Carnival festival in Düsseldorf, Germany. People gather at the Burgplatz in old town Düsseldorf (Burgpl., 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany). The St. Lambertus Chuch is seen on the background. People waving various flags during a parade of floats. Men in costumes participate in the street parade. Gigantic papier-mâché effigies depicting cartoonish humans and animals decorate the floats. A large papier-mâché effigy of a bear rotates on a float. A mechanized effigy of a man drinking alcohol. Men dressed as the Michelin Man participate in the parade. Crowds watch the parade from sidewalk and terraces. Gypsy women dancing. Men feeding balls into the mouth of a mechanized effigy. An effigy of a dog with a “KOLN” collar. Men dressed in grass skirts. A band plays music. Large effigies on floats. A man on stilts carnival costume.
Tanks of the United States Army and infantry men drive in the streets of Leipzig in Germany after taking it over during World War II. Signboard 'Leipzig 69th Infantry Division'. A dead German military officer's body covered with overcoat. Dead bodies of Deputy Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter. They were Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig, Germany). Damaged buildings in Leipzig. Scattered waste and debris of demolished buildings from Allied bombing.
Visit of Hollywood film studio executives flying from Brussels, Belgium to Frankfurt in Germany. Aerial view of passenger aircraft in flight transporting the film executives from Brussels to Frankfurt. They enter the IG Farben Building (Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Military officers welcome them. Film producers dine at General Eisenhower's private dining hall at IG Farben Building. Robert Murphy, the German Ambassador, speaks to Edgar Mannix.
Congressional inspection of Displaced Persons Camp in Eschwege, Germany in the year after World War 2 ended in Germany. Congressman Frank L Chelf, Kentucky; consultant to congress man Walter M Basterdman and others along with press photographers visit the refugee camps. A herd of pigs inside one of the camps. The visiting party walks out of one of the camp and observe others. A crowd of people watch them. Dignitaries visit various houses and camps and talk to each other. A burnt Quonset hut in the camp.
Scenes following liberation of the Wobbelin Concentration Camp (Wöbbelin) operated by Nazi Germany in Ludwigslust, Germany. A dead body of starved inmate lies roughly on ground outside a hospital building. Survivor inmates stand at the door of the hospital. Notice board reads 'Ambulanzzeit' and its schedule. Inmates show other notices at the hospital door.
A-4 missile of Germany is test fired from a range in Peenemunde in north east Germany. A meter shows readings. (World War II period).
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