Life after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. Art galleries on the sidewalks. People and traffic on the road. People take a look at the paintings on display. A painter works on an easel in the old quarters of Paris. Directional signs on a road in the countryside. Ardennes: The countryside. Houses on hills.
Ardennes, France in World War 2. Green hills in the countryside. American General Joseph Collins talks to General Maurice Rose of the 3rd Armored Division (who was later killed in Cologne, Germany). 3rd Armored Division units celebrate. Soldiers on M3A1 Scout Car; Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep; and Harley Davidson WLA Military motorcycle, coming.out of a gate. French children in school uniform with the soldiers. Soldiers talk to them and pose for pictures with them. White flag on a pole outside a German home. French children stand before Dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line, pyramidal fortifications built by slave labor. They shut their ears due to the loud noise made by gun fire nearby. Soldiers walk among the fortification. A GMC CCKW 5.3 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck seen in background.
A road flanked by trees on either side in Aachen, Germany during World War 2. The destroyed city. Sign reads 'Aachen Rothe Erde.' Destroyed buildings. Rubble and ruins all around. War correspondents walks through the city ruins. A correspondent with a camera on a street. Officers and soldiers talk, laugh, smoke and drink.
View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker.
Views from a moving vehicle driving on streets of Berlin, Germany, right after end of hostilities, in World War 2. Extreme damage and destruction of buildings from Allied bombing is evident. Scene is dominated by hollow shells of buildings without roofs. A modern apartment house with no windows and only its facade partially intact. A damaged, but still standing, government building. German civilians engaged in cleanup and rebuilding.
A gathering in Kansas City to welcome General Dwight Eisenhower back to the United States after World War 2. Officers and soldiers seated during the ceremony. General Eisenhower addresses the gathering.
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