A Military Police Jeep outfitted with wire catcher (302nd Infantry, 94th Division) drives on a snow-covered road near Bonnal, Luxembourg in Winter during World War II. A snow covered M5 tank and a Jeep cross in the middle of a blizzard. Signalmen check downed wires in deep snow next to a German grave beside highway. A large truck navigates a snow covered road during a snow storm. A United States soldier stumbles against a snow bank during a blizzard. More Jeeps and trucks struggle to drive on a road during a blizzard.
(Audio only). Radio broadcast from Washington DC during World War II. Musical prelude before reporting of news. This is followed by reporting by correspondent Morgan Beatty on the death of President Franklin D Roosevelt and national events following it. Vice President Truman retains Roosevelt's Cabinet before taking oath of President's office. He indicates that news of the President's death was released immediately from Warm Springs. Cabinet meeting in White House. The White House Press Secretary Stephan Early makes an official announcement of President Roosevelt's death in Warm Springs, Georgia. Reports from White House radio room. Correspondent Ralph Howard Peterson summarizes events immediately before and after the death of the President. In Luxembourg: Correspondent Lowell Thomas reports President Roosevelt's death and on the war in Europe.
A group of uniformed Luxemberger National Partei (LNP) members lead a parade across the Adolphe Bridge across the Pétrusse River, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. The State Savings Bank building is seen in the background. They are followed by large numbers of LNP men in dark trousers, white shirts, and dark ties, wearing swastika arm bands. Scene shifts to center of city where spectators line the sidewalks to watch the parade. The parade proceeds toward the Luxembourg Railway Station (bahnhof), where a small group of Luxemburger Volksjugend (LVJ), an organization similar to the Hitler Youth, are seen marching. Spectators acknowledge them with Nazi salutes. Scene changes to a courtyard where volunteer Luxembourg soldiers present arms as German Army officers descend steps from a building, to review them and contingents of LNP and LVJ. Senior German Nazi Party official, Gauleiter Gustav Simon, leads the reviewing group. A Luxembourg military band plays. Closeup of Luxembourg soldiers. Boys and girls of the LVJ youth render the Nazi salute.
Radio Luxembourg operated by the Allied Forces' Psychological Warfare Division to break down German morale and induce nazi troops to surrender during World War II. The Radio Luxembourg station in Luxembourg. U.S. Army soldiers in the recording studio. They read information from a document over the microphone. Other soldiers seated inside. Towers at Radio Luxembourg, the most powerful long wave station in Europe. A man at the controls. officers check the wavelengths. for various locations of reach. The Radio Luxembourg news room. Army Intelligence and other military sources prepare material for the especially prepared German broadcasts. The recording studio: A soldier operates controls. Two soldiers seated at a table. They read from a document into a microphone.
(Audio only). Radio broadcast from Washington DC during World War II. Correspondent Morgan Bailey reports on death of President Franklin D Roosevelt. Vice President Truman retains Roosevelt's Cabinet before taking oath of President's office. Cabinet meeting in White House. The White House Press Secretary Stephan Early makes an official announcement of President Roosevelt's death in Warm Springs, Georgia. Reports from White House radio room. Correspondent Ralph Howard Peterson summarizes events immediately before and after death of President. Luxembourg: Correspondent Lowell Thomas reports President Roosevelt's death and war in Europe.
The Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. A machine gun in the guard tower. Prisoners at camp grounds. Prisoners on other side of fence. Extremely emaciated male prisoners seated at ground. A prisoner bares his chest. Major Edward A Jesser Junior, a U.S. officer and the Prince of Luxembourg Military Mission, 12th Army Group talk, while standing in between large crowd. (World War II period).
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