Victims of the Gestapo in Polygone, France. German prisoners dig up graves in Polygone, France to remove victims of Nazis from their graves. A dead body removed and placed on a stretcher. A dead man's shoes removed and placed in a box held by a red cross worker. Notes are made during the process. Prisoners continue to dig the graves. A cross on a grave in the foreground. (World War II period).
Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. Smoke rises from behind a building. Injured FFI ( French Forces of Interior ) men on streets. Gravely wounded being looked evaluated and receiving medical care after an explosion. Wounded and injured being loaded onto trucks for medical aid. Street fighting between FFI and German troops. French civilians in FFI peering around a corner and firing at German positions. Collaborationists being rounded up and captured German prisoners of war are escorted by armed FFI. German tanks captured by FFI men. Injured men being helped by others. Wounded being carried for medical aid. Prisoners of war.
Axis troops during World War II. Italian troops in Tunisia during World War II. Men load supplies in a trailer for Italian Quartermaster Corps. Men on motorcycles ford a stream which runs over roadway. Men load supplies for Quartermaster Corps onto camels. Italian soldiers in a field fire rifles and machine guns. Smoke rises. Motorcycles approach a village. Gas tank in the foreground. German Pz.III Panzer tanks advance across a plain. Smoke on the horizon as American troops fire artillery. Burning U.S. Army tanks on a roadside. A group of British army soldier prisoners of war is shown. Several captured American Prisoners of War beside a captured tank.
British ships seized by Germany on high seas. View of the English Steamer "Yarrowdale," with cargo of ammunition (5,800 tons) and 100 new trucks. (Note: This ship was later taken to Swinemünde by Lieutenant D.R. Badewitz.) Yarrowdale's occupants are seen crowding her deck. The English Steamer, "St.Theodore," carrying 7366 tons of coal for the Italians, is halted and is commanded to follow the SMS Möwe. (Note: The Germans later refitted this ship as the auxiliary Steamer, "Geier.") View from the Cruiser Moewe, as the St. Theodore follows in fairly rough seas. To ease congestion on the SMS Möwe, British "prisoners" are transferred to the Yarrowdale for the journey. View of them on deck, including three African American crewmen. View of three British ships' captains on board. Group of British "prisoners" rowing to the Yarrowdale, to be take aboard.
79th Infantry troops in La Haye Du Puits, France in World War II. View through a damaged wall of a ruined building with sign on a shop reading 'M. Gigory.' A World War I memorial and fountain topped by bust of a French soldier, is guarded by U.S. troops and used as a motor pool. A nearby sign points to it reading: 'water point.' American troops move on street and in a narrow alley. Troops arrive in a Jeep. Two German prisoners sitting on the hood of the Jeep with their hands raised are brought at gun point. The Jeep moves on. More prisoners are driven away on Jeeps. Heavy concentration of troops in the area.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands near the end of World War II. Liberated Allied Soldiers and officers gather outside a prison camp building. They listen to a radio broadcast. An officer tunes the radio. The progress of soldiers is followed by a pencil on a map. Officers and repatriated prisoners listen to the radio. The radio set is made from stolen parts from a Japanese radio set. The soliders demonstrate how the radio equipment is packed up and was kept in the bottom of a stool to keep it hidden from discovery by Japanese guards. The maker of the radio, Lieutenant Hutchinson, is seated on the stool and chats with a soldier.
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