United States 1st Army and 9th Army open their combined attack on Roer River fortresses in Germany. during World War 2. Wrecked buildings in view. The troops then advance to Cologue Plain. Bombardment precedes their fighting advances into Jülich, Linnich, Neuss, Baal and Erkelenze and later across Rhine River. Dead bodies of German soldiers. Pontoon Bridge approach to various cities. General Simpson and General Eisenhower on a tour of inspection at the Citadel in Jülich. Dead bodies of victims killed there. German boy soldiers captured. Columns of surrendered German soldiers with hands behind their heads being escorted under guard by U.S. troops through the streets. Four soldiers wearing top hats. Smiling children. Nazi prisoners and refugees march on streets. Russian and Polish slave laborers released from concentration camps smile and greet allied troops. A group of freed women prisoners smile. Men prisoners released from the camp. The liberated prisoners fix a meal. Views of the concentration camp buildings and 3 wire fences, including one electrified fence are seen. Shoes and clothing of camp victims are seen at the base of the electrified fence.
British Royal Air Force (RAF) Lancaster bomber aircraft in flight over Germany. Aerial view of land. Intensive bombing in German industrial city Pforzheim at night. Fire and smoke rises up due to explosion. Huge amount of oxygen is consumed due to bombing. (World War II period).
United States Navy sailors held prisoners by Japanese in Bilibid, Philippines. Liberated prisoners stand outside the prison building after three years in captivity. Very thin men reduced to living skeletons. Men hold glass jars with daily ration of several ounces of grain. Several men starved to death. View of grave markers at cemetery in the prison camp. Liberated Naval men return to United States. Huge crowd in San Francisco holds a parade and welcomes the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor. Corporal Jolly receives an award. (World War II period).
Spectators seated in a coliseum, Los Angeles, California. Rodeo event organized in coliseum. Men ride horses. A man carries a U.S. flag. Men fall from broncos horses. Men demonstrate their skills on bikes. Young boys in the audience cheer. Gasoline automobiles on the track. An automobile turns upside down.
Toronto Rehabilitation Training Center in Canada. Canada's ex-servicemen learn profitable trades after World War 2. Veterans are taught carpentry, using hammer and nails. A veteran learning brick laying has his work checked using a level. Veterans being taught machining operate lathes. One veteran in a wheel chair does not have legs. Barber classes for Canadian veterans. A student barber practices shaving using a straight razor on a balloon. The balloon explodes, covering his face with foam.
Postwar view of wrecked buildings in Germany. Rubble on streets. Fallen German soldiers on ground and in a damaged car. German prisoners of war stand in a group. A large number of German prisoners of war, outdoors, in a large fenced field.
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