Welcome of American forces by Czech civilians of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia in final days of World War 2, in Europe. Crowds of Czech civilians welcome Americans. They cheer and wave to Americans. U.S. Army GMC CCKW 2 1⁄2 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo trucks move along street in background. Closeups of the enthusiastic local citizens waving to the camera. They line the sidewalks and cheer, as two American jeeps lead a column of M24 Chaffee Tanks along a main street of the city.
German prisoners march past in Pilsen,Czechoslovakia. Czech civilians cheers the Americans. Buildings seen in the background. German prisoners march past through town. Russian soldiers on horses. American GI's guards road. Trees seen on either side of road. Czech civilians watch the German prisoners march. Some of the German prisoners are boy soldiers. (World War II period).
German soldiers taken by the U.S. Army as prisoners of war in Pilsen,Czechoslovakia, during World War 2. German soldiers, who have surrendered, assembled in a group on hillside near a road. An American M4 Sherman tank passes on the road. The prisoners turn to watch it. More Shermans plus a small bulldozer and a jeep are seen on the road. The prisoners begin moving under direction of an American soldier, as citizens watch from the opposite side of the road. View of oncoming German prisoners walking toward the camera. They march around the camera as they proceed. Several persons in civilian clothes are among the prisoners. Sherman tanks continue passing on the road. Some German POWs are ambulatory wounded and many are young boy soldiers.
A contingent of Armed Axis troops, led by an officer, marches West through Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, intending to surrender to U.S. and UK forces of the Western Allies during final days of World War 2. A long line of German soldiers follows, some in horse-drawn wagons, and similar conveyances. Among the troops are some from Russia in German uniforms. Some of the surrendering German troops appear to be young boy soldiers.
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.
Czech civilians pose with some U.S. soldiers of the 16th Armored Division, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at end of World War 2, in Europe. They are standing on top and in front of an abandoned German tank. They completely cover the tank, and wave enthusiastically for the camera. Scene shifts to the rear of an M24 Chaffee light tank, with some civilians gathered around it, as it prepares to move out, behind an M3A1 halftrack pulling an M10 ammunition trailer. Views of other halftracks loaded with U.S. troops and equipment. Several American infantrymen gathered at a fence, one pointing out sniper location, while another takes aim with his rifle. American soldier in a 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (aka, 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, Priest, by the British Army). He is firing its M2 .50 caliber air-cooled machine gun in its raised cupola. Brief glimpse of a Czech soldier aiming his rifle behind a tracked vehicle.