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American soldiers enter city of Leipzig, Germany, and take prisoners of war, during World War II.

American forces in Leipzig, Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Landmarks include the heavily damaged New Town Hall, Burgplatz, and a church. At start of film, German civilians are seen running along railroad tracks, past war-damaged platform, to reach a train. Hungry German civilian men wrestle with a man on a sidewalk holding a large piece of meat. American soldiers walking across a city square in single file. Two Sherman tanks move across city square following the tracks of a tramway. The overhead electric wires for the tram are visible. More views of American soldiers walking and some in jeeps. A tilted view of the Reform Evangelist Church. Then camera straightens out and shows it properly. In front of the church, two American soldiers sit on a half-track with M45 Quadmount (Maxson) Anti-Aircraft guns installed on it. Back of the half-track has "660 AAA" stenciled on it. Many Jerry cans are held in racks along the sides of the half-track. Scene shifts to a formation of German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. Close-up views of faces of German soldier prisoners of war. Camera pans across them, closeup. They carry all their personal gear, including bed rolls, but no weapons. View from behind them. Wider glimpse of the prisoners under guard. The severely damaged 1928 Kroch Building (Krochhochhaus) is seen in the background. Several German prisoners sit in a jeep, guarded by an American soldier with an M3 .45-caliber sub-machine gun ("grease gun"). At the end of the film, the bomb damaged 1905 New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) is seen in the background.

Location: Leipzig Germany
Date: 1945, April 29
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077881
Dead prisoners at Leipzig concentration camp in Germany

More than 200 political prisoners burnt alive whereas some shot dead or electrocuted as they ran to welcome American troops at Leipzig concentration camp in Germany. The camp comprised of mainly Russian, Czech and Polish prisoners. Dead prisoners near the barbed wires. Russian slave women look at them from across barbed wire fence. (World War II period).

Location: Leipzig Germany
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058578
Captured German troops are assembled and moved by U.S. soldiers, near Leipzig, Germany.

U.S. troops move captured German troops at end of World War II near Leipzig, Germany. Many liberated Allied prisoners of war are also seen. Sikh soldiers from India wave. Other Allied soldiers wave and smile. Repatriated English soldiers. German prisoners lined up. German prisoners enter a cage. German prisoners ford the Mulde River. Location is Wurzen, 25 km east of Leipzig, Germany.

Location: Wurzen Germany
Date: 1945, April 17
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049763
Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, Germany, seen during final days of World War II in Europe

Opening scene shows the Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected in Leipzig, in 1913, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the epic battle of Leipzig, and the defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of allies arrayed against the French. Notable are images of Teutonic knights standing guard around the upper periphery of the monument. Closeup of the base of the monument and entranceway. Some signs of war damage are visible. Camera pans upward. An American soldier is seen in lower left foreground, manning an M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount anti-aircraft gun. Camera continues to pan over details of the monument. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)

Location: Leipzig Germany
Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076619
Dead bodies at Leipzig Concentration Camp in Germany.

Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Animated map of Europe shows locations of concentration camps in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Isle of Jersey, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Yugoslavia. Dead bodies at Leipzig Concentration Camp. Living Russians, Czechoslovakian and French prisoners narrate horror stories. Bodies of prisoners who the Nazi German guards had placed in a building and then set on fire. Dead bodies of those who fled and escaped from the burning building, but were then either shot by the guards while fleeing, or electrocuted by live wire fence. Russian woman looks at dead bodies through a fence.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945, August 28
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064110
Damaged and ruined buildings are demolished in Leipzig after Allied forces take control at close of World War 2

Germany after Allied military forces takeover at close of World War II. Bomb damaged buildings in Leipzig in Germany. Ruins of buildings with walls shattered, windows burnt by bombing. Demolition charges go off in buildings and smoke rises from various buildings of the street. Demolition charge goes off with a puff of dust and smoke.

Location: Leipzig Germany
Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036094
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