Rear view as Sherman tanks of the U.S. Army 4th Armored Division carry troops into Schuttenhoffen, Czechoslovakia 2 days before the end of World War 2 in Europe. The area appears relatively untouched by bombing or shelling. Local people line the street on both sides, welcoming the Americans. Front view as the tanks proceed toward the camera. People waving enthusiastically. A U.S. M3 half track follows, pulling an artillery piece. Closeup of a man standing next to the camera, smiling, as the M3 half track passes. View from high place of the half track riding through cheering people forming a corridor in the town square. It is followed by a compact covered fully tracked vehicle (possibly an artillery tractor). Camera pan across the town square, showing people sitting on park benches and standing about. A fountain is in the center grassy area. The people line the route of the American armored vehicles passing the end of the park, and they wave and cheer.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War 2. M8 and T27 armored cars, of the U.S. 91st Reconnaissance Squadron, cross narrow pontoon bridge over a river in Leghorn (Livorno) Italy. A destroyed steel bridge and bombed out buildings in background.
U.S. 40th Division in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives at the war front. He talks to Commanding General of the 40th Division Major General Rapp Brush near Bamban. General MacArthur visits an airfield. He inspects damaged Japanese airplanes.
French fliers get new U.S. warplanes in North Africa during World War II. United States Army Air Forces General Carl Andrew Spaatz and Major General James Harold Doolittle present at an air base. A soldier holding the U.S. flag. Soldiers march in formation. Officers review the soldiers and salute them. Aircraft parked at the airbase.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The U.S. Capitol in the foreground. Buildings along street sides. Scout cars pass. Soldiers aboard trucks passing on the street. Motorized artillery and tanks passing. Several airplanes fly in formation. Flags flying on flag poles atop a building. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The U.S. Capitol in the far foreground. Buildings along street sides. A motorcade moves past. Horse-drawn units move past. Troops march. People cheer. A military band marches. Horse-drawn units towing artillery move past. Soldiers aboard scout cars moving past. (World War II period).
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