People rummage through a dump in Germany not long after the end of World War 2. The people search through a heap at a dump. A tractor unloads dump material. Trees in the background. A woman hands a food tin to a man. The man eats. Poor and starving German citizens look for food.
Activities of 19th German Army soldiers in Aalen, Germany during World War II. German soldiers carrying their luggage board trucks. A soldier shaves. Officers and the soldiers interact and eat. Buildings in the background. The soldiers walk towards the trucks. A directional board reads "Disbandment Center, German Army". Trucks loaded with German soldiers enter the disbandment center area. Trees in the background. The soldiers get down from the trucks and walk towards buildings. Long line of U.S. Army trucks filled with German soldiers being repatriated. They wait at side of road as Russian and German officers engage in discussions. German troops start walking through the checkpoint as German civilians watch from the sidewalk.
Mass movement of German refugees in Germany during World War II. The refugees wait at the curb of the streets with their luggage. A woman gives medicine to her child. A policeman on a street. Trucks driven through the streets. Buildings and trees in the background. A small group of refugees waits alongside a highway. They signal to the trucks for a lift. The refugees walk with their belongings along a country road. They sit and relax along the roadside after walking for a long time.
May Day celebrations at a prisoner of war camp in Hemer, Germany during World War II. Russian prisoners of war (POWs) hold May Day celebrations in the camp "Stalag 6" after the liberation by United States Forces. Russian soldiers carry a banner in Russian and English which reads "long live Americans which liberated us from the Nazi captivity." Portraits of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the President of the United States Harry S. Truman and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill. United States Major General Ray Edison Porter, Commanding General of the United States 75th Infantry Division ; Camp Commandant Major N. Mironof and other Russian officials on a speakers' platform. A large crowd of Russian prisoners gathered during the celebration..
People prepare costumes for pre-Lenten carnival celebrations in Europe. Seamstresses sewing and preparing costumes for carnival in Vienna, Austria. A woman tries out a tulle carnival dress. A hairdresser fixes the hair of a woman. A woman puts on a conical hat. A matron wears an elegant sequined dress with a fan made of peacock feathers. Men and women in costumes dancing. A man opens a bottle of champagne. Men and women in costumes and masks toast with their champagne glasses. Italian artisans display papier-mâché figures and floats during a carnival parade in the seaside town of Viareggio, Italy. A papier-mâché effigy head moves mechanically. Giant papier-mâché effigies are featured in the carnival. A papier-mâché effigy of a king with a long nose. Grotesque effigies on top of floats.
The 1957 Water Ski World Championship at Cypress Gardens, Florida. A 12-year-old Mexican boy and a 10-year-old American girl (Martha Ann Williams of Long Beach, California) water ski champions stage a show at Cypress Gardens. They perform various waterskiing stunts. Martha Ann Williams wins 1st overall gold cup at Cypress Gardens. Swiss water skier Marina Ricolfi-Doria (later the Princess of Naples, Duchess Of Savoy), performs a stunt by putting her right foot on the handle before turning her body while skiing.
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