United States Army Field Artillery Battalion of 92nd Infantry Division (Colored), "Buffalo Soldiers," equipped with tractor-drawn 8-inch Howitzers, in Mantes de Gassicourt, France during World War 2. Opening scene shows an 8-inch howitzer shell on a stand. It has the words: "Harlem to Hitler" written on it in chalk. A gunner screws a fuse into its nose. Closeup of the shell and chalk message. Four soldiers then pick up the shell and walk it towards the breech of their 8-inch howitzer. Cloeup of the gun breech as gunner locks breech and then unlocks and opens it for the camera. Scene shifts to gun crew member communicating on field telephone. Camouflage netting is visible behind him. Next, a gun crew member is seen holding his ears as if to protect against the noise of a gun firing. Change of scene shows members of gun crew relaxing near their 8-inch howitzer, near a grove of trees. New scene shows brief glimpse of a shell exploding in hill above Mantes. (The tower of the Mantes Notre Dame cathedral is seen in lower left of the shot.) (Note: These scenes probably show members of the 795th or the 999th Field Artillery Battalion)
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany very soon after end of World War II in Europe. The cover of a book titled ' Handbook of military government in Germany '. The text indicates rules of governance in Germany. Closeup of street signs on building at corner of Wilhelmstrasse and Kaiserplatz in Düren Germany. Building of AGM headquarters in Germany. U.S. Army soldiers on a balcony of a government building remove a Nazi flag and setup a United States flag in its place. Men and women killed due to Nazi atrocities. Military Policemen question the Nazis. German citizens milling about on a street. They are being informed about Allied laws and orders through notices and other means. German citizens read an Allied notice. A court hearing being conducted for persons accused of impersonating Allied officals. A man disposes of weapons which are illegal and for which possession is punishable by death, according to the narrator.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War 2. German civilians lined up as an Allied soldier checks their identification cards. Policemen check cards of civilians. A municipal book labeled "Files" (Akten) is retrieved in the city of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) by U.S. soldiers. Telephone records being recovered. A post office is reestablished. Food bags being loaded onto a truck. A handbook of military government in Germany. Displaced German people unload from a truck. A woman distributes blankets to them. Displaced persons being looked after in a hospital.
M2 Carbine fired in the United States. A man holds M1 and M2 Carbine. A lever on M2 that makes it different from the M1. A man fires M2 carbine as he pulls the trigger. Lever being moved forward and M2 is automatically operated. Magazine used for the M2 Carbine. An operating model of M2 Carbine. A lever being fitted on the crank pin. Trigger being squeezed to demonstrate the mechanism of the new M 2 Carbine. A man pulls th lever. Slide of the operating model moves down. Selector being fitted on crank pin. A man demonstrates the automatic and semi automatic mechanism of the M 2 Carbine. A man fires the Carbine. (World War II period).
German people cut trees at Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany, as German people struggle and forage for food, supplies, and fuel shortly following World War 2. Men and women cut a tree at Tiergarten with Sieges Saele monument in the background. Tree falls and the monument being revealed. A child waits by a baby carriage as the mother gathers wood. Mother puts wood in a perambulator. A boy and an old woman sawing a tree. A woman chops at the stump of the tree.
People cut trees at Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany. A woman chops a tree with Brandenburg Gate in the background. People cut trees and take away wood on hand drawn carts and trolleys. People move away with chopped wood with Sieges Saele in background. A woman loads wood onto a cart with a Prussian eagle in foreground. Charlottenburger Chaussee as woman pull cart loaded with wood. People pull carts down road as they move past pictures of Stalin, Churchill and other Allied leaders. (World War II period).
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