German civilians in Regensburg, Germany during World War II. Wrecked cars in a railroad yard. German civilians search through the railroad cars picking out clothing, food and other useful articles. The civilians clear an earthen roadblock under an archway, shoveling rocks into carts. Captured German WAC (Women's Army Corps) and other prisoners.
German officials surrender in Regensburg, Germany during World War II. German and U.S. officers during surrender proceedings in a town square. Officials include U.S. Colonel Frank Dunkerly of Lawrence, Kansas and a German Major who commanded the city garrison and others.
Freed slave laborers in Wurzen, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. A group of Hungarian-Jewish slave laborers seated on a sidewalk eat and rest.
Efforts for additional cultivation of food crops in London, England during World War II. Richmond Park being plowed up to grow potatoes during an effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. Group of children examining a tractor on a field. Farmer starts the tractor and the children run along beside as the tractor plows a field. Other civilians walking on the field and two dogs playing. View of tractor approaching low camera position and stopping just before the camera. View of new furrows plowed in land as seen from camera looking backward on moving tractor. The farm being plowed by the tractor at night. London suburb dwellers on their new garden allotments for production of their own vegetables. Families and children help planting gardens. (Similar to "Victory Garden" program in the United States.) The sites are in Brockwell, Dulwich, and Battersea Parks in the southeast suburbs of London.
Views in London, England during World War II. A barricade on a road. A British sentry stops a passenger car to check papers. A Lewis Gun on a road. An officer stops the car. The driver of the car hands over papers to the officer. A Red Cross ambulance passes along the road. Cyclists being stopped by sentries at barricades.
Home defense in London, England during World War II. A barricade on a road. British troops build barricades. A bus drives past the barricades. Children stop to watch the troops building the barricades.
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