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United States Army 15th Corp and French soldiers in Strasbourg after Allied liberation (WW2)

A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )

Date: 1944, November 23
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080565
French and 3rd army troops enter Strasbourg and advance in the Metz area, France (WW2)

French and United States Army 3rd Army troops liberate Strasbourg, France during World War II. Tanks of the French 1st Army moves from the Swiss border. Sign reads “Mülhausen Elsaß” (“Mulhouse, Alsace”). Troops find the body of a dead German soldier along the road. They advance in the Metz area. The 9th army advances through villages in bordering Germany. Soldiers walk on the battlefield. German prisoners of war (POWs) walk along with the soldiers. Civilians holding the French flag return to their homes after the battle. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. Bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral. The street is littered with pile of handheld, small Nazi flags with swastika emblem. Men gather outside buildings discussing amongst themselves. U.S. Third Army soldiers walk in the mud. Winter weather overshoes are distributed to troops. Soldiers put on the all-weather boots. More German soldiers and officers are captured in Metz. United States Ninth Army troops enter the town of Weisweiler, Germany. Soldiers moving through backyards, chicken houses and engage in house-to-house fighting. A mortar crew fire mortars behind trench made of sandbags. A wounded U.S. Army soldier crawls to reach the outstretched arm of a fellow soldier. Injured U.S. soldier receiving treatment in aid station. Medical aid stations at various places on the battlefield. Medics treat a wounded soldier. A dying soldier lies down on the street. Soldiers carry a patient to top of a tank. They march forward on the battlefield as officers in Jeep watch.

Date: 1944, November 23
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045603
United States soldiers move forward on the battlefield on attack in France (WW2)

French and American soldiers liberate Strasbourg, France in World War II. Map points target areas in Metz and Strasbourg along the German border. Soldiers move forward on the muddy battlefield. A road sign showing the distance to Strasbourg (Straßburg), Saarburg, Metz and Nancy. Soldiers fire from French Army tanks. A soldier tosses an empty shell into a pile. Deserted German tanks and guns on the road. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. A tank drives past heavy smoke in Strasbourg. French civilians watch Allied tanks enter Strasbourg. Wrecked American Jeeps on fire. Medics carry away the dead U.S. Army soldiers on stretchers. U.S. Army soldiers fire with M1919 Browning machine guns. Ammunition belt on machine gun. Soldier shooting with rifle with armored vehicle offering partial cover. Street littered with pile of small, handheld Nazi swastika flags. Closeup view of pile of small Nazi flags. Captured German soldiers form a long line. German General Franz Vaterrodt and other military officials surrender to the Allied forces. Bell tower of the heavily damaged Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral.

Date: 1944, November 23
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045629
Soldiers of the 7th Army fight German troops and assist civilians near Strasbourg in France (WW2)

United States 7th Army soldiers fight German troops near Strasbourg, France during World War II. An animated map depicting Nazi Germany and its radius distance to different European cities. Allied troops and tanks move along the countryside in France. Soldiers talk to French civilians. 7th Army troops engage in street fighting in Strasbourg. Tanks on the field. Soldiers fire with their rifles. Buildings and houses sustained damage. 7th Army soldiers use a battering ram to open a door. Newsreel cameraman John Doran records the street fighting. German soldiers surrender to the 7th Army in Strasbourg. Other soldiers on tanks and military vehicles. Wreckage in the area due to the firing and bombarding. A French elderly woman in black meets Allied soldiers. Soldiers help the civilians and take them to safe places. French refugees board a United States Army truck. A United States soldier picks up a pet puppy dog left behind by fleeing Nazi German forces. Medics treat the wounds of a German soldier. Medical troops carry the wounded on stretcher.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045607
United States military officers inspect a destroyed Junkers engine factory near Strasbourg (WW2)

Wreckage of a Junkers engine factory near Strasbourg after Allied bombardment. United States military officers inspect the destroyed depot, formerly a Ford plant before World War II. A soldier opens a small door on a concrete guard post and inspects inside. A metal box labeled in German “JUNKERS FLUGZEUG-UND-MOTORENWERKE A.G. MOTORENBAU ZWEIGWERK- MAGDEBURG STATION MAGDEBURG NEUSTADT”. A soldier inspects German engines. Abandoned engine stands with mounted engine blocks and pile of engine manifolds at the Junkers factory. Debris cover the whole floor of destroyed factory. Crumbled steel structure of roof and walls are left.

Date: 1944, November 24
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080566