An empty snow-covered courtyard next to an abandoned building with Russian writing on it reading: "СССР и Китад" (USSR and China). A hand cart sits with a carton on it. A low wall extends from the courtyard enclosing what appear to be residential buildings. Laundry is hung on a line to dry, behind one of the houses. View down the snowy street. View, back again to courtyard and building with Russian writing on it. An American Army officer walking through rubble of badly damaged factory during World War II. Another American joins him and they inspect damaged and destroyed heavy machinery. They are joined by several other persons. More views of bombed out buildings.
Aerial views of airfield in Illesheim, Germany, at the end of World War II. Numerous single-engine airplanes are parked in various places on the airfield. Among them are P-47s of the U.S. 9th Air Force. View from above of a U.S. P-47 taking off from the field. Flights of P-47s fly overhead and break formation to land.
An aerial view of the city of Nuremberg, Germany. View of the bomb damaged buildings and streets. Vehicles on the streets. Bomb damaged marshalling yards in view. Smoke rises up in the sky. A bridge over a river in view. (World War II period).
The end of World War 2 in Europe. United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362nd Fighter Group in Germany. Group commander's P-47 (multi-colored checkered cowl represents all three assigned squadrons) taxiing on an airfield. The planes take off. Group commander leads a formation of twelve P-47s from the 379th Fighter Squadron (yellow cowlings). They maneuver in flights of four each.
United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt parked on an airfield in Germany. Flying personnel and ground crewmen walk on the airfield. The men walk in a line. Several planes in flight over the airfield. A pilot stands near an aircraft. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft.
Bomb damaged streets and buildings in Nuremberg, Germany. An aerial view of the streets in the city. Vehicular traffic on a road. A bombed factory and damaged buildings in Nuremberg. Bomb damaged Marshalling yards in view. Railroad wagons at the Marshalling yards. (World War II period).
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