U.S. Army forces during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II . American soldiers from the U.S. Army Headquarters Company, 75th Infantry Division celebrate Christmas, 1944, with a makeshift Christmas tree covered in ornaments. (The soldier at extreme left in the scene has been identified as T4 Jack S. De Rosa.) A pig moves on a muddy street. U.S. Army forces retreat during German breakhrough in the Ardennes. U.S. soldiers laying razor wire and then blowing up a bridge after crossing it. Belgian civilian refugees move with belongings on a road. A loaded bullock cart moves along with some refugees, some of whom are moving back into their villages according to the narrator. German aircraft bomb U.S. forces, who respond with antiaircraft fire. Bombs bursting in a village, as seen from outside buildings and looking through windows of a building. A partially destroyed home collapses. U.S. soldiers firing at aircraft using machine guns mounted on tanks. U.S. Army soldiers and medics carry wounded soldiers on stretchers during active combat. Numerous U.S. Army vehicles and weapons on fire and destroyed by the German attacks. Burning buildings in a town. A wounded U.S. Army officer with his face bandaged. Several dead American soldiers lie on the ground. Wounded American troops at a field hospital. U.S. Army holds the line at Bastogne. U.S. Army soldiers standby at machine gun emplacements, holding the line at Bastogne. Army tank in road near a road sign that says, "Bastogne." U.S. troops operating amid heavy snow. Several German soldiers or spies who infiltrated U.S. lines by American uniforms, are caught and held by U.S. soldiers. Three captured Germans are executed by firing squad. Americans fire 155mm long tom artillery pieces as they continue to advance, pushing back German forces. U.S. soldier using metal detector to mine sweep in a trench on snowy ground.
Engineers of Allied forces build pontoon bridge for soldiers during World War 2 in Germany. Soldiers of Allied forces outside an entrance talk and smile. A soldier smokes. Soldiers sit in fox holes. Firing at night. Guns fire in day time. A gun releases smoke. Soldiers advance. Soldiers carry a boat on shoulders. Soldiers cross river on boats. Soldiers move wounded on litters. Engineers lay a bridge over the Ruhr river near Julich. Soldiers pass over it. A soldier smokes. Jeep moves on a road. Tanks in a field.
American troops take time out during advance into Germany during World War 2. Sign erected by American soldiers, in a field in Germany, reads: "Rhine Rodeo." What appears to be a sign for highway "112" is behind and an artillery piece sits in field in background. Two U.S. soldiers in top hats laugh as they watch others, who appear to be experienced cowboys, take turns in bronco busting and other rodeo events. Local German civilians and youth watch events from the side of the field. U.S. troops seen moving on further into Germany.
American Troops occupying Germany in 1945, near the end of World War II in Europe. Ruins of German cities. White flags displayed from windows. German civilians distraught over destruction of their homes and towns. Towns ablaze in the night with ambulances passing through. Scenes of utter destruction in Basel, and Wurtzburg. Destruction of Essen, Germany, including the Krupp munitions works. German ME-109 plane by the roadside.A truck passes by. Abandoned Marder II Panzerjaeger in the woods. Bombed columns of German soldiers, with equipment and dead German soldiers along roadways. Massive groups of German soldiers surrendering under guard of Allied forces.
Colonel Amen questions Alois Hoellriegel during Nuremberg Trial after World War 2 in Nuremberg, Germany. A court room scene. Men sit at tables with documents and papers. Alois Hoellriegel, stands near the witness box. He takes oath and then sits in the witness box. A guard stands behind him. Colonel Amen stands at a dais and questions Alois. Men wearing head sets sit in the court room. A translator translates the questions in German. Alois speaks on microphone. He tells of his service in Mathausen concentration camp and visits paid to the camp by Kaltenbrunner and Von Shirack. Colonel Amen asks him if he could recognize Von Shirak in the room. He looks around the room and nods his head in affirmation. Colonel Amen moves to a men, converse and comes back to the dais.
Lt Virgil P. Lary, former soldier Carl Daub, and Mr. Morris Blowitz during the Malmedy war crime trials in Germany. Lt Virgil Lary tells how he and fifteen of his men made a break after witnessing the massacre of approximately one hundred U.S. soldiers (the Malmedy Massacre). Former soldier Carl Daub questioned about his background. Daub points out location on a map where he and his group were captured. Morris Blowitz questions Daub on how he surrendered and if he saw the German vehicles fire on the Americans.
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