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.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. Last Vittles aircraft of the Berlin Airlift parked on a field at the air force base. Officers stand under the wing of the aircraft on the field. Laborers load bags of coal from a truck on the Last Vittles aircraft. An army band plays. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander watches as the Last Vittles aircraft take off.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. An army band plays at the air force base. Aircraft fly in formation. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander inspects the landing gear of a Last Vittles aircraft, part of the Berlin Airlift. A truck loaded with laborers backs up the aircraft. The laborers load coal in the aircraft.
Activities at a pontoon tread way bridge across the Moselle River in Hatzenport, Germany during World War II. Armored vehicles of 4th Armored Division of the United States Army cross the bridge across the river. Mountains in the background. Vehicles loaded with soldiers drive past a tower.
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