Activities of German schoolboys in Wiesbaden, Germany as World War II ends in Europe. Closeups of young German schoolboys lined up on lawn at Reisinger Brunnen-Anlage (Reisinger-anlagen, 65185 Wiesbaden, Hesse Germany) near Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof (Reisinger Fountain Park). Numerous closeups of individual boys. Brief glimpse of boys playing some kind of team game, followed by many views of them in pairs, wrestling. One pair of very small boys appears to be boxing more than wrestling.
Bomb damage in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Aerial view of the Hohenzollern Bridge across the Rhine River, Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) and the city of Cologne. Aerial view of the bomb damage in the city. Damaged buildings.
German boys outdoors in Wiesbaden, Germany, as World War 2 is coming to an end. Opening scene shows two German boys digging earth with shovels on the lawn at Reisinger Fountain Park (Reisinger-anlagen, 65185 Wiesbaden, Hesse Germany), as they prepare to plant new shrubs and trees, that are seen on a truck bed in the background. Closeup of one boy shoveling. Scene shifts to a pond in the park, where German children are punting with poles as they balance on wooden floats. Change of scene shows several boys in closeup on a park lawn, followed by views back at the pond where one boy is punting on a raft. Another, who is wading, stops to pose for the camera. Meanwhile, back on the lawn a group of boys huddles together to pose for the camera.
German civilians read the news of end of Hitler and Mussolini era in a newspaper in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Newspaper Kolnischer Kurier published and distributed by the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). Group of men read the news of death and the end of rule of Adolf Hitler in Germany and that of Benito Mussolini in Italy. A mother and her son read the newspaper. An old man reads the news with excitement.
Communist-backed North Korea at war with South Korea. Views of U.S. Navy warships firing on North Korean targets, U.S. Army tanks moving through a city in Korea, and U.S. soldiers scrambling in a fire fight. A U.S. Army chaplain hugs a dying American soldier and pats his face. The chaplain closely prays over the dying soldier. A U.S. Army officer lifts a shocked Korean child into a truck. Young Korean children, possibly orphans, eating food at a table. Korean civilians including women and children fleeing the war. UN council in a meeting regarding the Korean War. Soldiers from multiple nations mobilizing for the effort in Korea. View of Kremlin in Soviet Union. Scene of Stalin dead, lying in state surrounded by flowers around his casket. Other Soviet political leaders look on. Citizens pass by site where Stalin is memorialized. East German leader Walter Ulbricht speaking at a podium. Laborers in East Germany struggling as they work longer hours for less pay. Workers construct buildings. East German construction workers sitting idle on the scaffolds of a building under construction as they begin their strike in June 1953, initiating the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
United States President Richard Nixon arrives at the Cologne Bonn Airport in West Germany, during his official visit to Europe. German security and honor guards on alert at the runway of the Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). The United States Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) arrives and President Nixon and others disembark. German Chancellor Kurt G. Keisinger and other German leaders receive and welcome them. Nixon reviews the honor guard and walks towards the terminal building.
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