Arab man walking with city of Jerusalem in background behind him. British army soldiers drive GMC OTTER Light Reconnaissance Cars next to the Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel). They are driving on Highway 60, also known as the Talpiot–Atarot Axis, also known as "Road 1." Sign that reads “NO ENTRY." Residents of Palestine, some wearing European clothing, others in traditional Arab attire, wait behind a barbed wire checkpoint. British Army soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment check credentials and admit entry to a Jewish women. A South Lancashire Regiment soldier frisks an Arab man who has his hands raised. Soldiers talk to the driver of a 1945 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan (one of only 770 made) that pulls up behind barbed wire. British soldier with machine gun behind sandbags and barbed wire. Machine gun pointing behind wall of sandbags. Silhouette of a soldier and barbed wires. Point of view from inside sand bag machine gun position looking out to city. Silhouettes of solidier and of a man putting his hands up.
End of World War Two in Europe. A C-47 takes off. Numerous United States Army Air Force aircraft fly in skies over Germany, including: P51s, P-38s, P-47s, and A-26s. A lamppost in the foreground. U.S. aircraft fly over bomb damaged buildings. Damage around an old bridge in Rogensburg.
Landsberg concentration camp in Germany during World War II. Guard towers in the camp area. A board in German reads ' Regards! Storage area ! Standing still and taking pictures are prohibited. Violations will be punished'. Barrack buildings and a barbed wire fence around the camp.
View from aircraft flying over the Elbe River, at Tangermunde, after Germany surremdered in World War 2. It flies over the bridge there, which has been severely damaged, with its span touching the water at one point. The aircraft continues flying over nearby rail yards.
View of the Elbe River, at Tangermunde, after Germany surrendered in World War 2. Objects floating in the water. Closeup shows twisted steel of severely damaged bridge over the river. Some German soldiers are seen crossing the bridge. View of bridge from American-occupied bank of the Elbe. The bridge span is seen to have dropped to touch the water on the other side of the river. Two young women in their underwear, rush along a path in a park on one bank of the river. A German soldier with face bandaged accompanies a young woman along the path. a German soldier smoking a cigarette, stands near a park bench. One of the young women, previously seen, stands, now wrapped in a tarp covering, next to an American tank. The twisted bridge is immediately behind her. She walks past the camera. Scene shifts to people crossing the bridge. A woman carrying a baby in arms hurries past several German soldiers seated on the ground. Next, many women and children are seen with their belongings, trudging past the seated German soldiers. Two women walk past the camera, one wearing a German Army uniform. Scene shifts to opposite side of the Elbe River, where the dropped bridge span touches the water. German soldiers are making their way across on planks placed there temporarily. A German soldier and a woman help an injured soldier on the river bank. German soldiers are gathered beneath the bridge span. Two help a third who is in the water. Two German soldiers, one a Red Cross medic, carry the man, as numerous German civilians surrounding them, look on. Closeup of German soldiers carrying arms, including panzerfaust (hand-held anti-tank weapon), crossing the bridge. They pass an American soldier on the American-occupied side of the Elbe, where they must deposit their arms with others already stacked in piles.
United States soldiers, including a United States Military Red Cross Medic, advance towards an apartment block in Halle, Germany during World War 2. United States Army officers discuss together as they confer to map, behind them a soldier looking at camera from top of tank. United States soldiers crouch in front of brick wall. Gate with words “Feuerwehr” (“Fire Department” in German). United States soldier sprints across street. United States soldier on lookout on the streets of Halle, Germany. A Sherman tank in front of building. United States soldier sprints across street towards a doorway. Soldiers climb over destroyed walls. Sherman tank fires on the street. White flag drapes from fence in Halle, Germany. Sign says “Halle Saale”. United States soldiers with Sherman tank marches in Halle, Germany. United States soldiers open a wooden door and enter. White flag on tree in a street with German civilians and United States soldiers in Halle, Germany. American Sherman tank drives over rifles confiscated from German soldiers. Soldier fires with machine gun from house window. Soldiers dash across street towards doorway of German house. Soldier sprints towards a doorway of apartment.
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