U.S. soldiers climb through a hole blown through the brick wall of a bar-locked room at Merkers Mines in Germany near end of World War II. Bags of Nazi German gold, bank notes, and treasured paintings and stolen art work found inside the mine.
View of the Lisbon Airport (Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesas, 1700-111 Lisboa, Portugal) in Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal-colonies Line plane on runway. Italian Savoia Marchetti plane. Arrival of several planes including Portuguese transport plane, Italian planes, Douglas plane of the London Lisbon Line. An Aero Portuguesa Wibault 283.T12 (CS-ABX) taxiing. Unloading air mail and Portuguese Custom officer. Douglas plane fueled. Italian plane of the Ala Littoria Savoia Marchetti SM.75 C of the Genoa-Barcelona-Lisbon Line. Tails of English, Italian and Portuguese planes lined up. Air stairs of planes of several airlines. German aircraft with Swastika symbol on tail takes off.
Exterior of American Export Lines Office in Lisbon, Portugal. Interiors of offices, crowded with European refugees, including Jewish refugees, waiting to get ocean liner transport tickets to flee war and persecution during World War 2. American Nationality and export flags.
Scenes of Caldas da Rainha, a refugee town in Portugal through which many European refugees passed, including Jewish refugees in World War 2. View of cattle fair. Refugees work in the gardens. Woman hangs washed clothes on clothesline.
View of European refugees, many Jewish refugees, inside Cafe Boccage at Caldas da Rainha, a refugee town in Portugal. Jewish refugee leaves improvised Synagogue in Caldas.
Port of Lisbon, Portugal. European refugees, including Jewish refugees, embark the transport ship Serpa Pinto, during World War 2, fleeing war and persecution. Men, women, and children boarding the refugee transport ship. Close up views of passengers, including young children, ascending the stairs to the ship. Ship crew members wearing tuxedos are seen on the stairway in one shot. The transport ship leaves the port into setting sun, as people wave at it from shore. Clip ends with separate shot of American Export Line refugee ship, the SS Excalibur, at the dock. In the distance, several refugees can be seen climbing walkway to board the SS Excalibur. (This ship was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1942 and renamed the USS Joseph Hewes, AP-50.)
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