A U.S. Army jeep rolls slowly in front of a group of civilians with their hands raised in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They are guarded by Czech partisans and Czech citizens. (The civilians are likely German civilians during expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovia at the end of the war. They may also include Czech civilians accused of collaboration with the Germans.) Two U.S. soldiers walk on sidewalk with a Czech policeman. The soldiers stand in front of a group of civilians on the sidewalk, looking upward. An elderly Czech civilian man with a rifle looks upward from edge of a building. A German officer is seen in window of a building. A white cloth (as flag of surrender) hangs from adjacent window. Armed U.S. soldiers escort high-ranking German officers, from their local headquarters, to a vehicle, as local citizens watch. U.S. soldiers and Czech partisans in a backyard, look for snipers in building nearby. German military prisoners, guarded by Czech partisans, stand with hands raised on a sidewalk. The partisans search German soldiers as they come out of a building. Some civilian women are held with the German soldiers.
Allied Generals meet in Ludwigslust, Germany at end of World War 2, in Europe. Formations of British and U.S. troops pass in review. Russian, U.S. and British Generals review the troops. U.S. Army Major General James M. Gavin, Commanding General ( CG ) of the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Major General Matthew B. Ridgway CG 82nd ABN, Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey Commanding General British 2nd Army and Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Tikhonovich Grishin, Commanding General 49th Soviet Army, at the reviewing stand.
A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' on the sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. Steam boat underway at Mississippi river. A man at the controls of the boat. Bridges over the river. A statue of Mark Twain amidst the ground. Two girls arrive near the statue. 'Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain' engraved on a plaque. Another statue amidst the ground. Cars passing on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. People walking. Trains passing on railroad stations. Aerial view of the town of Hannibal. Wheels of the freight cars on the ground. Men standing nearby. Animated map locates Hannibal and San Francisco. The wheels are loaded onto ships on the docks of San Francisco.
The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. A ship being launched for the purpose of transportation of equipment. A plaque on the ship. 'SS Hannibal Victory built for U.S. Maritime Commission' engraved on the plaque. Railroad wheels and axles, coal tender and, other equipment stacked on the dock to be loaded. Men working for the loading of the equipment. Rations and hospital supplies are also loaded onto the ship. Men preparing to load railroad locomotives onto the ship. A man and woman walking on the streets of San Francisco, with San Francisco harbor views and skyline views beyond them. Buildings and houses in the area. Cars parked outside a building. A woman bids good bye to the man. The man boards the ship.
The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. Equipment stacked on the dock. Hannibal Victory ship underway at San Francisco bay. Men aboard the ship. Other ships underway at sea. Equipment being loaded onto the ship. The ship sails under the San Francisco Bay bridge. A man watching the bridge. Flags atop. flag poles on the ship. Men aboard a boat underway at the sea. Ship sailing under the Golden Gate bridge. The harbor pilot leaves the ship. He comes aboard the boat. Men testing the deck gun aboard the ship.
The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. Animated map locates the route of the ship from San Francisco. A man looking through a camera. The captain of the ship plots his course. The crew working on the ship. They work for the maintenance of the ship. They repair block and tackle. They paint the smoke stack of the ship and splice the wire rope. They also do the work of chipping.
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