German attack on Russia during World War 2. German He-111 bombers in flight over Gomel, Russia. Pilot in the cockpit of an plane. Bombs dropped. Soviets fire antiaircraft guns and FLAK smoke is seen. Bombers in flight and again drop bombs. On the ground, Soviets set off smoke screens in attempt to obscure targets.
German prisoners of war in Loriol, France under American guard. Two French female collaborators in a United States military jeep lead the procession of German prisoners in Loriol, France in World War 2. U.S. Military police herd the POW group along a small mountain road.
Wrecked German equipment in Loriol, France during World War 2. Wrecked equipment along the road due to Allied artillery and aerial strafing. Piles of wrecked equipment and rubble along road sides. A man pushes a cart loaded with boxes. Wrecked personnel carriers, tanks and other German equipment.
Displaced civilians and prisoners of war in Germany near end of World War 2. Displaced persons get off the trucks at a German non-com school in Bergzabern, Germany where they will be housed. People stand in a line. Refugees prepare their meal over an open stove. Displaced persons receive food at Red Cross portable kitchen. 2200 American prisoners of war after being liberated from stalag 9-B in Breslau, Germany. Prisoners being addressed by an American officer at the camp area. A soldier with a tin stands in a line. A soldier with a chunk of bread. Released prisoners receive coffee in mugs and they drink it. Medics carry a man on a litter out of a building. Soldiers receive cigarettes and rations.
Displaced people in Bergzabern, Germany a about a month before the end of World War 2 in Europe. .Film begins showing destroyed buildings and rubble in the town. A long extension ladder is raised in an open lot. Many people are gathered in a street and in a large field. Some in the field are cooking meals. An American army truck is parked in a vacant lot, next to a covered elevated platform. Closeup of people obtaining water from a pipe at the platform. A large number of people assembling in a field where others are dispensing soup from large buckets and distributing other foods. Milk is being ladled from large milk cans into containers held by recipients. Closeup of a young man eating from a large bowl.
United States 99th Infantry Division soldiers attempt to cross Danube in Neustadt, Germany during World War II. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 395th Regiment of United States 99th Infantry Division rest behind the dikes. Soldiers talk and smile.
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