Two United States Army soldiers passing by bomb damaged buses and streetcars on a Munich street. Exterior view of front facade of heavily damaged National Theatre Munich (Munich Opera House) at Max-Joseph-Platz. Statue of King Maximilian I seen in center of the plaza, with the Munich Residenz, Königsbau in the background. German soldiers walking bicycles pass by, under armed guard of U.S. Army soldiers. Railroad Central Station and the Starnberger train station destroyed by bombing. Exterior of the destroyed Bayerische Verkehrsministerium (Bavarian Ministry of Transport) at Arnulfstraße 9 with its destroyed dome and rubble and debris everywhere. U.S. Army trucks, some loaded with American soldiers, driving through the city streets. More views of the destroyed railway station and railroad marshaling yards. Front facade of the heavily damaged Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station), "Der Eisenbahnhof" in München.
United States Army soldiers marching German prisoners through Munich city. Thousands of German soldier POW are passed through the streets. Several bombed and wrecked buildings are seen as the soldiers pass by. Several of the German prisoners have both their hands folded at the back of their head. German prisoners pass under the Karlstor (or Charles Gate). Jeeps seen as the German prisoners pass through the streets. (World War II period).
View of the bomb damaged Frauenkirche Catholic cathedral in downtown Munich, Germany, at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Camera pans from top of towers down to ground level, with a pile of debris seen near the entrance between the towers. View of the interiors of the Church sanctuary, heavily damaged by bombing, with open sky visible. Wide view from an elevated tower position (presumably a Frauenkirche tower) of the bombed remains of the city of Munich at the close of World War II. Several wrecked buildings in view. View toward New Town Hall. Next scene at ground level shows U.S. Army jeeps and trucks, along with pedestrians passing by on street of Marienplatz with the New Town Hall behind.
View of ruins in Munich, Germany during World War II. United States Army soldiers warming themselves at fire. U.S. Army soldiers in the Ehrentempel (Brienner Straße 34, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany. Iron sarcophagi with names of the buried Stormtroopers written over them. 'Der Letzte Appell' 'Ehrlich Hier' written on one of the sarcophagi.
The German civilians can be seen looting the German army food warehouse. People carrying food packets fight their way out of the crowds. An old woman falls down. Several people help her to stand. People carry the packages they have taken from the food warehouse. (World War II period).
German prisoners of war march through streets in Munich Germany, guarded by U.S. soldiers. German prisoners have their hands folded behind their head. Several United States Army soldiers are seen traveling in Jeeps. People are seen riding bicycles on streets. Damaged and destroyed buildings of downtown Munich and rubble from World War II Allied bombing are seen. Scenes from front and back of Karlstor gate (Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany) as German prisoner columns pass through the historic gate.
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