United States Zone in Munich, Germany. Occupation forces in Germany. A German civilian with a newspaper in the pocket of his jacket. He bids farewell to a U.S. soldier. He hugs and shakes hand with the soldier. Buildings in the background. German men bid farewell to soldiers.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Reforger II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. Locomotives drive on railway tracks at Heilbronn South Train Station in Germany. Men of 16th Infantry Division guide them. M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) drives onto flatcars. A man directs them and men loaded on APC. Locomotive pulls train load of APC away from station. Locomotive travels along tracks. (Note: Other vehicles seen include: M114 ARV reconnaissance vehicle and M578 Recovery Vehicle.)
United States Fifth Armored Division in Dülmen, Germany after World War II. U.S. Fifth Armored Division vehicles and soldiers on the bank of a water body. A few soldiers sitting on the shore of the water body. A castle on the other side of the water body. View of the Nordkirchen Castle (Schloß 1, 59394 Nordkirchen, Germany) in Dülmen. Troops on armored vehicles near the entrance of the castle. View of the castle with a courtyard and a statue near the entrance. GIs in the courtyard of the castle. A parachutist colonel holding a document talks to Prince Engelbert-Charles of Arenberg, the 10th Duke von Arenberg. Soldiers in the background. The parachutist colonel and the Duke von Arenberg walk down the steps of the castle. The Duke von Arenberg talking to British war correspondents. The correspondents taking down notes. The Karl Rudolf, 13th Duke of Croÿ flanked by the Duke von Arenberg and his wife Princess Valerie Marie Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke of Croy and the Princess talking to the parachutist colonel. All of them talking near the entrance door of the castle.
Scenes of Nazi atrocities at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany at the time of its liberation in World War 2. Bodies of victims heaped in railroad cars at railroad siding in Dachau, Germany. Faces and emaciated bodies of dead prisoners. Stack of naked bodies at crematorium. Huge pile of prison uniforms, hats, and other type of clothing removed from dead. Railroad car filled with bodies of victims. The United Nations flags over liberated camp. Flags of France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, England and United States.
Liberated prisoners during a ceremony at Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. Freed prisoners, dignitaries and civilians during the ceremony. Prisoners hold flags, banners and a sketch of a dignitary. Women hold flags of their own countries. Prisoner sits on the roof of a house. American officer on stage holds the American flag. Prisoners stand with flags of America, Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia and other allied flags. Civilians, dignitaries and prisoners stand at the back. Prisoners standing and sitting on the roof watch the ceremony. An American officer on a stage holds flag of America. (World War II period).
Tourist destinations and architecture before World War 2 in Western Germany. Elevated view as a locomotive train pulling train cars moves across a bridge and on the railroad track. Smoke comes out of it. View of coal fuel piled high behind locomotive. A large crowd gathers at a marketplace for a Catholic procession in Cologne. Elevated view of the bustling outdoor marketplace in Cologne. A religious procession winds through the streets - likely an Easter procession. Clergy in the procession and a group of nuns in habits. Clergy and sacristans in the procession, followed by young girls wearing white and carrying flowers. Clergy carrying banners. The Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) in the background.
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