Activities of 82nd Airborne Division in days after invasion of France in World War 2 Two captains of the 507th paratroop infantry talk at a field in France. They smoke. Paratroopers pass on the street. A sign on a board on which is written: 'Amafreville-Gourbesville'.
Armed Italian Partisans escort several Italian Fascist officials, who walk with their hands raised along a street in Ivrea, Northern Italy, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Local citizens walk along beside and behind them, including some on bicycles. Another scene shows Italian Partisans escorting several soldiers, of the Italian National Republican Army, with their hands on their heads. This group is also followed by a large number of local citizens. Scene shifts to an American jeep carrying an officer and two U.S. soldiers. It is followed by an automobile, seen, later parked with another near a sidewalk, where several Italian Republican Army officers are conversing cordially with American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division.(By May 5, 1945, all Nazi German forces in Italy, had capitulated.) Italian women and children seen in a small open bus.
Burial of Wöbbelin concentration camp victims in Ludwigslust, Germany during World War 2. German civilians bury dead of Wobbelin concentration camp, five days after the camp was liberated by Allied forces of the U.S. Army 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. Bodies laid out near graves. A large wooden cross at the back of each grave. A jeep driven on a road. German civilians near dead bodies. A large group of U.S. and German officers stand at attention during burial ceremonies. German civilians speaks into a microphone.
Post prohibition reenactment of speakeasy days. Well-dressed patrons arriving at the 21 Club (21 West 52nd Street) in Manhattan, New York City. Employee at barred door, talks to a man outside, who is a Federal agent and presents a search warrant. Man inside reaches hidden button to alert others that Federal agents are here. Several Federal agents force their way in and search the basement for illegal liquor. Wealthy patrons continue to enter and leave the 21 Club. Further down the street, at number 35 West 52nd, a Trumpet player and guitarist perform on the sidewalk under an awning reading: 'Casino De Luxe 35'. Patrons are seen entering and leaving number 33 West 52nd Street, Letters on awning read 'Leon & Eddie'. Automobiles parked along street. Sign on building reads 'Tony's'. Another awning sign reads: Casino de Luxe.
United States prisoners of war, rescued from Cabanatuan Prison Camp by 6th Battalion Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas in Luzon, Philippines, during World War II. The liberated prisoners aboard trucks and Jeeps en route to U.S. lines and the 92nd Evacuation Hospital. Trees and houses along the sides of a road in Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Soldiers and medics seated along with the former prisoners.
Allied soldiers and tanks (M4A2 Sherman III Duplex Drive “Donald Duck” tank) enter a French town after the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) during World War 2. British soldiers running into town A dead French civilian on the road. British soldiers marching beside ruins. A French street devastated in ruins during D-Day. British soldier fires gun at house and field. Destroyed pillbox with bodies of dead German soldiers lying by the ruins. United States soldiers patrol a cemetery, shake hands with French man. A destroyed cottage with house roof skeleton exposed. Soldier rides a wheeled artillery canon being pulled by a tracked vehicle. A statuette of the Virgin Mary near an American soldier. Soldiers bring more supplies. Soldiers meet French locals while patrolling street. United States soldiers hiding in foliage attempt to draw fire from a sniper by raising a piece of cloth on the end of a rifle. Allied soldiers guard captured German prisoners. A pile of confiscated weapons from captured German prisoners in Normandy.
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