Aerial view from another airplane of a U.S. Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft serial number 42-99174 in flight over hills in France. (Some appear to have traces of snow on them.) At one point, the L-5 swoops extremely close to the photographer's airplane. Aerial view of river, town, Lake Annecy, and airfield with C-47 parked on it. Group of American fliers, repatriated from internment in Switzerland, conversing on the airfield, as they await a C-47 to fly them out. . L-5 airplane taxis out for takeoff. American airmen struggle to load a jeep into a C-47 transport airplane. The C-47 displays open triangle tail code on its rudder and the letter "O" on rear fuselage.
American soldiers in jeeps are part of a traffic jam in Lyon, France, following its liberation by French forces in September, 1944. An air of celebration permeates the scene, Several French women ride with U.S. soldiers in American jeeps. A Blue vehicle displaying "FFI Police" (Free French of the Interior) and the Cross of Lorraine, is caught in the jam. A small black sedan displays "FFI" in white letters.Local civilians crowd the streets and ride on every possible spot on the various vehicles. Crowds of pedestrian spectators are restrained behind rough wooden fences. Camera views from vehicle crossing the Rhone River, show the destroyed Wilson bridge, and parts of city in background. Complete change of sequence to Rome, Italy. The Flag of Italy flying on an official building. Italian women surround American soldiers, Sergeant Lester Koenig and another NCO as they sit in a jeep. They all laugh and talk. Several Italian soldiers (one a medic) and women pose for the camera.
A Japanese doctor conducts check ups on patients in a bombed out building of Nagasaki, Japan. Interior of the bombed out building shows a Japanese doctor conducting checkups on a female patient lying on a bed. The body of the patient is covered with a blanket. The patient gets up and sits for a moment.
Exteriors of Nagasaki Infectious Hospital in Nagasaki, Japan. Debris and rubble around the hospital. Women wash bowls and dishes at an outdoor faucet.
Japanese patients at Nagasaki Infectious Hospital in Nagasaki, Japan. Interiors of the hospital shows a young Japanese boy on a bed. A Japanese doctor treats a patient with an injury on his left arm. The left arm shows atomic radiation effects.
Activities of Office of Strategic Services, the U.S. intelligence agency in China Burma India Theater during World II. A U.S. aircraft in flight drops parachutes. The parachutes descend. Parachute supplies land on a field. U.S. troops on the field.
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