Rear view as Sherman tanks of the U.S. Army 4th Armored Division carry troops into Schuttenhoffen, Czechoslovakia 2 days before the end of World War 2 in Europe. The area appears relatively untouched by bombing or shelling. Local people line the street on both sides, welcoming the Americans. Front view as the tanks proceed toward the camera. People waving enthusiastically. A U.S. M3 half track follows, pulling an artillery piece. Closeup of a man standing next to the camera, smiling, as the M3 half track passes. View from high place of the half track riding through cheering people forming a corridor in the town square. It is followed by a compact covered fully tracked vehicle (possibly an artillery tractor). Camera pan across the town square, showing people sitting on park benches and standing about. A fountain is in the center grassy area. The people line the route of the American armored vehicles passing the end of the park, and they wave and cheer.
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Czechoslovakia during World War II. People walking on a street. Buildings along street sides. Trucks parked on the street. People gather outside a building. Soldiers in the building with some officers.
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Czechoslovakia during World War II. People gather on either sides of a street in town of Susice. 'Hotel Fialka' written on a building. Soldiers aboard military vehicles passing on the street. Buildings in the area. People waving towards the soldiers and cheering.
U.S. 4th Armored Division in Germany during World War II. Some civilians standing on a side of a street. Soldiers aboard a truck passing on the street. A convoy of German vehicles and motorcycles moves past a traffic barrier. They come in to surrender, probably in Reims, Germany
American GI, with the U.S. 16th Armored Division, sits in the cab of a 2.5 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck (CCKW) and talks with a girl, in Pilsen Czechoslovakia, during World War 2. A Technical Sergeant and another soldier sit on the truck hood.A U.S. soldiers standing on the hood and another in the rear of a Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep, lead a column of surrendering German officers and soldiers, as they march through crowds on a Pilsen street. Several scenes of the marching German troops. They are halted at a town square. Sign on fence in center of area contains U.S. Army logo and words:"Ivanhoe PWE." An American soldier speaks briefly to lieutenant General Georg von Majewski, Commander of the surrendering German forces. View from above of U.S. Army trucks and jeeps gathered near the square. Next, civilians are seen gathered around American soldiers in parked jeeps and seated on an M24 Chafee light tank. The soldiers sign autographs for the Czech civilians.
U.S. soldiers in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia during World War II. Vehicles parked on a street. Soldiers and civilians gather. Twin babies in a stroller on the street. A soldier plays with the babies and gives candies to them. A soldier talks to two women. Buildings in the background. A soldier talks to a woman and hugs her.
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