carry them into a building.
U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division advance in Sterpigny, Belgium during World War 2. Knocked out German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer and American M4 Sherman tanks, line side of a road. Soldiers examine them. Tired, cold, unshaven U.S. soldiers march on snow covered road past the damaged tanks.