Bodies of civilians killed by Nazis, recovered after Soviet Red Army enters the city of Lublin, Poland during World War II. Ruined buildings and houses and debris on roads after the Russian Red Army liberates Lublin. A number of dead bodies of slave laborers killed by retreating Nazis in sewing room of a castle. Surviving citizens weep at the sight of the dead. More than 700 prisoners murdered at a prison nearby. Priests and civilians perform funeral ceremonies for prisoners.
Tornadoes kill 47 and injure many causing $1,000,000 property damage in Alabama and Mississippi, United States. Damaged houses and rubble and debris in cities. People and military troops at relief work. Box cars damaged by the tornadoes. Relief workers and Red Cross servicemen rescue people from the debris.
69th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Participant people with different breeds of dogs. A crowd gathered at the show. A bitch with 23 puppies. St Bernhard, Boxer, Wolfhound, Basset hounds, Bedlingtons, Basset hounds, and various other breeds at the show. The judges observe various dogs and declare a Scottish Terrier as the winner of the show.
Boy Scouts from many nations at the Statue of Liberty in New York during the National Scout Week. Scout leaders donate a friendship fund for Scout activities in nations all over the world at a ceremony. Boy scouts salute the Statue of Liberty after laying a wreath.
A young Chinese boy is adopted by the U.S. 14th Army Air Force deployed in China during World War II. Officers of the U.S. Army Air Force welcome the little 4 year old boy named Tiger Joe in their office. Officers clean him in a bathroom and then dress him as a GI. Tiger Joe at a desk as Assistant First Sargent. He stands during inspection of drills. An officer arranges his uniform and gun. He marches behind all other GIs.
Images from late in World War II in Europe. Nighttime views of aerial bombardment of Germany late in World War II. Aerial view of many fires and explosions on ground in Germany at night as seen from Allied aircraft. Hermann Goering touring ruins in a German city. A lineup of new German Army recruits late in the war, including a very young boy soldier in full Army uniform, talking to an official who, from the back, appears to be Joseph Goebbels. Allies advancing into Berlin. Artillery and rockets being fired during Battle of Berlin. A German civilian woman walking among rubble and ruins in a German city. Victory celebrations in Paris during he liberation of Paris. Crowds in Paris cheering happily, view of Arc de Triomphe with band marching. View of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle walking side-by-side down a Paris boulevard as crowds cheer them. Soviet (?) military personnel wearing large improvised warm shoes walk in a snowy climate, exhausted. View of explosion as Nazi Swastika atop grandstand at Zeppelin field (Zeppelinfeld) in Nuremberg, Germany, is blown up by the U.S. Army after the defeat of Germany.
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