United States 1104th Engineers Combat group in Germany during World War II. A bulldozer in operation as it removes earth from the entrance of a German pillbox. It removes mud to uncover the entrance to the pillbox. Men use shovels to remove the dirt from the entrance of the pillbox. A soldier with a welding torch as he cuts and removes the door of the pillbox. An explosion occurs. The pillbox after the explosion. A man climbs up onto the damaged pillbox.
Allied Military Government activities in Europe after World War II. Men work in a saw mill. Planks of wood piled up as men work at the mill. A steel plant with production underway. A map of Germany. Damaged buildings. U.S. Colonel Damon Gun addresses Allied officers in Germany. He talks about the mindset of the Germans who have been cheated and led to defeat in World War II.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany very soon after end of World War II in Europe. The cover of a book titled ' Handbook of military government in Germany '. The text indicates rules of governance in Germany. Closeup of street signs on building at corner of Wilhelmstrasse and Kaiserplatz in Düren Germany. Building of AGM headquarters in Germany. U.S. Army soldiers on a balcony of a government building remove a Nazi flag and setup a United States flag in its place. Men and women killed due to Nazi atrocities. Military Policemen question the Nazis. German citizens milling about on a street. They are being informed about Allied laws and orders through notices and other means. German citizens read an Allied notice. A court hearing being conducted for persons accused of impersonating Allied officals. A man disposes of weapons which are illegal and for which possession is punishable by death, according to the narrator.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War 2. German civilians lined up as an Allied soldier checks their identification cards. Policemen check cards of civilians. A municipal book labeled "Files" (Akten) is retrieved in the city of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) by U.S. soldiers. Telephone records being recovered. A post office is reestablished. Food bags being loaded onto a truck. A handbook of military government in Germany. Displaced German people unload from a truck. A woman distributes blankets to them. Displaced persons being looked after in a hospital.
Allied Military Government ( AGM ) activities in Germany after World War II. Training film for U.S. Army soldiers occupying Germany after the war. A flashback shows a Hitler Youth parade. People gathered in large numbers as they salute in Nazi style. Contrast with a peaceful German people is shown: German men gathered at a bar or pub drinking as they sit around a table. A man and woman in traditional German dress dance. Men work in a farm. Two girl children eat cherries from a basket. Contrasting again: Scenes show young German boys during World War 2 climbing atop an artillery piece and raising its barrel as German soldiers look on. A teacher in a school classroom stands beside the Nazi flag and demonstrates Nazi salute. Boys in the Hitler Youth beat drums and march in a parade. An Allied military police officer questions a German man at a door. The man shuts the door. A sign on the door reads ' Off limits. Occupied by civilians '.
' Allied control council for Germany ' shows the taking over of the control by the Allied powers in Germany. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery gets off a plane as he arrives in Germany. Montgomery being greeted by officers and he inspects an honor guard of Soviet troops. Commander in Chiefs of various Allied armies arrive at a building on June 5th, 1945. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, French Major General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and the Soviet representative Georgy Zhukov arrive and enter the building. General Eisenhower, Field Marshal Montgomery, Zhukov and Major General Tassigny sign the documents of the partition of Germany. The Commander in Chiefs pose outside the building.
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