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Training film for U.S. troops with the Army of occupation in Germany after world War II
Opens with bell tolling Victory against Germany in World War II. Next, a slate reads: "Victory Leads to Peace," and a farmer is seen with cattle pulling a plow. But narrator says "the problem now is future peace," and a map of Germany is shown overlaid with "Your Job in Germany." A cartoon of a soldier is superimposed on the map, along with one of a World War 1 American soldier and a figure of possible future soldier with similar mission. Camera focuses on parts of German aircraft in a jumbled heap. Closeups of weary defeated German soldiers at end ot World War II. Glimpse of Adolf Hitler speaking and haranguing an audience from a podium in an animated and forceful way. Swastika flags displayed from houses in a quaint German town. Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Reich Minister of Propaganda, at a microphone. Glimpse of a German concentration camp. But as they appear, each of the Nazi elements promptly disappears, showing the scenes without such Nazi symbols and persons. Skeleton remains of bombed buildings. Flower displays. Bucolic German rural countryside and quaint old villages in peaceful settings. Camera focuses on a book titled "German History." Chapter I, titled "Blood and Iron," shows Image of Otto von Bismarck. German troops march in a parade. Narrator states that "under Bismarck, the German empire was built." (He formed the German Empire in 1871, unifying Germany with himself as Imperial Chancellor, while retaining control of Prussia at the same time.) The film shows mounted German lancers as it alludes to Bismarck's campaigns against Denmark in 1867; Austria in 1866; and France, in 1870. Germany's leaders celebrating its status, in 1871, as the mightiest power in Europe. Troops marching and girls dancing nearby. Farmers plowing field with a horse and cow. Classic peaceful rural alpine scenes with local people in agricultural pursuits. A group of local German musicians playing folk music as village people dance outdoors. Back to the book, Kaiser Wilhelm II is shown on Chapter 2, entitled: "Deutschland über Alles." Gathering of German soldiers in Pickelhaube (spiked helmets). A German Big Bertha howitzer firing. German troops marching against Serbia; Russia; and France (with view of war damaged French cathedral). German invasion of Belgium (with view of clock tower resting in rubble). German troops seen in Italy, walking past battle-damaged buildings. German Zeppelin dropping bombs on British targets and view of bombed out London neighborhood. Next scene shows a capsized ship with survivors running across its hull. Film slate labels the scene as United States, as if it is a U.S. ship attacked by Germany. (Actually, it is the Austro-Hungarian Battleship, SMS Szent Istvan, torpedoed, by Italian torpedo boats, during World War I.) Next, American soldiers in trench are seen going "over the top" and into "no man's land" on the western front of World War 1. Glimpse through a window of Kaiser Wilhelm II, after defeat of Germany, in 1918. View of Germans in a Beer Garden. Picturesque view of German town. A German orchestra performing. American soldiers marching out of Germany, with flags waving. Back to the history book,as chapter III is revealed, entitled "Today Germany, tomorrow, the world," and featuring Adolf Hitler. German troops invading Austria (where a civilian lies dead on the ground). German troops entering Czechoslovakia (where local people in tears render the Nazi salute). They march into Poland (where a girl weeps over someone, not seen, on the ground). They march into France (where a wounded, bandaged child cries in a bed). Next, is a scene from England, where a British child victim of bombing lies dead in the remains of a shelter. German troops invading Norway, Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg and Russia (where a woman tries to rouse a dead woman). They invade Yugoslavia (where women sit near coffins of children) and Greece (where a woman rescues a naked child). A U.S. merchant ship explodes after being torpedoed by a German submarine (unseen). Scenes of destruction with people plucking dead victims from rubble of buildings. American troops invading Normandy, France on D-day, June 6, 1944. Several American soldiers fall to German gunfire on the beach. Wounded American soldiers being transported in jeeps on the battlefield and being placed on landing craft for evacuation. Americans walking past huge piles of destroyed aircraft parts. A landing craft filled with wounded American soldiers. American wounded and dead on a battlefield. Sailors abandoning a burning American ship by jumping into the sea. A sailor picked up in a life boat. A wounded American soldier being dragged from the beachhead at Normandy. Various wounds being treated by U.S. Medical Corps personnel. More scenes of American wounded being moved on stretchers. Scene shifts abruptly to German people folk dancing. Film concludes with question marks about the future.
Radio broadcast of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death from White House, Washington DC (WW2)
(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.
A burning Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight over Bérismenil, Belgium (WW2)
A flying United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in flames over Bérismenil, Belgium during World War II. Smoke trails are seen from the burning bomber. View of the snow-covered crash site in Bérismenil, Luxembourg province (Belgium). Dark cloud of smoke forms over the crash site of the downed B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft.
United States officials attend the unveiling ceremony of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" Sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
The unveiling of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. A framed photograph of United States President John F. Kennedy hangs on a wall. Luxembourgish officials and civilians attend the ceremony. A 1964 Dodge Polara (car plate number SA-454) driving. A United States official in military uniform gets off the car and walks to the stage on Avenue John F. Kennedy. American official speaks to other guests. Two women in black holding small bouquets of flowers. A Prime Minister of Luxembourg Pierre Werner delivers a speech on a makeshift stage. Crowds of Luxembourgish guests clapping. Photograph of JFK hangs on top of United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, William R. Rivkin. The plaque is unveiled. Plaque reads “Avenue John F. Kennedy”. Men, women and children clapping.
Unveiling ceremony of the “Avenue John F. Kennedy" Sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
The unveiling of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Crowds of Luxembourgish guests gathered in Avenue John F. Kennedy. People view the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign on the street. Flags of Luxembourg hanging on a building. United States and Luxembourgish officials standing, some of them saluting at the same time. A military band plays music. A conductor leads the band. Band musicians play the trombone. Women and elderly men watch the band on the street. Children standing on the street. Military officials lower their hands after saluting. Various guests socializing. Two women, Helen Enid Hammerman Rivkin and her daughter (Laura or Julie), get inside a Diplomatic Corps 1963 Oldsmobile 98 sedan. United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, William R. Rivkin, looks on before joining his wife and daughter inside the Diplomatic Corps car. The Diplomatic Corps 1963 Oldsmobile 98 sedan drives away.
United States and Luxembourgish people celebrate unveiling of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" and General Patton Remembrance Day in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
The unveiling of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Simultaneously celebrated the same day is “General Patton Remembrance Day”. Luxembourgish and United States military officials cutting a ribbon at Ettelsbruck. Road sign reads “Ettelsbruck”. A Grand Ducal gendarme in Luxembourg. Guests from the United States Air Force, military and diplomatic corps arrive at a function to commemorate General Patton Remembrance Day. Flags of the United States and Luxembourg hanging on a building. Gendarmes salute the arriving guests. A flag bearing the coat of arms of the United States. A woman exits from a car. A man and a woman enter the building. A United States Air Force staff car arrives in Avenue John F. Kennedy. Crowds gathered to watch the unveiling of the plaque in Avenue John F. Kennedy. Luxembourgish politician speaks from a podium.
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