Activities of German military prisoners in Wiesbaden, Germany under U.S. forces, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldier prisoners aboard German armored vehicles (including a SdKfz 234 with a Luchs turret) parked along road side. German soldier holds loaves of bread. Charcoal burning automobile on street. Young German soldier (a young boy soldier) behind steering wheel of a truck is seen smiling. Nun talks to a German soldier. German convoy parked on the street. Prisoners lay down on field. United States Army Colonel is talking to a group of liberated prisoners freed from German prison camp. The Army Colonel talks to a young man of African descent who is wearing a prisoner hat and prisoner uniform with an inverted red triangle prison camp badge indicating a political prisoner. Liberated concentration camp prisoners show identification number tattoos on their arms. They are seen smiling.
Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) arrives at the Canadian National War Memorial (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A4, Canada) in a Cadillac automobile with a clear plastic roof. She walks along a line of Canadian war veterans and converses with some of them. Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer holds back crowd of enthusiastic spectators. The Queen Mother places a wreath at the base of the war memorial, which is already adorned with countless wreaths placed there on Canada's Remembrance Day. Memorial is engraved: "1914-1918." The Queen Mother wears three pearl necklaces. Canadian spectators pack the sidewalks, as the Queen Mother rides along the streets of Ottawa. Views, from a height, of the ceremony at the National War Memorial. The Queen Mother stands before assembled officials. A military band is in formation. Large numbers of spectators are assembled to watch. The Queen Mother's wreath is shown with its card reading: “From Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother."
Bomb damage in Worms, Germany during final days of World War II. Heaps of debris in front of bomb damaged buildings. Several U.S. Army soldiers are seen. German civilians search through rubble.
May Day celebrations at prisoner of war camp "Stalag 6" in Hemer, Germany during World War II. Russian prisoners and nurses march past a review stand. A truck loaded with American ration and cigarette cartons. The ration and cigarettes are issued to the released prisoners. The prisoners carry the ration cartons.
Professional football game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium in New York. A large crowd of spectators watch the match played under lights due to dense fog during a day time game. Players making plays and touchdowns during the game. Quarterback Y.A. Tittle of the Giants and Frank Ryan of the Cleveland Browns are shown in action. New York Giant's player Allan Webb shown angry and protesting after a referee call that gives a touchdown to Cleveland following a fumble by Ryan at the end zone line. Passes by Frank Ryan to Paul Warfield, Ernie Green, and Jim Brown are shown. Running plays include one by Ernie Green. The spectators and support staff cheer for their respective teams. Fans overrun the field during the last moment of the game with an extra point attempt still pending by the Giants, and the referees elect to end the game. The Giants lose the game by 52-30 ending their worst season in last 49 years.
Spaceship Gemini VII as an ambitious United Stats Space Projects launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Astronauts Frank Borman and James A Lovell Junior get ready with their space suits put on. The astronauts escorted by NASA scientists board a lift and settle in the spacecraft for a fourteen day journey in space. The Gemini VII launched from its launch pad. People watch the launching. NASA workmen repair the damages due to launching and prepare for launching of Gemini VI.
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