Soldiers of 56th Armored Infantry Battalion in a ground in Wiesbaden, Germany. Some soldiers sitting, some marching, army band playing instruments. Field Marshal Montgomery and General Omar N Bradly troop the line of soldiers and presents awards. Motion picture photographers taking pictures. (World War II period).
An American horse platoon in West Berlin. United States soldiers on horseback along the Budapester Strasse in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The American platoon crosses the Herkulesbrücke (“Hercules bridge” in English) near Lützowplatz over the Landwehrkanal in Schöneberger Vorstadt (present day part of the Tiergarten district) in Berlin. Buildings in Lützowplatz are destroyed. Soldiers and civilians crossing the bridge during a rainy day. People using umbrellas as they cross the bridge. A car crosses the bridge. People walking around destroyed buildings in Lützowplatz.
Aerial view of factories in the Ruhr valley in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (British Occupation Zone) after World War 2. Electrical power cables, installations and smokestacks can be seen. Idle industrial plants. Steel and metal works shows damage from bombing.
The Afghan Hounds and the Greyhounds used as racing dogs in Germany. An Afghan Hound. People watch as Afghan Hounds run on a racing track. A Greyhound. Few Greyhound race on the track. A man operates a mechanical rabbit to lure the Greyhounds. Some men hold chains of the dogs.
U.S. 7th Infantry Division in Bleialf, Germany. C-47 Skytrains in flight during World War II. They drop parachute supplies for U.S. 7th Infantry Division.
A cold rainy evening in Germany. Two U.S. Army jeeps enter the courtyard of a building in the vicinity of Bleialf, being used as a headquarters, by VIII Corps. Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Commander, U.S. 3rd Army, accompanied by staff members, steps from his jeep and ascends steps of the building, where an officer holds the door for him. A dog also greets him on the top step. Later, General Patton is seen leaving the building, followed by a Major General. An officer from the building sees them off, informally. He wears the insignia of VIII Corps on his uniform sleeve.
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