German soldier prisoners moving in Tannenbergsthal, Germany after end of hostilities in World War II German trucks and buses proceeding on village road. American soldiers in jeep in the foreground. American soldiers talk with a German officer. Jeep turns around and is driven down a village road. Buildings in the background. German soldier dips food from a large container into a smaller one. German soldiers eat in fields. German officer sleeps on ground. German soldiers stand beside an automobile.
German soldiers return to Germany following the end of World War 2 in Europe, and German civilians are expelled from Czechoslovakia. German soldiers are seen withdrawing from the area of the Czech-German border in the vicinity of Oelsnitz, Czechoslovakia and Pilsen, Germany. German soldiers, many of whom are very young, march down street. Soldiers move on bicycles, horse drawn carts and trucks on village street. Buildings in the background with advertisement in German.. Men ride in an automobile. View of German civilian women and children during forced expulsion of German civilians from the area. The German cilvians rest temporarily in a field. A German soldier shaves in the field. German civilians get into an army truck. Trees in the background. German truck convoy passes through town. Civilians on either side of street wave. They rest temporarily in a field. A soldier shaves in the field. Civilians get into an army truck. Trees in the background. German truck convoy passes through town. Civilians on either side of street wave.
American soldiers guard German soldiers in Schweinfurt, Germany at end of World War II. American soldiers guard German soldiers as they dig in rubble with shovels. Damaged, bombed-out buildings in the background.
Film opens with a slate reading: "Strip Y 46 3/24/45." This refers to Allied Advance Landing Ground, "Y-46 Aachen, Germany." The ensuing film shows numerous gun camera footage clips from U.S. Army Air Force P-47 aircraft of the 365th Fighter Group operating from Y-46 during 16 March through 13 April, 1945, near the end of World War 2. The clips show strafing attacks by the P-47s on German cities. Several of the final attacks seem to be hitting the same city located on a river.
Allied attack in Germany during World War II. Aircraft gun camera footage shows tracer bullets hitting German vehicles on road. Smoke column rises.
Allied air attack in Germany during World War II. Aircraft gun camera footage shows tracer bullets hit building, vehicles, and a moving train. Grasslands in the background.
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