View of wrecked vehicles in Cologne City in Germany during World War II. Destructed vehicles in lines, on both sides of the road. A jeep with two United States Army soldiers passing by. Several soldiers on the site of wrecked vehicles.
Liberated United States prisoners (mostly military airmen) at POW camp called Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager (Stalag) VII A, located just North of Moosburg, Germany during World War II. The airmen cook food. Several are seen sunning themselves. Airmen seen shaving, shining shoes and cleaning clothes. A group of airmen around sign 'I Wanted Wings' and 'Luft 3'. These are some of the prisoners who were originally held at Stalag Luft III, in German Province of Lower Silesia, near the town of Sagan (now in Poland). (Note: Stalag Luft III is famous because the "Great Escape" took place there in March, 1944. Prisoners were forced to march from Sagan to Spremburg during the coldest winter in Germany in 50 years. There, they boarded a train of boxcars for a 3 day trip to Moosburg in January 1945, because the Russians were closing in. The addition of these prisoners to Stalag 7A, at Moosburg, led to serious overcrowding of the camp. On May 1, 1945, the New York Times reported that "The Fourteenth Armored Division liberated 110,000 Allied prisoners of war at Stalag 7A at Moosburg." This corrected an earlier report that 27,000 prisoners had been liberated.)
Liberated United States prisoners at Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany during World War II. Repatriated American military prisoners burn buildings at the camp. The camp was overcrowded and included American fliers transferred from the Luft III aviators prison camp, who probably occupy the white tents in the field near the buildings. Several of those fliers are seen sun bathing. Huge fire and smoke seen rising from the burning buildings.
American Army Air Forces mechanics repairing a Stinson L-5 airplane engine on a grassy airfield in Germany, at end of World War II in Europe. Their tools are neatly laid out on a cloth on the ground. They are lapping valves and installing cylinders on the engine. The propeller and engine cowling is removed from the airplane to facilitate their work.
Large numbers of French and other European prisoners, along with displaced persons (carrying their belongings in carts) are seen filling the roads and paths in an exodus from a German prison camp, in final days of World War 2. Several boys pose outside the gate of a German Army establishment. The military evacuees are all dressed in uniform and seem in relatively good health. Several carry a French tricolor flag. They proceed along a path beside a river, and assemble in a grassy area near a town.
Signboard reads 'Wehrmacht Fahrbereitschaft' and 'Tryhard - Liberated Allies'. German prisoners marching through streets in Germany under guard of U.S. Army forces. Several lines of marching prisoners seen. Includes close up views of faces of some prisoners, with some looking sad and dejected, and others smiling. A truck carrying soldiers passes by. Wagons and overloaded cars full of belongings of refugee German DPs (Displaced Persons) seen on the streets and being carted by civilians. German soldiers continue to pass by, with some in horse carts.
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