Freed Allied prisoners in Wurzen, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. Large groups of freed Allied prisoners including American, British, French Moroccan, Poles, Slavs and Indians in Wurzen. A partially damaged bridge. The ex-prisoners scramble over the damage in attempt to cross the river and reach U.S. lines.
Freed slave laborers in Wurzen, Germany towards the end of World War II in Europe. A U.S. soldier on horseback escorts a column of freed Hungarian-Jewish slave laborers along a street. Many of the laborers are wearing striped uniforms like those worn by concentration camp inmates. A group of women fighting over a loaf of bread.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park as a part of effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. A horse-drawn carriage loaded with fence sections moves ahead. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park. London suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers pass by women standing at doorways of a building.
A commemoration ceremony for the Lidice massacre by the Germans during World War II. A crowd gathered on the emplacement of Lidice which had been leveled by the Germans. The place is marked with a cross with a crown of thorns. Russian emblems surrounding the respective flags. An official tribune decorated with flags of Allied nations. The crowd listens to speeches given by dignitaries.
A cemetery in Terezin, Czechoslovakia, site of the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Terezin was a concentration camp for political prisoners in Bohemia during World War II. Graves at the cemetery. A rough cross made of a vertical piece of wood crossed with metal slabs with words '26,000 victims of German Nazism' in French, English, Czech and Russian.
A hastily arranged cabinet meeting, to discuss the situation concerning Germany, at 10 Downing Street in London, England. Ministers arriving include Foreign Secretary John Simon, Lord Privy Seal Anthony Eden, Lord Chancellor John Sankey, Postmaster General Kingsley Wood, War Minister Douglas Hogg, Education Minister Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for the Dominion James Henry Thomas, Colonial Minister Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade Walter Runciman, Home Secretary John Gilmour and Head of India Office Samuel Hoare. Cameramen take pictures.
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