King George VI of the United Kingdom and United States Army General Dwight D Eisenhower at the First Army Headquarters in Verviers, Belgium during World War II. Lieutenant General C. H. Hodges, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Omar N Bradley, and a United States Army Air Force General await the arrival of King George VI. Officers converse with each other and look up at the sky. A sedan drives up to a building. United Kingdom King George VI gets out of the car. He is greeted by General Eisenhower.
United States military government officials at Aachen Archives in Monschau, Germany during World War II. The government officials collect archives stored in a cave. German civilians show the officers the location of records. A jeep with a board 'Military Government Officials' written on it drives past on a dirt road. German civilians and the officers carry the records from the cave and load them into army trucks. A U.S. soldier carries a pile of files and opens one of them. A looseleaf folder and the title page of the records.
The presentation of the Legion of Merit at SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) in Paris, France during World War II. United States Colonel Krik Lawton and British Lieutenant George Warden receive the Legion of Merit awards from U.S. Army Brigadier General Frank A. Allen, Director of Public Relations. British and United States officers stand in a line during the presentation. Buildings in the background.
A U.S. Military policeman leans against his jeep in front of a small building in Béverce near Malmedy, Belgium during World War 2. Two German prisoners emerge from the building escorted by an armed American soldier. A military photographer passes to the left, in front of them, as two American military policemen escort another German prisoner (Otto Richard Struller) from the building. They each hold one of his arms. The prisoner is bareheaded. They pause and pose for a photographer (unseen). Closeup of the prisoner with MPs at his sides. Camera zooms in on prisoner, Struller. The MPs direct him to a waiting jeep. They all get in and drive away. Closeup of the jeep passing the camera. It drives away along a muddy road, past an overturned vehicle. (Note: The principal prisoner in this film, is Otto Richard Struller, a ballet dancer, who during the war served as a corporal with Panzerbrigade 150 unit Stielau/Stab solar, where he masqueraded as an American soldier behind the lines. He was executed, as a spy, on January 13, 1945 at the Palace of Justice in Huy, Belgium)
Execution of German spies at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. The prisoners include: Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt. They participated in Otto Skorzeny's Waffen SS Commando force Operation Greif, in which English-speaking German Commandos operated behind Allied lines, masquerading in U.S. uniforms and equipment. They are brought to execution spot of the 482nd MP guard station by military police of 509th MP. Spies are tied to stakes and blindfolded. MP firing squad composed of twenty four men fire. Execution of the spies. Officer checks to insure they are dead. View of slumped bodies of spies still tied to the stakes. The firing squad marches away. (World War II period).
Soldiers watch an American football game and cheer participants in Marseilles, France. Soldiers stand and cheer. They run in stadium. Motorcycle races in stadium. Spectators in stadium watch race and cheer participants. Game is played. U.S. General John P Ratay watch the match. Game in progress. Several band parade on field at half time. Players during the game in the stadium. (World War II period).
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