Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. United States Army bulldozer clears main military road after eruption. Men stand on the street and watch as the bulldozer pushes piles of cinder. Buildings on side of the road. A long line of trucks follows the cleared path. The trucks are loaded with road equipment. United States soldiers alight from trucks. The soldiers help clear the railroad tracks. Italian workers, children, British Army Troops and Italian soldiers aid in clearing ash from vital areas. Farmers clear heavy layers of ash and cinders from roof tops. Bulldozer pushes huge piles of cinder. Women look from the windows of their home. (World War II period).
Fall of Berlin, Germany in Battle of Berlin during World War 2. Russian Army attacks Germany. Flames and smoke rise from buildings. Russian soldiers fire artillery and run through the streets of Berlin. Survivors read signs in German language posted on the walls. The signs instruct the German civilians to clean up the streets. Old people carry bricks. Women shovel debris. Hand carts on the streets. Past events show people crowded on streets and cheering as the Nazi soldiers pass by. The civilians fight for bread and wait in line for soup. An old woman walks on the street as a building burns.
Fall of Berlin, Germany. Russian Army attacks Germany during Battle of Berlin near end of World War 2 in Europe. Soviet Russian forces firing rockets into Berlin at night. Explosions and fire at night in Germany. Past events show Adolf Hitler at a torchlight parade. Nazi soldiers in the parade. Scene returns again to Battle of Berlin and rubble on streets of Berlin. Wrecked and damaged buildings. Flames and smoke rising up from the buildings. German civilians loot stores for food and goods. Desperate men and women rush out of the store with the goods amidst rubble in city.
Fall of Berlin, Germany. Russian Army soldiers in Germany. Rubble on streets of Berlin. Damaged buildings. Flames and smoke rise up from the buildings. Soldiers and tanks on street. A wounded man with other men. Animated map shows street by street capture of the city. Men stand near damaged buildings. People are helped out of the ruined buildings. (World War II period).
Newspaper stalls at Times Square in New York City, United States. A huge crowd gathered on the street. Newspaper sellers sell newspapers. Several newspaper stalls on the Square. Pedestrians cross the street. Magazines and piles of newspapers on the stalls. Men and women buy newspapers to read war news. Vehicular traffic on the street and buildings in the background. Several men smoke.
Newspaper sellers at Times Square in New York City, United States. Pedestrians browse through piles of newspapers and magazines. A man reads newspaper in front of newspaper stall. Newspaper seller adds more newspapers. Several newspaper stalls on the Square. Magazines (such as Pic and Click) and piles of newspapers on the stalls. Men and women buy newspapers. People read war news and buy newspapers. Vehicular traffic on the street and buildings in the background. A man sells newspapers. Wordings written on a stall read 'New York Journal and American'.
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