German prisoners of war in Warsaw, Poland. Ruins of Warsaw ghetto buildings. Polish carts moving on a road. The ruins and rubble of various buildings. Two men stand and talk on a road. Ruined structures along the side of the road. German prisoners of war are led along a road by an officer. The prisoners with shovels on their shoulders stand in loose formation on a road. The prisoners moving along the road. An armed guard follows behind the prisoner work crew as they march to a location. The prisoners clearing the rubble of the buildings with shovels. A soldier holding a gun looks at the prisoners. The prisoners at work.
German prisoners of war in the destroyed former Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. German prisoners of war work on the site of a railroad line beside new railroad tracks. Various views of the prisoners working. A soldier holding a gun watches the prisoners working. Ruined buildings in view near the line.
Ruins of buildings in Warsaw Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, soon after World War 2. German prisoners of war at work clearing the ruins of buildings. A cross on the top of the ruins. A horse cart loaded with debris and a man in it move on a path. Two girls move along the path. Ruins of buildings on either side of the path. A lamp post among the ruins. Workmen clearing the rubble. The horse cart loaded with rubbish on a path. Men beside it. The cart moves along the path.
Repatriation of French war prisoners and civilians in Paris, France after World War II. French former prisoners waiting at an airfield with their baggage. The buildings on the airfield. A few former prisoners lying down. One of them lies near a French tricolor flag. A U.S. C-47 aircraft on the airfield. The freed prisoners walk towards the aircraft with their baggages and board. An American officer stands near the entrance of the aircraft. A few officers talk near the aircraft. The prisoners board the aircraft one by one. The American officer stands just outside the aircraft and peeks in and checks the passengers. The pilot and the co-pilot at the controls in the cockpit during the flight. The freed prisoners in the aircraft looking out through the windows. One smokes a cigarette and the smoke is drawn out through a small porthole in the airplane window. Interior scenes of the crowded aircraft.
U.S. troops of the 45th Division, 157th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, I Company, entering the area of Dachau concentration camp, in the final days of World War 2. They are seen escorting German prisoners of war, with their hands raised, along a railroad siding. U.S. troops in front of a railroad train of boxcars. A dead German soldier, face down on the ground. The U.S. troops follow the railroad track into area of buildings, and run to take cover due to incoming fire. One fires a browning automatic rifle from an elevated walkway. Other American soldiers hunker down behind the walkway wall. U.S. Army soldier fires rifle while standing on a roadway. Surrendering German soldier, carrying a white flag, is attacked by a concentration camp inmate, as several other liberated inmates and U.S. Army soldiers stand nearby, watching. (Note: Opening cameraman slate states date as 04-27-1945, but historical records indicate this took place on 04-29-1945.)
Activities abroad United States Ship Wasp in the Pacific Ocean, during World War 2. Commander Joseph C. Clifton, Executive Officer of the USS Wasp, reads citation accompanying medal to be awarded to Lieutenant Commander, Cleo J. Dobson, Commanding Officer of Squadron VF-86. Captain of the Wasp, Captain W.G. Switcher, pins the medal on Dobson. (Note: Downing of the last Japanese plane of the war, has been attributed, by some sources, to Dobson.)
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