United States soldiers in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. Two soldiers play ping pong in a lobby of Wiesbaden Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany). Side view of servicemen playing. A fountain in foreground.
United States soldier roughly frisks German soldier. American officers interrogate German prisoner. A soldier guards German prisoner. Trucks roll by in the foreground. Artillery looks out post in haystack. Artillery spotters lie on stomachs. (World War II period).
United States 1st Army and 9th Army open their combined attack on Roer River fortresses in Germany. during World War 2. Wrecked buildings in view. The troops then advance to Cologue Plain. Bombardment precedes their fighting advances into Jülich, Linnich, Neuss, Baal and Erkelenze and later across Rhine River. Dead bodies of German soldiers. Pontoon Bridge approach to various cities. General Simpson and General Eisenhower on a tour of inspection at the Citadel in Jülich. Dead bodies of victims killed there. German boy soldiers captured. Columns of surrendered German soldiers with hands behind their heads being escorted under guard by U.S. troops through the streets. Four soldiers wearing top hats. Smiling children. Nazi prisoners and refugees march on streets. Russian and Polish slave laborers released from concentration camps smile and greet allied troops. A group of freed women prisoners smile. Men prisoners released from the camp. The liberated prisoners fix a meal. Views of the concentration camp buildings and 3 wire fences, including one electrified fence are seen. Shoes and clothing of camp victims are seen at the base of the electrified fence.
British ships underway at sea in the Pacific Theater. British aircraft in flight. The United States convoy underway. Planes on flight deck of aircraft carrier. View of many planes. Sailors aboard the ships. British Officer, Admiral Rawlings transported from his ship at sea via breech buoy to an American ship alongside. Men observe through binoculars. Japanese land installation strafed. Explosions and firing. Admiral William Halsey aboard ship speaks to men in fire control room. The U.S. battleship's guns fired in the battle of Honshu Sea. Ammunition sent on upper deck of a battleship. (World War II period).
United States soldiers share a Christmas dinner with five poor Chinese children during World War II. The group is seated around a restaurant table. Chinese calligraphy adorns the restaurant wall. The soldiers and Chinese children eat with chopsticks. Soldiers and children take noodles and other dishes from a common plate. Soldier offers a dish to a girl. Girl takes morsels of meat from the soldier’s plate. People with chopsticks taking noodles from a common plate.
United States soldiers treating five poor Chinese children to Christmas dinner during World War II. They are seated around a restaurant table. Soldiers and children take noodles from a common plate. A Chinese boy eating noodles from a small bowl. A Chinese woman puts some noodles on American soldier’s bowl. The soldiers and Chinese children eat with chopsticks. After the meal steaming hot towels are brought. A soldier wipes the face of a Chinese boy with the towel.
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