Generals of the Allied Forces visit the Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps in Wolfratshausen, Germany. Motorcycle escorts and motorcade of Generals enters Feldafing Camp. Banner with 'Feldafing Camp' written on it at, the entrance. People stand in group to watch Generals. General Eisenhower talks to other officers as other Generals watch. The five-star plate on General's car. (World War II period).
Men of 121st Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Army awarded at Luna in North Luzon Philippines, after World War II. A plane in flight very close to the ground over the parade ground. Troops of soldiers march. Women in spectators stand with hand fans watch the ceremony. The regiment in formation during the ceremony. Regiment marches on the ground to receive the honors. Purple Heart's medal attached to the shirts of soldiers.
Exhumation of Czech patriots, the victims of atrocities by Nazi German forces, from Terezin (Theresienstadt Ghetto) and Karlovy Vary concentration camps in Czechoslovakia in World War II. Prisoners dig the mass graves and take out dead bodies of Czech patriots. Dead bodies inside the graves in deteriorated condition. Workers pull out the dead bodies. A worker sprays water to clear mud from the faces of bodies for identification. A doctor examines the bodies. Dead bodies on wooden platforms kept for identification. Reburial of dead bodies keeping them in flower decked coffins. Soldiers lower rifle and salute as the coffins lowered in graves.
Congressional inspection of Displaced Persons Camp in Eschwege, Germany in the year after World War 2 ended in Germany. Congressman Frank L Chelf, Kentucky; consultant to congress man Walter M Basterdman and others along with press photographers visit the refugee camps. A herd of pigs inside one of the camps. The visiting party walks out of one of the camp and observe others. A crowd of people watch them. Dignitaries visit various houses and camps and talk to each other. A burnt Quonset hut in the camp.
First Lady Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt at a painting raffle from Jack Benny, radio and screen comedian in New York. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Hollywood movie stars look on the paintings. Mrs Roosevelt lends a helpful hand to Jewish refugees from Germany (fleeing persecution early in World War 2), buying the first chance painting. Jack Benny and Mrs Roosevelt talk while others look on.
350 Polish refugees leave Tehran for Palestine at the Tehran railroad station. Train at the platform. People bustle on the platform. People bid farewell to their departing friends and relatives from train windows. Notice boards written in Persian language at the railroad platform. A soldier talks to women sitting in one of the wagons from train windows. (World War II period).
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