American air and ground forces cooperate in taking Aachen, Germany during World War 2. View of Allied planes. U.S. Army officers and soldiers study map Close-up view of U.S. Army soldier talking on radio. Wounded soldiers loaded on jeeps. American soldiers seated and talking in a meeting.
U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany during World War 2. Ground Forces soldiers cautiously move through a wooded area. Soldiers relax and read among trees and foxholes. Soldiers eat and drink. A soldier reads a magazine. Close-up view of "girlie magazine" showing pictures of women models posing for camera in partial undress. Text beside one woman's pictures reads "Gee Gee Gal" and "Just a lot of Polo-Ney".
U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany invasion in World War 2. View of U.S. Army infantry soldiers advancing. Wounded U.S. Army soldiers in stretcher and seated. Some wounded soldiers being removed on jeeps. View of soldiers eating and smoking cigarettes. Close-up views of faces of soldiers relaxing. Soldiers talk to each other.
American Army jeeps and ambulances pass on mud filled road near Aachen, Germany in World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers climb into truck with their belongings. Truck passes by. Two soldiers talk. Soldiers carrying bedding stand beside road. Jeep carrying soldiers passes away. Views of U.S. Army soldiers in trucks, some smoking cigarettes, talking, and smiling. Soldiers climb into truck and sit. Soldiers walk on muddy land.
Film begins showing a sign in English pointing to the Tower Room of the Malmedy Protestant Church. Views of burning buildings from German counteroffensive (The Battle of the Bulge) begun December 18, 1944 during World War 2. Fire fighter pouring water from a hose. A substantial church building in background. Fire fighters directing stream of water upward onto side of a burning building. Closeup of fire fighter directing stream of water. Ice from fire fighting efforts. Change of scene to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery exiting a building with U.S. Major General Matthew Ridgway, Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps. They greet some British officers. Closeup of Montgomery and Ridgway walking together. A tank and driver silhouetted against light sky. Allied troops riding on a Stuart Light Tank. Armor moving along a rural road. Snow on the ground. British infantry walking in the snow and then marching along a cleared road. Trucks and armored vehicles in the background.Allied troops and vehicles passing substantial buildings, as they advance. Damaged buildings near a rail line. Allied forces advancing through rural area with many trees in background. Animated map showing the Allied push-back against the German offensive, showing British forces under Montgomery pressing from Malmedy and U.S. General Patton's advancing from Bastogne. Glimpse, from above, of allied bomber over enemy target. Bombs away view of bombs dropping from bomber aircraft and detonating on the snowy ground below. Allied troops moving in snow, beside a rail line and into a town. Four Allied soldiers make a fire and warm themselves, beside a parked snow-covered M4 Sherman tank. Then they begin removing snow from the tank. Army truck moving on snow-covered road. A jeep that slid off the slippery road. Other vehicles having difficulty on the snowy road. Trucks continuing to make their way along road through the forest.
A group of American Congressmen sit in the VIP section as they witness the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal at Ichigaya Court in Ichigaya, Tokyo following World War 2. American Congressmen seated in VIP section. View of American Congressmen talking.
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