An English war bride is interviewed with her husband, a United States Army Captain, in uniform, upon her arrival in America after World War II. She says she doesn't know what to say, they have waited so long for this day. Another couple is interviewed with their baby. The British woman says it had been weeks and weeks since she had seen her husband. A third English war bride and her baby, reunited with her American husband, said she read, in American newspapers, that American girls are not too pleased about soldiers marrying English girls. She says further, that she hopes they won't feel too badly about it, because love is love, all over the world.
A 1941 Chrysler Plymouth car arrives at curb and former U.S. soldier opens door for his British wife and their child. They go up steps to his home, where his mother warmly greets her new daughter-in-law and baby. View inside home where the couple and baby sit with mother-in-law and family dog. The couple play with their baby boy, and they kiss.
A number of English war brides and babies step from a bus and enter an Army reception center in New York City. The women have identification tags on their coats. Many couples and children are seen, as they are being reunited after World War II. Many journalists and photographers record the happy event.
British war brides being reunited with their husbands (former United States Army soldiers) at a reception center in New York City, after their arrival by ship from England after World War II. Identification tags can be seen on wives and children. The families crowd the sidewalk to claim their luggage as it is unloaded from a truck. U.S. Army officers help the couples to find their luggage.
U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment Band provides music for Cabaret Nights at the Red Cross club in Germany during World War II. Red Cross workers and servicemen dance. A crowded dance floor. People dance and the band plays music in background. A waiter serves coffee at table to Corporal Anthony J. Montana, T/4 Richard E. Wheeler, Private First Class Frances L. Deck, T/4 Robert L. Thacker, Private First Class Batty M. Branch, all in EATS communications. The dance floor.
Red Cross women with servicemen in Wiesbaden, Germany. A sign reads 'Kassel Air Strip R-12'. A lake behind the Wiesbaden Red Cross club. Servicemen and Red Cross girls in kayaks. RC girls and servicemen leave the kayaks. A mountain in left foreground. RC girls sitting on a bench.
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