Arnstadt Concentration Camp in Germany immediately after World War II. German villagers are forced by Allied troops to remove Polish and Russian dead bodies from graves. Scattered dead bodies on a field after exhuming them.
Returned Frenchmen as they walk through the streets of Paris. Two men push another man in a wheel barrow. Man hangs allied national flags including those of United Stated, Britain, USSR, France, and Belgium, on a building to mark VE Day. Large procession of Parisians as they walk down Champs Elysees Avenue carrying Allied National Flags t celebrate VE Day. People on foot, on cycles and in cars. Throngs of people around Tomb of The Unknown Soldier at Arc de Triomphe. Young men and women celebrate and rejoice on the surrender of Germany. A view of the crowd as they wave to the camera. Procession of Allied National Flags. Girls carrying Free French banner. A glimpse of the crowd at Place de la Concorde. (World War II period).
An order for mobilization of the French troops for World War 1. French troops march in the streets of France. A crowd cheers them on. Troops marching in a field. French President Raymond Poincare, General Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire-Joffre, and other officers inspect and salute the troops. The proclamation of a German general for the population of Luxembourg. Kaiser Wilhelm II with his military officers in Germany. The Kaiser inspects and salutes marching troops. German soldiers advance on cobbled streets.
The funeral procession of Lt. Istvan Horthy de Nagybanya, son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklos Horthy, in Budapest during World War 2. Mounted soldiers in the street. A large crowd gathered to pay homage. The dome of the Hungarian Parliament Building. Officers walk along with the casket on a cart. Officers salute as soldiers carry the casket into the cathedral. A long line of people wait outside the cathedral to pay their respects. Soldiers carry the casket inside the cathedral. Banners stating: 'Adolf Hitler' and 'Benito Mussolini'. A banner with the Swastika. Officers give a Nazi salute. Foreign Minister of Germany Joachim Von Ribbentrop and of Italy Gian Galeazzo Ciano attend the services. The decorated casket. The officials and dignitaries seated inside the cathedral.
The appointment of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders as the Regent of Belgium after the liberation of Belgium from German occupation. View of the House of Representatives in Brussels (Place de la Nation 1, 1008 Bruxelles, Belgium). Representatives take their seats inside. Prince Charles, Count of Flanders takes an oath as he is named the Regent of Belgium during the imprisonment of his brother, King Leopold III, in Germany. Prince Charles emerges from the building and is congratulated by officials.
'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. White and African American soldiers glad to receive postal mail from home during mail call. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier wearing his helmet with a dent in it from shrapnel that it blocked. He takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
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