Repatriated French soldiers are welcomed at a reception center in Paris.The move in an informal line and are given refreshments by a young woman. The reception center is decorated with bunting. A portrait of Charles de Gaulle is displayed on the wall.
Repatriated French soldiers being processed at a reception center in Paris, France, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. A repatriated French Colonial soldier speaks with two French soldiers assisting with the processing. The repatriated soldiers are processed by women at a long counter. 'Identite' written beside the counter. Several officials seated behind the counter talking to the repatriates. A woman behind the counter talks to a soldier and annotates a document. She stamps the document. Two women seated at a desk. A repatriated soldier is fingerprinted by a soldier who presses the index fingers of both his hands on the stamp pad and rolls his inked fingers on a document.
Repatriation of French prisoners from a German Nazi concentration camp in Paris, France. Two former prisoners dressed in striped prison uniforms seated at a table. A nurse stands behind them. One of the prisoners has his head bandaged. He has a number on his uniform. The prisoners leave the room. Two officers seated at the table. The prisoner with the bandaged head removes his uniform. A nurse behind him. Another former prisoner shows the Nazi concentration camp prison number tattoo on his arm. Several prisoners take showers. An army doctor examines a former prisoner. In an adjacent room, a nurse talks to a prisoner seated across a table. The doctor examining a former prisoner. Several nurses examining the repatriated prisoners and using a spray delousing agent to spray clothing of the men. (World War II period).
A Russian feature film depicts the meeting of American and Russian troops on the River Elbe in Germany. Re-enactment : Explosions in a German city. Men moving with belongings to get out of the town of Altenstadt. A large crowd of Germans fighting and stampeding to get into an evacuation ship to leave. Altenstadt in Germany before American and Russian troops arrive. The ship has 'Adolf Hitler' written on it. The ship prepares to leave the shore. A tank on fire falls into the river. Civilians rushing to get onto the ship. Russian tanks enter the city and move along the roads in the city. Houses on the sides of the roads. The ship moves away from the shore. Russian troops firing. Election campaigns in the Russian zones of the German city. A poster of a candidate and loud speakers on a vehicle. Trains loaded with people leave from Bahensteig and Altenstadt. The burning form of a leader. Wreckage of armored vehicles on the shore of the river. Russian tanks and troops on the shore of the River Elbe. (World War II period).
A Russian feature film depicts the meeting of American and Russian troops on the River Elbe in Germany. Re-enactment : Russian troops on the shore of the River Elbe. A man inside a damaged house. The man carries a baggage and speaks to a woman. The man with the woman and a boy inside the damaged house. American troops on a craft. Russian troops on the shore. Two American officers look through binoculars. Soldiers behind the officers. American troops arrive in crafts on the shore of the River Elbe. American soldiers and Russian soldiers embrace in water. American officers looking through binoculars. Wrecked buildings in view. Vehicles move along the bridge on the River Elbe. Explosions in the background. An American officer looking through binoculars. American soldiers arriving at the shore and embracing Russian soldiers. An American soldier and a Russian soldier holding glasses toast. (World War II period).
American First and Ninth Army in Lippstadt, Germany after World War II. Streets with houses along their sides. A truck loaded with German prisoners of war moves along a road. Tanks with American First and Ninth Army troops and German prisoners with their belongings move along streets. German prisoners have armbands. U.S. soldiers on a tank wave. Buildings on either side of a street. A wounded German prisoner of war taken by two other Germans. U.S. officers and soldiers march along a street. A German prisoner with a bandaged hand holds his belongings and moves along a road. Two American soldiers watch the prisoner. Other prisoners of war with their belongings on the road. The prisoners of war move inside a building. A battered ex-prisoner of war walks along a street. A prisoner talks to a soldier. A prisoner walks inside the building with a soldier holding a gun behind him. Discarded German guns, a helmet and other equipment. A swastika sign on the helmet.
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