U.S. Army personnel in Heidelberg during operation Alsos near the end of World War 2. Men play baseball game and table tennis in Heidelberg, during some free time.
U.S. troops in Stadtilm to seize German documents and personnel as part of Alsos mission in World War 2. Troops on jeeps enter German town Stadtilm. Troops pass by houses with white flags. U.S. soldier finds a sword in outskirts. Soldiers outside a building in Stadtilm. U.S. team question one seized German in a room. Troops in yard outside the building.
Kaiser Wilhelmshaven Bridge, views from boat as it approaches.
Disarmament of Heligoland (Helgoland) following World War 1. Fortress and harbor seen from a high point on the island. Obstacles at the shoreline to inhibit invasion. Views across the fortress from above showing control tower, ventilation ducts on roof, and pair of 30.5cm SK L/50 (12-inch) guns in a turret. A man sits on one of the gun barrels. Their muzzles are covered. In later view, the man sits near end of gun barrel. Scene shifts to men working to dismantle a gun turret. One is using an acetylene torch. Group of men loading small rail cars with shells and dismantled parts.
A film titled 'Lt. Roberts 61 Squadron 56 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking ME-110 and JU-88 on 11 December 1943'. German Air Force bomber aircraft ME-110 and JU-88 seen in flight during World War II.
Two United States Army soldiers passing by bomb damaged buses and streetcars on a Munich street. Exterior view of front facade of heavily damaged National Theatre Munich (Munich Opera House) at Max-Joseph-Platz. Statue of King Maximilian I seen in center of the plaza, with the Munich Residenz, Königsbau in the background. German soldiers walking bicycles pass by, under armed guard of U.S. Army soldiers. Railroad Central Station and the Starnberger train station destroyed by bombing. Exterior of the destroyed Bayerische Verkehrsministerium (Bavarian Ministry of Transport) at Arnulfstraße 9 with its destroyed dome and rubble and debris everywhere. U.S. Army trucks, some loaded with American soldiers, driving through the city streets. More views of the destroyed railway station and railroad marshaling yards. Front facade of the heavily damaged Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station), "Der Eisenbahnhof" in München.
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