United States soldiers capture Koblenz, Germany during World War II . Aerial view of the city of Coblenz. A bridge over a stream. A soldier talks on the radio. Soldiers load shells for firing. A destroyed bridge. Soldiers cross the stream and enter the city. German soldiers surrender. United States soldiers and tanks move down the streets. Dead German soldier lay on the ground. Soldiers move through ruins and take cover. A soldier fires from within a destroyed building. A sniper in prone position aims from amongst the rubble.
Opening scene of film shows war damage with rubble at sides of street in Leipzig, Germany, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. American soldiers are hunkered down on sidewalks near buildings, attempting to combat snipers from across the street. Smoke rises from part of the building, and a white flag is seen in the window of another part of the building. Several American soldiers fire their rifles at the building. A puff of white smoke rises from the building. A Sherman tank is seen parked on the street. Shaky closeups of the target building with smoke coming from several windows. Change of scene shows a Sherman tank moving along the pathway of a tram. Closeup from behind of an American soldier firing his rifle from the corner of a building. Camera moves back showing another soldier speaking on a field telephone. Several German civilians walking past the area. Several soldiers patrolling along a sidewalk. German civilians congregating in small groups on a sidewalk. A man in one group waves a white handkerchief. Two Sherman tanks moving along a street. An American soldier hunkered down by a building corner while a uniformed German Sergeant stands calmly, next to him. A Sherman tank turns a corner on a street.
Robert G Storey addresses the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. He talks about the vast quantity of art objects, paintings, scuplutres, and stolen artwork confiscated by the German Nazis and presents the 39 volumes list of the seized art. Judges examine catalogues. Justice Robert Falco. Storey says that if all stolen art objects seized by the Nazis were catalogued they would fill 350 to 400 volumes.
Bomb damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Camera takes a slow tour down Under den Linden boulevard from the Brandenburg Gate eastward. Pedestrians walk and cars go under Brandenburg Gate. Many heavily bomb-damaged buildings along the boulevard. Large portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin at square with red flags besides it, just east of the Brandenburg Gate. Damaged buildings of Unter den Linden. Buses, cars, and horse drawn carriages on the boulevard. Damaged car lays beside the road. (World War II period).
Damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Reflection of bomb damage in polluted canal. People cross bridge over canal. Waves in water. Bomb damaged building and its reflection in water. Canal and damaged buildings besides it. Bomb damaged Unter den Linden. (World War II period).
Damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Bomb damaged Unter den Linden. Point of view from moving vehicle as it moves slowly down the boulevard. Pedestrians walk on street beside the ruined buildings. Horse cart on road. Damaged cars strewn beside road. Vehicles on road. Wreckage in foreground of damaged buildings. Heaps of rubble in middle of boulevard at some points. Some Linden Trees still standing, but many gone or heavily damaged. (World War II period).
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