Damaged rail yards in Nuremberg, Germany during World War II. Wrecked buildings of a railroad station. Damaged rail tracks. Wrecked freight cars in a marshalling yard.
Armored columns in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany during World War II. Armored vehicles of U.S. 12th Armored Division, XXI Corps move through streets of the town. White flags are hanging from almost every house. A middle aged German civilian smokes pipe while watching incoming vehicles. A smiling German boy watches the vehicles moving past.
A chaplain takes over in Deggendorf, Germany during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel Father Crain of U.S. 4th Armored Division exits from a building with others. He speaks to a German chaplain and two German Colonels. Officers enter the building.
Burial of Wöbbelin concentration camp victims in Ludwigslust, Germany during World War 2. German civilians bury dead of Wobbelin concentration camp, five days after the camp was liberated by Allied forces of the U.S. Army 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. Bodies laid out near graves. A large wooden cross at the back of each grave. A jeep driven on a road. German civilians near dead bodies. A large group of U.S. and German officers stand at attention during burial ceremonies. German civilians speaks into a microphone.
Burial of Wöbbelin Concentration Camp dead in Ludwigslust, Germany during World War II. Branches laid out atop a filled wagon. Horse drawn wagons carry bodies of Wobbelin Concentration Camp victims from a mass grave made by the Nazis to a wooded area for burial under supervision of Allied forces. Soldiers at road side. Officers and soldiers walk in columns.
Visitors strolling at the Hagenbeck zoo (Tierpark Hagenbeck) in Stellingen, near Hamburg, Germany. A herd of ponies coming out of a large zoo building, into an open yard. Ostriches mixing in a yard with zebras. Young people enjoying the antics of brown bears and zebras. A man and woman smiling as they watch the animals. A male lion, in his pen, walks toward the camera, as does a rhinoceros (missing a horn) in his pen. A father holds his young daughter up so she can see better. A number of mountain goats are climbing down rocks in their enclosure. A British soldier is amongst the visitors watching the animals. View from behind spectators watching elepants in their large outdoor area. Closeup of elephant's eye. Two elephants in harnesses are seen at work, lifting large iron radiators from rubble at the side of a road in town. They place the radiators on a flat bed trailer. Next, they tow a large steel framework from the rubble. A large group of spectators watches these goings on, and some feed one of the elephants, putting a piece of fruit in its trunk. The keeper directs the elephants to other heavy objects in the rubble, which they pick up and carry with their trunks, placing them on the flat bed trailer. With crowds still watching, the zoo keeper leads leads the elephants as they pull the loaded trailer along the street, while pedestrians watch. (World War II period).
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