U.S. soldiers climb through a hole blown through the brick wall of a bar-locked room at Merkers Mines in Germany near end of World War II. Bags of Nazi German gold, bank notes, and treasured paintings and stolen art work found inside the mine.
Families gathering at Al Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem for celebration of annual pilgrimage to Nabi Musa. The Ghawanima Minaret visible at far left. In courtyard pilgrims take refreshments. Several small girls play a game. A large group surrounds several people performing spontaneous circle dance. Family groups socialize and eat snacks. Views of persons leaving the area, with Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) clearly visible behind them.
A small boy walking in front of 7 camels along a dusty road in Amman, Transjordan (under British mandate for Palestine; later Amman Jordan). They move suddenly and startle the boy. He poses for the camera as the camels pass. Then he runs away with another boy. Views of Amman, from overlooking hilltop. Inhabitants engaged in ordinary pursuits. Several cars on the road. Merchants with goods in burlap bags, and on carts. A fuel truck and a car drive past the camera. A small contingent of policemen stand in formation.
Honor guards of uniformed policemen take their places on both sides of King Faisal Street, in front of Al Husseini Mosque (K. Talal St. 1, Amman, Jordan), as officials begin to arrive for Friday prayers. Prime Minister Ibrahim Pasha Ashim and Minister of National Education Sheikh Fihmi (in white turban) arrive in chauffeured car. An open truck with a machine gunner in back and several mounted lancers lead a 1942 Buick sedan carrying Emir Abdulla ibn El-Hussein. The police honor guard salute by presenting arms. Inside the Mosque courtyard, worshipers wash themselves before entering for prayers. Worshipers are seen inside the Mosque and outside, prostrating themselves in prayer. The Emir embraces ministers as he leaves and enters his car to drive away.
A film titled: 'Seeds of Destiny' on the reconstruction of Europe after World War 2. View of dark storm clouds racing across sky and lightning. Scene of war ravaged cities destroyed in World War 2. A tattered photograph of Hitler and Goering lies on muddy ground. Close-ups of legs and feet of children, some without shoes, wandering amid rubble in muddy streets of bomb-destroyed cities and standing in a soup line to receive food. Close up of a boy receiving food from a ladle at a soup line. Children sit by a fire to war their hands; barefoot children in Europe walk through rubble and debris on the street. Children walking alone in war torn areas. Starved refugee citizens in Japan walk among rubble of bombed buildings. A line of children sitting, unable to stand up due to rickets. Views of boy and girl children suffering from neglect, abuse, and trauma of war. A boy who lost his family shows scar of burn on his leg. Children in a hospital suffering from war injuries, loss of limbs, emotional trauma, mental trauma. A girl bandaged up suffering from grenade wounds. Two young boys play a billiards game and view of camera shows both boys are amputees missing one leg. A child whose growth was stunted by malnutrition and starvation. Young children scavenge for food among trash or refuse. A boy wheels two younger children in a wheelbarrow cart. Pack of children running and playing in rubble and ruins of bombed out buildings. Children begging for food. Neglected young boys standing in the street smoking cigarettes. A young boy smoking a cigar. Groups of sad looking, traumatized boy and girl children. Boys rummage through trash and cans looking for food. Three grave crosses on a hill amidst bomb rubble and destruction.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addressing the German soldiers for the destruction of the cities. Stone heaps in the city. Rubbled buildings. The ruins of a church. German women with children in a destroyed house. A sign board on the street. A starved child in the bed. Citizens scavenging for food from dustbins. A carriage moves on the street.
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