Recently released Allied Prisoners of War (POWs) kick and throw objects at several German soldiers, just captured as prisoner of war in Grasleben, Germany, during World War 2. The German soldiers run past them, with their hands raised; as the liberated Allied soldiers kick and throw things at them. A U.S. Army soldier of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division gives food and water to the emaciated former Allied prisoners.
Liberated Germans, Italians, Polish (Poles) and Russians come out of building with stolen goods in Nordhausen, Germany. The citizens are forced to surrender their loot by American soldiers at gun point. A U.S. Sergeant directs civilian looters to surrender their loot. Women and children ransack looted goods and load them in hand carriages. Several scenes of men, women and children walking through streets carrying looted goods. (World War II period).
Tents used to keep Polish and Russian prisoners at a concentration camp (slave labor camp) in Arnstadt, Germany. Shows several exhumed corpses of the concentration camp victims lying near a common burial pit. German civilians watch corpses near the burial pit. Few civilians carry a corpse. (World War II period).
German civilians handle exhumed corpses of Polish and Russian prisoners at a slave labor camp in Arnstadt, Germany. U.S. soldiers of 89th Infantry division watch several lined up exhumed corpses. (World War II period).
View of a huge German Swastika emblem carved in stone at the top of the Tribune at Zeppelinfeld (Zeppelin Field) in Nuremberg, Germany. U.S. Army engineers place demolition charges on the Swastika emblem in order to destroy it. A big explosion blows the emblem into pieces.
Shows the White Sands Proving Ground ( White Sands Missile Range), a rocket range in New Mexico. The sign on the entrance reads ' U.S. Naval Unit White Sands Proving Ground '. German V-2 rocket parts at the facility. An erected tail section of the V-2 rocket and a rocket launch(firing) platform. Rocket reads 'German V-2 rocket,Ordnance Department, White Sands Proving Ground ,New Mexico'.
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