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German civilians purchase and read the first American newspaper printed in Aachen, Germany.

The first American newspaper in Aachen, Germany is printed during World War II. Crowds in the streets of Allied-occupied Aachen. A U.S. General speaks as the first American newspaper to be printed in Germany is dedicated. Presses roll and the first copies are produced which are then purchased and read by German civilians.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070697
The ruins and explosion in Aachen, Germany following bombing by Allies in World War 2

Air and Ground Forces cooperation in Aachen, Germany. The ruins and collapsed buildings of Aachen Germany on October 15, 1944, following Allied bombing. Smoke rises from ruins. View of a field area and then a giant explosion as a ground target is detonated with explosives. Large cloud of smoke rises. U.S. Army soldiers inspect exploded area.

Date: 1944, October 15
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044558
The United States First Army enters Roetgen and supplies are dropped to and retrieved by the Belgian White Army (WW2)

The United States First Army enters Roetgen, Aachen and other German border towns without opposition during World War II. Map showing the capture of the Ardennes, Albert Canal, Aachen, and Trier by the First Army. View of Luxembourg’s Ardennes. A dugout in Wallendorf, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. A captured pillbox displays sign in German reads “Der führer besichtigte diese anlage am 15. mai. 1939” (“The Führer visited this facility on May 15, 1939” in English). The town of Wallendorf with heavily damaged buildings from recent Allied shelling. Civilians saving their belongings outside the bombed “Gastwirtschaft von Franz Wenzel” in Wallendorf. Troops on moving M4 Sherman tanks and Jeeps. Soldiers climb the hill and enter Germany. The troops maneuver over fields. Troops occupy the Roetgen, located approximately 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Aachen. 'Roetgen' written on building. White flag on building of 'The Deutsche Reichsbahn'. View of village and huts. Belgian White Army lights fire for supplies by airborne. They gather hay to make bonfires. A White Army soldier with bayonet scans the sky. Another soldier holds a rifle. Soldier watches through binoculars towards plane. A passing bomber drops supplies for the Belgian White Army. Parachutes landing on earth. Supplies and arms are dropped to and retrieved by Belgians. Parachute are rolled and returned to England. Men load supplies into a truck. Horse cart moves away.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044542
Events surrounding the 1938 German annexation of Austria

Goosestepping German troops parade. A group of German Panzer I Ausf. A tanks armed with twin 7.92 mm machine guns, are seen crossing a field. A squadron of German airplanes flies overhead in formation. Spectators watch as Austrian Army troops assemble and drill in Vienna, Austria Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg speaking before the Austrian Federal Diet on 24 February , 1938. He rejects Hitler's plans for Austria, saying: "…Austria will go thus far and no further." Closeups of some Austrian citizens. German troops entering Austria, during the "Anschluss" on 12 March 1938. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome in London, England, departing on 29 September, 1938, to meet with Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. His aircraft taking off. View of anti-aircraft gun set up in London, with Big Ben and Parliament building in background. Workmen with shovels breaking ground for defenses in London. A woman wearing a gas mask, carries a baby in England. Prime Minister Chamberlain speaking at Heston airport upon his return from Munich, on 16 September. 1938. Views of broken shop windows in Berlin, Germany, following the "Kristallnacht" violent anti-Jewish actions by Nazi Brown shirts on November 9 and 10, 1938. Jewish refugee men, women, and children gather around a fire and outdoor kitchen in an encampment on a field. They warm themselves by the fire. Two women pump water from a well in the field. Closeups of some of the people, including a small child. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a table with members of his cabinet,

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047403
American soldiers and war correspondents in the destroyed city of Aachen, Germany in World War II.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020919
Allied soldiers check identification cards of German civilians and displaced persons being provided relief in Germany.

Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War 2. German civilians lined up as an Allied soldier checks their identification cards. Policemen check cards of civilians. A municipal book labeled "Files" (Akten) is retrieved in the city of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) by U.S. soldiers. Telephone records being recovered. A post office is reestablished. Food bags being loaded onto a truck. A handbook of military government in Germany. Displaced German people unload from a truck. A woman distributes blankets to them. Displaced persons being looked after in a hospital.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042615