American columns cross the Seine in France during World War 2. Soldiers in boats reach the shore. Civilians stand by the river. General George S Patton's armored division crosses the river on pontoon bridges. The U.S. troops advance towards Paris. Smoke arises due to explosion. Tanks and soldiers firing machine guns beneath the Eiffel tower. The tanks move past the Eiffel Tower. Civilians crouch on the ground. Tanks on the streets. Nazi prisoners marched on the street. Tanks and soldiers fire at Nazis in the German Headquarters at Chamber of Deputies. French soldiers fight German snipers from the streets. A man closes shop and escapes. Allied soldier leads a Nazi waving a white surrender flag across the street. Large group of surrendered German soldiers gathered as prisoners of war on August 25. Traffic around Arc De Triomphe. The French flag raised on a building. The 2nd Armored Division of the Free French Army of Liberation, under French General Philippe Leclerc, parade on Paris streets on August 26. Large crowd gathers to welcome them home. Nazi prisoners march in the streets flanked by Allied soldiers. General Leclerc and his men on tanks. Girls kiss the soldiers. American, British, and French soldiers drinking from wine bottles and celebrating with the crowd.
Ceremony honoring the USAAF 389th Bombardment Group, on completion of 200 missions in the European theater during World War 2. U.S. Lieutenant Generals Carl A. Spatz, Commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, and James Doolittle, who is about to assume command the 8th Air Force, stand together with officers representing several World War 2 Allied nations. A large formation of B-24 Liberator bombers flies overhead. Closeup of two soldiers looking up at the formation. Aerial view of the B-24 formation, from an accompanying aircraft. A color guard with the American flag. Representatives of various Bombardment Squadrons stand holding their unit flags. General Doolittle makes brief remarks on the merits of the 389th Group, which draw chuckles from the audience, including a smiling Soviet officer, Standing to the far left in the picture, behind Doolittle. (He has been identified as Major Timofey Samarin, assigned as Air Force assistant to the Soviet Ambassador, and also as Military Attache to the United Kingdom.)
A prisoner of war camp hospital in Southern United States during World War 2. The religious clerics and prisoner officials walk around camp. German Red Cross officer talks to priests and other officials. They enter the hospital. Patients on bed. Doctor looks at the knee of the prisoner and nurses help him.
A prisoner of war Camp for German POWs in the Southern United States during World War 2. Prisoner draws a sketch. Prisoners display handiwork done like various drawings, sketches and paintings. A lantern displayed. Prisoner makes a sketch.
German Prisoners of War being held in the United States in World War 2. Prisoners dig a ditch in the camp. The prisoners work in farm. Houses of prisoners in the camp. Prisoners carry mud in trolley. They use different equipment to dig. German prisoners unload the truck. Prisoners carry equipment and boxes. An officer keeps a check on them.
German prisoners of war in the United States during World War 2. Prisoners peel potatoes and tend garden in United States. The German prisoners peel potatoes. The prisoners tend garden. Prisoners plant new plants in garden.
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