U.S. troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, moving up from Osterode to St. Andreasberg in Germany, during World War 2. Infantrymen near clearing in the forest, and climbing hilly terrain. Troops in dispersed formation near a dam bordering the wooded area. Mountains in the background. (Note: The exact location is at the Söse Talsperre, an artificial Lake between Osterode and Riefensbeek.)
Life of people in a British occupied zone of Germany after World War II. Ground level view of the heavily damaged Reichstag building in Berlin, with destroyed defense equipment on the grounds. Interior view of rubble inside the Reichstag. Close-up panning view of a painting of the Krupp family that produced arms during both world wars. A destroyed steel frame and girder structure that narrator says was part of Krupp arms factory. Former German soldiers being processed. They are lined up, sprayed with delousing powder, interrogated and their documents checked during demobilization. Demobilized former German soldiers give their thumb print impressions. A British officer interrogates an older man in civilian clothes, and then his Luftwaffe picture and papers are shown. Shirtless German men with their arms up in the air pass by a British inspector looking for SS mark under their left armpit. A British interrogator talks to a captured German soldier and rejects him for demobilization, based on his answers or his paperwork. A guard steps forward to escort the man back to prison.
United States P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing over a town in Germany. Aerial views of German town with a road track on the ground. P-47 strafes the town and drops napalm incendiary bombs. Explosions on the ground. A fleet of P-47 Thunderbolts in flight. (World War II period).
Aerial view of devastated city of Berlin in Germany at end of World War II in Europe. View of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, and many other landmark buildings of Berlin as seen from a low flying aircraft. Other destroyed buildings and the River Spree flowing through the city. The destroyed building of Rheinmetall Borsig plant.
Aeriel view of bomb damaged buildings in Germany. View of the destroyed Rheinmettal Borsig factory. Aerial view of the industrial area near Daimler Benz factory. View of vehicles. Other bomb damaged buildings. (World War II period).
Aeriel view of bomb damaged buildings in Germany. View of the destroyed buildings on the ground. Aerial view of ruins and damage in a German city. P-47 Thunderbolts loaded with napalm incendiary bombs parked on ground. (World War II period).
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