V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) celebrations in Paris, France at the end of World War II. Eternal light under Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The Tomb of Unknown Soldier decorated with flowers and civilians pay respect. Parisians applaud. Floral piece of French insignia carried by two British soldiers. Ceremonies around the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Loudspeakers being used in ceremony. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft dives and goes in a Victory Roll.
Liberated American airmen at the Stalag 7A prison camp near Moosburg, Germany. American airmen in prison camp are seen behind barbed wire. Airmen look outside tents. American airmen as they cook bacon over improvised stove. Two airmen as they eat K-rations (US Combat Food Ration). Airmen as they cook Red Cross provisions. Airmen exercise and sunbathe at a the prison camp. Four U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes fly overhead. Prison camp identification tag around neck of an airman. (World War II period).
American airmen, former prisoners at German prison camp, Stalag 7A, near Moosburg, Germany. American airmen stand around Red Cross food packages. They stack the same packages. Swiss Red Cross truck delivers food to camp. Insignia of Swiss International Red Cross on the truck. Displayed contents of Red Cross food package. (World War II period).
Liberated American airmen at the German Stalag 7A prison camp near Moosburg, Germany. American airmen cook and are seated at the prison camp. Group of airmen as they wave for the camera. (World War II period).
Liberated American airmen at Stalag 7A German prison camp near Moosburg, Germany. Airmen as they lounge on bales on hay. Tents in the background. Men cook food over improvised stove. Airman stands near refuse pit. Makeshift tent and homemade oven as airmen cook. Men work, cook, and exercise in a camp. Airman with patch over his right eye. Bunker outside prison camp. (World War II period).
Several weeks before the end of World War II in Europe, recently captured German prisoners of war, still wearing their uniforms, work under guard, building their own barbed wire enclosure. Some carry and place large timber fence posts. Others dig post holes and string barbed wire. Others fashion fence posts, using saws and hatchets (to sharpen their ends). Several American soldiers supervise and stand guard.
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