German General (Generalleutnant) Kurt Dittmar surrenders in Magdeburg, Germany during World War 2. German military commander General Dittmar, who was also Official Military Commentator of the German Armed Forces, stands with his party, including his son, young German soldier Berend Dittmar, Major Pluskat, and Major Werner, as American soldiers escort them. General Dittmar carries on an extended conversation with a French war corresondent. View of destroyed bridge span over the Elbe River, Magdeburg, Germany. German General Dittmar and his son, the boy soldier carrying a white flag with Red Cross on it, walk along sandy shore. They are met by U.S. Army soldiers of the 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, including Captain Henry Abbes of Glendale, Long Island, New York, Commander of 'K' Company, who escort them. German General Dittmar conversing with captors while smoking a pipe, and then walking with his son, accompanied by American officers, through rubble strewn street of Magdeburg. (Records indicate that General Dittmar had traveled across the Elbe to ask for assistance in evacuating injured German soldiers and civilians from the east bank of the Elbe. U.S. Major General Leland Hobbs refused, and rather than returning across the River Elbe, Dittmar surrendered.)
A film about New Orleans in Louisiana. A water front and the Mississippi River. View of Exchange Alley. A street car and automobile traffic in Royal Street. Cars and horse drawn wagons around Lee Circle on St. Charles Street. Pedestrians and a mule drawn wagon in Old French market. Exteriors of the old Cabildo as a car pulls up at its entrance.
Important streets and buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. Street car and automobile traffic on Royal Street. Pedestrians, truck traffic and mule drawn wagons at Old French market. A car pulls up at old Cabildo.
Kellett KD-1 autogyro (rotary wing aircraft) in flight over U.S. Army maneuvers in the United States. Mounted troops and a horse drawn caisson move across open terrain. Troops in 1918-style uniforms move on horse drawn vehicles. Kellett autogiro in flight. View of military maneuvers. Troops load and fire French 75 artillery pieces. Shells burst in area near damaged farm building.
Allied Prisoners are marched in Paris,France during World War II. Large group of American and British prisoners are marched through streets under German guards. Buildings on either side of the street. Buses move through street. Civilians, possibly French collaborationists, jeer and slap at two different Allied prisoners as they march by.
Armistice Day Parade in Paris, France. The band of the Republican Guard play in the parade. Mrs. Eden and Mrs. Churchill applaud. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, French General Charles De Gaulle and Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden watch parade. Churchill shakes hands with De Gaulle. Armored vehicles in the parade. Churchill and De Gaulle walk to car and get into it. The car is driven along street followed by mounted guard. Mrs. Eden with Mary Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill, watch parade. Mrs. Churchill followed by two women leave the area.
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