Activities of the Allied airmen at an American airfield in Germany. Men parade on field. United States Army Air Force P-51's Mustang fighter aircraft and jeeps parked on the airfield. Men march along perimeter strip. Men are lined in formation on field for an award. United States Air Force Major General, Otto Paul Weyland and group officers stand to make presentations. Officer comes to General Weyland salutes and receives an award. (World War II period).
Activities of the Allied airmen at an American airfield in Germany after World War II. United States Air Force Major General Otto Paul Weyland shakes hands and salutes an officer. General Weyland pins award to enlisted men. He handshake and salutes. Men are lined in formation on field for award ceremony. United States Army Air Force P-51's Mustang fighter aircraft parked on the airfield in the background.
Activities at American-occupied Ober-Olm airfield (Y-64), county of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany, immediately after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Men look over a damaged United States Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft on the airfield. Mechanics disassemble parts of P-51D fighter aircraft. Wrecked United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft of the 393rd Fighter Squadron (8L on fuselage), 367th FG and P-51 aircraft of the 356th Fighter Squadron (AJ on fuselage), 354th FG on the airfield. Damaged wing and tail assembly of P-51. Wreckage under props. Nose of P-51D aircraft reads 'Sweet Janie.'
Activities of United States Army Air Force 354th Figher Group at an airfield in Ansbach Germany after Victory in Europe during World War 2. United States airmen stand around a damaged German FW-190 aircraft at airfield in Ansbach Germany. The aircraft has just been belly landed without landing gear by U.S. Lt. Bruce Carr who had taken it from a German airfield near Linz, Austria. American pilot Bruce Carr is seen beside the damaged aircraft talking with fellow airmen who have gathered. He is seen shrugging his shoulders. View shifts to another FW-190 taxiing. In the cockpit is 1st Lt. Fred Fehsenfeld of the 353rd FS. He taxis on the airstrip and parks the aircraft. U.S. airmen crowd around the airplane as Fehsenfeld climbs out of the cockpit, onto the wing. American airmen examine several German FW-190 fighter airplanes, reviewing the aircraft in detail. They are seen looking in cockpits, examining pitot tube, looking at damaged tail wheel, and trying to turn the propeller of one. A U.S. P-47 fighter airplane lands at the airfield. Mountains seen in the background.
Activities of the United States airmen at an airfield in Germany after World War II. A United States airman looks through sextant on the terrace of airfield control tower. On roof beind him are anemometer and weathervane. Tower operator speaks on the microphone in the control room. American airman works on a desk. Aircraft parked in grass on the airfield as seen through the large windows of the control tower.
Unveiling of new Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) in Berlin Germany, during Russian Revolution anniversary celebrations (28th anniversary), in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War II. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects British, French, American and Russian units. Trees in the background. Zhukov and United States Army Major General James Maurice Gavin in a grandstand. A Russian officer speaks from the grandstand in front of the Soviet War Memorial (then also called Russian Victory Monument by Allied forces) on Charlottenburger-Chaussee. A Russian Army band plays. A statue of a Russian soldier atop the Victory Monument. Russian troops parade after unveiling of the Memorial. Honor company of United States Army 82nd Airborne Division marches past. Allied troops seen marching in formation on nearby streets of Berlin. Major General Gavin shakes hands with Soviet leader Marshal Zhukov. Officers place wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Russian artillery fires salute. Photographers take photographs. The officers salute in front of the War Memorial. Wreaths placed at the base of the Memorial.