Gernan prisoners of war sit in a large enclosed field in France. They talk amongst themselves. Some of them have been unwilling conscripts into German military service and display flags of their home country.( Flag has vertical bands and geographical outline topped with a crown.) Later scenes show French guards marching the prisoners along a road toward prisoner of war camps behind the combat lines.
Some of more than 57 thousand German prisoners of war taken by British forces during a major battle of World War 1.
U.S. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Commander of the First Army, walking from a tent at his Headquarters in France during World War II. Lieutenant General George S. Patton is standing outside the tent in the background. Next, several men come from the tent, including Major General Courtney Hodges, Bradley's deputy, who walks with Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, who pauses to put on his jacket. He and Hodges stroll across the area, along with an unidentified tall man accompanying Secretary Stimson. Closeup of the three conversing. General Patton standing in the background. Glimpse of Gemeral Bradley seeing Secretary Stimson off,
Map of Germany and Poland, with major cities marked. A German SdKfz 251 half-track armored personnel carrier (APC) enters a town in Germany, during World War 2. It is carrying about a dozen war-weary German soldiers that the narrator says just came from Budapest. They step down from the APC in front of a building displaying a sign identifying it as a refreshment hall for fighters back from Budapest, complements of the Waffen-SS. They receive hot cups of coffee (or some suitable refreshment). One soldier sits on a rock, eating a hot meal, in front of a sign telling vehicles to halt and report here. The weary fighters are mostly unshaven and a number have minor wounds covered by bandages. One has an eye patch. They converse and appear glad to get a rest. They board a bus. Others ride away in the back of an open truck. The road appears wet and icy. A large body of water is seen in the background.
U.S. marines escort less than a dozen Japanese prisoners of war, following the battle of Saipan, in World War 2. The Japanese prisoners all have their heads bent down and eyes averted, as they walk.
Prisoners of war stand in line in a field during the Battle of Ancre, France in World War 1. British officer searches several of the German prisoners after they have all emptied their pockets and placed their belongings on the ground in front of them. Once satisfied, the officer tells them to pick up their belongings, which they do.
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