View near the Napoleon Square (Plac Napoleona) in Warsaw, Poland (later Warsaw Insurgents Square) soon after the end of World War 2. Sunset view toward Świętokrzyska Street, of the (then) tallest building in Poland: The gutted Prudential Insurance Company building or "Prudential House" (which was later rebuilt as the Hotel Warszawa). View of men and women clearing rubble of buildings in Warsaw, Poland. Ruins of buildings. Men and women citizens clearing rubble of the ruined buildings. Men at work in the area using large sledgehammers to break rubble into smaller pieces for transport. A woman carrying a stack of bricks among the ruins of the building. Several men at work in the rubble of buildings.
Construction of a tram line in Warsaw, Poland soon after World War 2. Ruins of buildings. Men work to clear rubble of the buildings. A horse cart waits to be loaded with rubbish. A sign board with location name "Ul. Brhaterow Ghetta" beside the ruined buildings. Several men and women work at the tram line crossing Ghetto. Ruins of buildings beside the area of the tram line. Men and women working at the tram line.
Ruins and completely razed areas where buildings formerly stood in the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Rubble of the ruined buildings. An old woman in the ruins holds a shovel in her hands and works on top of a heap of bricks from the ruins of World War 2.
A Russian feature film depicts the meeting of American and Russian troops on the River Elbe in Germany. Re-enactment : Explosions in a German city. Men moving with belongings to get out of the town of Altenstadt. A large crowd of Germans fighting and stampeding to get into an evacuation ship to leave. Altenstadt in Germany before American and Russian troops arrive. The ship has 'Adolf Hitler' written on it. The ship prepares to leave the shore. A tank on fire falls into the river. Civilians rushing to get onto the ship. Russian tanks enter the city and move along the roads in the city. Houses on the sides of the roads. The ship moves away from the shore. Russian troops firing. Election campaigns in the Russian zones of the German city. A poster of a candidate and loud speakers on a vehicle. Trains loaded with people leave from Bahensteig and Altenstadt. The burning form of a leader. Wreckage of armored vehicles on the shore of the river. Russian tanks and troops on the shore of the River Elbe. (World War II period).
A Russian feature film depicts the meeting of American and Russian troops on the River Elbe in Germany. Re-enactment : Russian troops on the shore of the River Elbe. A man inside a damaged house. The man carries a baggage and speaks to a woman. The man with the woman and a boy inside the damaged house. American troops on a craft. Russian troops on the shore. Two American officers look through binoculars. Soldiers behind the officers. American troops arrive in crafts on the shore of the River Elbe. American soldiers and Russian soldiers embrace in water. American officers looking through binoculars. Wrecked buildings in view. Vehicles move along the bridge on the River Elbe. Explosions in the background. An American officer looking through binoculars. American soldiers arriving at the shore and embracing Russian soldiers. An American soldier and a Russian soldier holding glasses toast. (World War II period).
French civilians celebrate the liberation of France in Normandy during World War II. A girl with shaved head stands in front of a vehicle. The girl with a swastika sign painted on her forehead. Several men and women beside the vehicle. Another girl with shaved head has a swastika sign painted on her forehead. The girls with the swastika signs with several other women. A swastika flag. A tank treads over the flag. The swastika flag set on fire and flames rise. A few French boys defacing posters on the side of a building.
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