Life in the city of Cologne , Germany after Allied occupation during World War II. A sign reads ' Koln' Damaged Cathedral in cologne as a result of Allied bombings. Interiors of the Cathedral. A severely damaged rail road station in the city. Hohenzollernbrucke bridge across the river Rhine. German civilians around a bulletin board as thy read news about the war. A man waits for a street car. A damaged street car. People gathered outside a shelter. Women cook food at a community kitchen. Allied armies supply water to the people. Water being filled in containers. Women wash clothes. Food being looted from Nazi Army kitchen. People carry food crates and bags from the kitchen.
The United States Army 415th Regiment, 104th Infantry Division in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Destroyed buildings along a street in Cologne. Soldiers advancing through the street. The soldiers fire rifles from inside buildings. The artillery crew firing 60 mm mortar. A U.S. soldier gently removing rings from hands of a wounded German prisoner. United States Army soldier places a captured German weapon on the ground directly in front of the tread on M10 tank destroyer which then rolls over it. Debris on the street. Prisoners of war marching on the street.
United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne (Köln) Germany during World War II. German soldier with hands raised surrenders to United States Army soldiers. Destroyed buildings and wreckage along the street sides. Debris on the street. View from camera position looking out of at a street-level city window as a German Panzer tank is hit by fire from an Allied tank and goes up in flames, near the Cologne Cathedral. Smoke rising from the burning tank. (This is a slightly more distant view of the well-documented attack on a German Mark V Panzer tank, by gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer in an American M-26 Pershing tank).
German civilians repairing secret submarine cables in Cologne, Germany after the end of World War II. The towers of the Cologne Cathedral, damaged Hohenzollern Bridge, and Die Bastei are seen in background. Men talking on test phones under a makeshift tent. A man splicing wires while smoking a pipe. German civilian wearing uniform and glasses speaking on a test phone. A group of men splicing wires together.
The first freight train bringing merchandise arrives in Cologne after the end of World War II. Smoke rises from the smokestack of moving train. Train passes destroyed buildings in Cologne. Flag of the United States seen at rear of train.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers patrol through Bocklemünd on the north-western outskirts of Cologne, Germany in World War II. U.S. Army soldiers enter houses in the city and walk on the streets. Some soldiers run as they cross a street to evade snipers. Some infantry soldiers fire at German snipers. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open. Soldiers leaving house after search. Tanks moving on the street. Infantry soldiers search a village for snipers. Road sign showing the distance to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Aachen, Koblenz, and Bonn. A soldier walks past a “Stadtmitte” sign directing to Cologne city center.
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