A crowded street with a pillar of smoke rising from afar after the Liberation of Paris in World War II. Men standing on top of vehicle on the foreground. French civilians running near the Arc de Triomphe. Angry French civilian men confront captured German prisoners of war. U.S. Army soldiers wearing M1 helmets (with anchor stenciled in front) blocking civilians from German prisoners. Several civilians crouching low on the ground and laying on the ground, and others crouching low while they wheel away their bicycles, possibly having heard an episode of gun fire. Civilians watch the columns of German prisoners marching through Avenue de Champs Elysees leading to the Arc de Triomphe.
Commuters exit a New York City Subway station in New York City during World War II. Some men and women are holding books and newspapers as they leave the station. One man wears a United States officer's uniform. Subway riders sitting on seats inside New York City subway rail car. An African American man reads a newspaper on the subway.
Men and women cross a street in the financial district of Manhattan, New York City during World War II. Some couples are seen walking together. A group of United States Navy sailors and Army officers are seen. A truck and a taxi drive on the road. Pedestrians and cars at the intersection of Pine St. and Nassau St. with The Soldiers' Monument, or the Memorial for the Unknown Revolutionary War Heroes, visible in the Trinity Churchyard in the background.
The first freight train bringing merchandise arrives in Cologne after the end of World War II. Smoke rises from the smokestack of moving train. Train passes destroyed buildings in Cologne. Flag of the United States seen at rear of train.
Two men load a box bearing an ERP (European Recovery Program) sticker into a railroad car in Italy post World War II. Ship workers unload United States Marshall Plan shipment from Italian ship SS Taurinia (ex Vilarosa). An Italian crane operator with close view of crane engine as bales of cotton emerge from ship's hold. Train pulled by FS Class 835 Italian State Railway steam locomotive leaves harbor as people watch from the platform. Locomotive train move across the Italian countryside. A pair of guards open a glove factory gate. Sign in abandoned glove factory gate reads “Proibito Entrare” (“Entrance forbidden”). View of a WALLY padlock. Train with Marshall Plan ERP label enters the factory. Italian factory workers return to work. Factory workers sweeping near machines.
A group of United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taking off towards Foggia, Italy during World War II. Wheels retracting into B-24s as they take off. Rear view of Consolidated B-24 Liberator as it ascends. One is a Consolidated B-24 D Liberator noted as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” of the 9th Air Force, 98th Bomb Group, and 343rd Bomb Squadron in flight.
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