Bomb damage in Berlin after World War II. Unter den Linden boulevard shows bomb damage to buildings all along the street, as seen in point of view shots from a slowly moving vehicle. Ruins of buildings. Rubble on the streets .
A large group of German prisoners in an Allied prison camp. German prisoners of war behind wire enclosure. Wounded German POWs lined up. Dejected prisoners. A prisoner hides his face.
A view of Berlin, Germany after the end of World War II. Men of U.S. armed forces sell scarce commodities to Russians and German civilians. People gathered on streets. Buildings in the background. View of girls sitting. A sign on a building reads 'Femina' and ‘Parfümerien’. A girl dances. People seated on tables and chairs. People dance on the floor. A view of a beach at Wannsee Lake in Berlin. U.S. troops relax on beach at Wannsee Lake. People indulge in recreational activities.
United States 1st Army and 9th Army open their combined attack on Roer River fortresses in Germany. during World War 2. Wrecked buildings in view. The troops then advance to Cologue Plain. Bombardment precedes their fighting advances into Jülich, Linnich, Neuss, Baal and Erkelenze and later across Rhine River. Dead bodies of German soldiers. Pontoon Bridge approach to various cities. General Simpson and General Eisenhower on a tour of inspection at the Citadel in Jülich. Dead bodies of victims killed there. German boy soldiers captured. Columns of surrendered German soldiers with hands behind their heads being escorted under guard by U.S. troops through the streets. Four soldiers wearing top hats. Smiling children. Nazi prisoners and refugees march on streets. Russian and Polish slave laborers released from concentration camps smile and greet allied troops. A group of freed women prisoners smile. Men prisoners released from the camp. The liberated prisoners fix a meal. Views of the concentration camp buildings and 3 wire fences, including one electrified fence are seen. Shoes and clothing of camp victims are seen at the base of the electrified fence.
VE Day (Victory in Europe) May 8, 1945. From the White House, in Washington DC, President Truman announces that Germany has surrendered, bringing World War 2 in Europe to an end. Americans are seen celebrating the good news in the streets of downtown, Manhattan, New York City. Crowds on Wall Street and cheering on steps and in front of statue of George Washington at Federal Hall. Ticker tape falls on Wall Street. View of Trinity Church between tall buildings. Cheering crowd fills Times Square. Many in the crowd are soldiers, sailors and other military servicemen in uniform. American flags are seen on buildings and some carried by people in the crowd.
German Army soldiers advance across open ground on Eastern Front during WWII. View from driving along dirt road. Damaged and abandoned Soviet caissons and artillery pieces at side of road. Group of Soviet women with scarves tied on their heads. Soviet prisoners of war assembled in a field, looking weary, dejected, and dirty. Soviet women civilians lining up for food with bowls in hand, with facial expressions of desperation.
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