United States soldiers in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. Two soldiers play ping pong in a lobby of Wiesbaden Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany). Side view of servicemen playing. A fountain in foreground.
Entertainment in the United States Zone in Munich, Germany. German woman read a poster. The poster advertises the performance of operetta “Die schöne Helena” (“The Beautiful Helena”) by Jacques Offenbach at the Bavarian State Theater. Advertising column (known in Germany as Litfaßsäule) on screen indicates huge variety of entertainment to German civilians. Advertisement for “roman einer Tänzerin” (“Novel of a dancer”) with German actor Conrad Veidt. Advertisement in English language of dancing lessons for occupation troops. A crowd outside cinema. A man plays mouth organ and sits on debris. People look at advertisement of a play 'On borrowed time'. Actors perform in theater.
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.
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