Activities at an American airfield in Germany soon after the end of World War II in Europe. United States Army Air Forces P-51s Mustang fighter aircraft taxi and take off from the airfield. Mountains seen in the background. P-51 aircraft dips wing and goes off to the end of runway before its take off.
Activities at an American airfield in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe. United States Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft taxis to the end of a runway. P-47 aircraft taxis to parking area in front of the administration building. Other aircraft parked in front of the building. Nose of P-47 aircraft seen as the aircraft parks on the field.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Group of DPs (Displaced Persons) march away from the parade area. They hold Red flags,banners and portraits. Group of girls march. Buildings in the background. Girl carries a large Portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,Premier of the Soviet Union. Red star over a building. The parade progresses. United States Army Air Forces B-17s Flying Fortress bomber aircraft fly overhead.
Activities of German military prisoners in Wiesbaden, Germany under U.S. forces, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldier prisoners aboard German armored vehicles (including a SdKfz 234 with a Luchs turret) parked along road side. German soldier holds loaves of bread. Charcoal burning automobile on street. Young German soldier (a young boy soldier) behind steering wheel of a truck is seen smiling. Nun talks to a German soldier. German convoy parked on the street. Prisoners lay down on field. United States Army Colonel is talking to a group of liberated prisoners freed from German prison camp. The Army Colonel talks to a young man of African descent who is wearing a prisoner hat and prisoner uniform with an inverted red triangle prison camp badge indicating a political prisoner. Liberated concentration camp prisoners show identification number tattoos on their arms. They are seen smiling.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Press Secretary James Hagerty, Special Council Bernard M. Shanley and famous golfer, Sam Snead, play golf at the Greenbrier Resort, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.After posing for photographers, they commence play. Sam Snead tees off first, followed by the President, who puts on a jacket, before they start to walk. President Eisenhower uses a wood on the fairway. Sam Snead then hits his second shot with an iron. Mountains seen in the background. The President makes an approach shot to the green. and then three-putts the hole. Later it begins to rain, and Sam Snead holds an umbrella for the President, who then hits out of a sand bunker. President Eisenhower puts on a rainproof outfit. He and Sam Snead putt on the green. President Eisenhower holding a large golf umbrella, and then hitting a wood on the fairway.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Fifteen Germans come out of a prison gate. They are on a trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. The prisoners, including both former German Army soldiers and Borkum Island civilian resdients, aboard a truck. Two armored cars escort the truck. They arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Sign over door reads "Borkum Island Court Room." The prisoners enter the courtroom in the palace. They take their seats. Seven United States judges seated in the court.
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