Activities of American First Army from Aachen to Röhr River in Germany (misspelled as "Roer" on film opening credits). Aerial view of city of Aachen heavily bombed. St Mary's Church is seen, damaged. Rubble of houses, rail centers, electric power plant, and Natural Gas facilities in Aachen. German Allied Military Government agents establish orders and hang the sign board of 'Mines Cleared to Rubble' on pole. They supervise crews clearing debris. Soldier brings out city's telephone diagram from hidden place. German Allied Military Government agents distribute food retrieved from hidden stores outside of town. Citizens are seen carrying food and smiling. Refugees return to the city. Sign of 'Mausbach'. U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division for the first time since D-Day gets relaxation time. Smiling Army soldiers in a chow line. 3rd Armored Division troops eat a hot meal on outskirts of Aachen. Military vehicles go towards rest center and enter into 'Hotel Koener'. Soldiers carrying their belongings climb stairs up. View of smoke rising from targets of U.S. Army artillery fire. A church steeple is shown consumed in flames. (World War II period).
Annelies Marie 'Anne' Frank is honored in Frankfurt, Germany. German youth honor Frank by gathering at the home in which she was born in Frankfurt. They honor Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, in a torch light ceremony. They unveil a plaque which has been installed on the house.
Black marketing in Berlin, Germany. German civilians purchase black market articles from vendors on the Berlin Street. Truckloads of German police arrive. They jump out of the trucks and surround the black market area. The police rounds up the black marketeers, puts them into the trucks and drives them to a police station.
War crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Spectators in a courtroom. Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, a British prosecutor, questions a witness. The tribunal gets seated. The chief justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence presides. Justice Robert H Jackson, the chief prosecutor at a table. Herman Goering in the witness stand answers questions in German during Nuremberg Trials.
Activities of the students at the Heidelberg American High School in Germany. Interior: A guide removes the jawbone of the Heidelberg man from a showcase of the Museum of the Palatinate and shows it to a student group. The students and the guide enter a room and gather near a showcase. The students assemble in the library of the "German-American Teen-agers Club" and participate in a discussion.
A graduation ceremony at the Heidelberg American High School in Germany. Students wearing caps and gowns enter the garden of the school in columns of two for the graduation ceremony. The students seated for the ceremony. They applaud. Graduating student James Skelly holds a diploma as he enters and looks at the city of Heidelberg below. The Heidelberg city. A girl graduate rises and walks from her seat to receive her diploma. A student body rises to sing a class song. Miss Mildred A. Linck, the school principal, introduces Major Lloyd C. Hall, American School Officer, Heidelberg Military Post. A girl graduate rises from her seat to receive her diploma and congratulations from Mr. Hall. She returns to her seat. Mr. Hall calls out a graduate's name. He presents the last diploma and sits down. The class rises to sing. The last diploma is picked up from the table. A group of graduates and some civilians in the garden of the school. The graduates examine a book. One of them exits the group. Skelly stands at the point overlooking Heidelberg. He turns and motions to the classmates as he walks past. They follow him. Skelly's face. Inscribed case holding a diploma, "Heidelberg American High School.....". The diploma of James George Skelly. Students and some parents walk on the grounds after the graduation ceremony.
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