People build barricades and dig trenches for defense of Berlin in Germany, during World War 2. Men build barricades for defense of Berlin against advancing Soviet forces. Women carries goods on wheel carts to help in building barricades. Man smokes cigar. They build tank traps. They dig a trench in the field.
Aged victims of the concentration camp are boarded on trucks by U.S. medics of the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division in Nordhausen,Germany. A concentration camp victim seated on the ground with a pot of food between his legs. The victim talks to U.S. Army soldiers. German civilians and American soldiers carry corpses of the prisoners to a common burial ground outside the concentration camp. Numerous corpses of the prisoners lying outside the camp area for burial. Scenes of mutilated sections of the corpses.
Conference at Cecelienhof Palace in Potsdam Germany. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement R Attlee and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin walk towards the garden. They sit on wicker chairs and pose. Admiral William D Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James Byrnes and Vyacheslav Molotov stand behind the seated dignitaries.
Conference Potsdam Germany. Views of interior of conference room, table and chairs. Ernest Bevin, James Byrnes and Vyacheslav Molotov meet one another's staff members. They sit around the round conference table.
United States Army cameraman views of the city of Leipzig in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Ruins of buildings destroyed during bombardment and artillery firing during the war. Scattered wastes of demolished buildings, bricks and dust in stack block the roads. A woman walks from nearby a ruined building. Pedestrians walking amid rubble. Elevator of a building stands even after rest of building is demolished.
A U.S. Army Air Corps honor guard stands around a C-47 transport plane, at an airport in Torgau, Germany at end of World War 2. Glimpse from behind of officers assembling on the ramp near the airplane. Closeup of the Ninth Air Force logo and the name, "Suzanne,"below the pilot's window on the aircraft. A staff car arrives and several U.S. Army Air Corps officers step from the car, including Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Commander of the 9th Air Force and Major General Otto P Weyland, who would succeed him as 9th Air Force Commander. They join officers of the Free French Air Force at an area of the airfield ramp beside a destroyed hangar. They shake hands and talk with Free French Air Force officers, wearing black caps. The one in Leather jacket is General Martial Henri Valin Commander of Free French Air Force. Closeup of General Valin and General Vandenberg conversing. All stand at attention and salute colors or band plays National Anthems (unseen) General Vandenberg leaves walking toward the camera and boards his aircraft, as those behind shake hands and say good byes. A brass band plays and then the honor guard marches away from the aircraft. The right engine starts and then the left. An unidentified Air Corps Brigadier General waves goodby as the C-47 taxis out for takeoff.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.