White flags at the windows in Munich, Germany, at end of World War 2. Bomb damaged room of Adolf Hitler's Berghof residence and retreat at Berchtesgaden (sometimes mistaken for the Eagle's Nest which was his mountain top retreat known as Kehlsteinhaus). Snow on the mountains, seen through main window of Adolf Hitler's Berghof residence. Bomb damaged room. Guard outside the entrance, seen through underground passage. A Dodge Command car leaves main Berghof gate house. Guard salutes.
At the end of World War 2, U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division carry wooden sculptures and paintings, including the "Adam and Eve" oil painting by Franz Floris from 1550, out of Nazi German Hermann Goering's art bunker in the Wemholz area, and load them into a truck. Men walk into a building. Sign reads: "Hermann Goering's Art Collection through the Courtesy of 101st Airborne Division" Scene shifts to Hotel Hubertus in Unterstein. Guard at the entrance. Walter Andreas Hofer, Goring's Art Director, shows Nazi stolen artwork to Sgt Harold A Way, including Baroque Dutch painter Franz Hals' Portrait of a Man, possibly Willem van Warmondt, Rubens' portrait of his wife, and stolen paintings by Anthony van Dyck and Nicolaes Maes. Room filled with paintings and statues. U.S. Army truck arrives at the building, men get out of the truck and enter the building. U.S. military personnel unload paintings and statues and triptych altar, from a train onto the trucks. Virgin Mary statue at open door of the freight car.
Exterior of American Export Lines Office in Lisbon, Portugal. Interiors of offices, crowded with European refugees, including Jewish refugees, waiting to get ocean liner transport tickets to flee war and persecution during World War 2. American Nationality and export flags.
Scenes of Caldas da Rainha, a refugee town in Portugal through which many European refugees passed, including Jewish refugees in World War 2. View of cattle fair. Refugees work in the gardens. Woman hangs washed clothes on clothesline.
Port of Lisbon, Portugal. European refugees, including Jewish refugees, embark the transport ship Serpa Pinto, during World War 2, fleeing war and persecution. Men, women, and children boarding the refugee transport ship. Close up views of passengers, including young children, ascending the stairs to the ship. Ship crew members wearing tuxedos are seen on the stairway in one shot. The transport ship leaves the port into setting sun, as people wave at it from shore. Clip ends with separate shot of American Export Line refugee ship, the SS Excalibur, at the dock. In the distance, several refugees can be seen climbing walkway to board the SS Excalibur. (This ship was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1942 and renamed the USS Joseph Hewes, AP-50.)
American military capabilities on display in Puerto Rico. American artillery troops parade at the Henry Barracks in Cayey, Puerto Rico, home to the 2nd Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment. Military trucks pull artillery guns over mountain roads. Range finders give coordinates to the artillery crew. Artillery guns being fired. U.S. pilots parade on the newly-built Borinquen Army Airfield, home to the 27th Bombardment Squadron,and elements of the 25th Bombardment Group, equipped with B-18A aircraft. B-18 bombers take off from the airbase. Aerial view from above a formation of B-18s flying over the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico. (World War II period).
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