U.S. Army Air Force B-26 Marauder bombers at an airfield in Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. A waist gunner, of a B-26 Marauder bomber, demonstrates the scope and maneuverability of his gun, aboard the aircraft, while parked on the airfield. The B-26 sits with engines running, and then is shut down. Cockpit control wheel gun switches are demonstrated. A pilot and a copilot at the controls in the cockpit of the B-26. Pilot dons a flak jacket, grasps the control wheel, and pats a pair of baby shoes hanging in the windshield. Pilot and copilot go through the motions of a takeoff, for the camera. A dog mascot sitting on a bomb. Ground crew screw tail fins on to bombs. B-26 taxiing. A Bombs being loaded on a B-26. Airmen load 50 caliber machine gun belt ammunition into a box. Shark's teeth are painted under the nose of the aircraft.
U.S. Army Air Force aircraft at an airfield in Germany in final days of World War II, in Europe. Airmen refuel a B-26 Marauder bomber parked on the airfield, from a tanker truck, using hoses over the wings. .Nine B-26s take off, in succession, from the airstrip. P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in flight. A formation of aircraft. Fire guard stands by, with small extinguisher, as a B-26 cranks and starts engine number 1. He then runs to the other side of the aircraft for the start of engine number 2.
U.S. Army Air Force B-26 Marauder bombers bomb targets in Germany during World War II. A very loose formation of C-47 aircraft flies overhead. View at groung level of a large area of fire involving war-damaged structures. A pile of ash and bone.
Young Germans hold banners and sit on portion of a building. A crowd assembled in front of bombed out building in Germany, several months after the end of World War 2, in Europe. The crowd listens to a speech delivered by a man. a large sign near the speaker reads "Freedom." Elsewhere, a road sign reads 'You Are Now Entering Russian Occupied Zone'. Newspaper headlines read 'Reds Declare War On Japs'. The Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin examining official papers with the Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
War damage in Germany during World War II. Trees in the area. Buildings in the background. Soldiers marching with rifles on the street. Vehicles passing on the street. A few soldiers riding bicycles. Women walking and discussing. A wrecked bridge across a river. Rubbled buildings along the sides of the street. A sign board amidst the street.
Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany after its liberation during World War II. A clock and spot lights atop a wall of the concentration camp. Aerial view of the camp and barracks buildings. Men walking on the grounds. A flag flying over the gates of Buchenwald. Buildings along the sides of the street in the camp. A clock and a siren over the entrance.
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