This film contains numerous views of citizens in postwar Germany interposed with flashbacks of Nazi activities seen in Germany during the war. At start, film shows drawing of U.S. soldier superimposed on map of Germany. Armed U.S. troops, early in the occupation of Germany, proceed with caution along an alleyway, when an explosion occurs in a nearby building. German citizens going about their daily affairs in a village. Many patronize an outdoor market. Flashback to Germany during World War 2, with view from a high overlooking building, of troops marching along a street below. Closeup of German SS Guards marching in abbreviated goose step along a street. Glimpse of civilians in German city. German storm troopers marching at the Nazi Rally grounds in Nuremberg. More views of citizens on the streets of a city in postwar Germany. Glimpse of several German Nazi officials meeting together. A group of German civilian men relaxing in a courtyard. A town decorated with Nazi flags and banners. Views of ordinary Germans: a doctor, a technician, a clock maker, a postman, a farmer, a woman housekeeper, women toy makers, barbers, cooks, and dockworkers, all at work during the Nazi wartime era. A gathering of Hitler Youth at a rally. Closeups of young boys playing band instruments, then, marching through a gateway labeled: "Nordmarch Lager 1935," and parading through the streets of a town. A different group, dressed in black uniforms, and carrying backpacks, as they march in a town. Members of the Reich Labor Service marching with shovels on streets and during a rally at the Nazi grounds in Nuremberg. Several cartoon drawings accompany messages for U.S. troops on postwar occupation duty in Germany. They remind the soldiers that they are standing guard, but they must obey local laws, respect local customs and respect property rights. Also that they are not to ridicule or argue with local people. They are cautioned not to make friends with German citizens, but to be cautious and suspicious. Views of German people socializing, and gathering at outdoor markets. Views of German men, women and children in various activities, in their homes and outside. Narrator tells U.S. soldiers not to fraternize with the German people.
U.S. Army Air Force attacks enemy railroads and bridges in China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Bombs dropped by the -24 bombers of the U.S. Air Force leave a smoke trail behind. An array of straight smoke trails left by the dropping bombs.
U.S. Army Air Force attacks enemy positions in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. The target of the attacks are the railway tracks, roads and bridges built over a river which are the supply lines of the enemy forces. Bombs drop towards the target leaving a smoke trail behind them.
Views of damage in the city of Wiesbaden in Germany during end of World War II. Civilians walking on a street. Damaged buildings due to bombing. Statue of Kaiser Friedrich III seen between demolished buildings. Ruins and debris of buildings destroyed by aerial bombardment in World War 2. Sign over an archway reads "Kaiser Frederich Platz."
Newsreel titled 'Army Day in Coblenz'. General Patton inspects Allied military troops in Koblenz, Germany. General attends a ceremony of raising the first American Flag on the German soil, at a castle on the Western front of World War II. General Bradley addresses soldiers. The General, military officials and soldiers salute the U.S. National Flag.
U.S. Airmen killed by Nazis in France during World War II. Dead bodies of U.S. Airmen, all shot in head lying on the road to Gambsheim, in France. Pocket diaries and Holy Cross on an airman's dead body. White cloth with spots of blood covers the face of dead. Dead bodies scattered, all over a ground.
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