Ruins and completely razed areas where buildings formerly stood in the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Rubble of the ruined buildings. An old woman in the ruins holds a shovel in her hands and works on top of a heap of bricks from the ruins of World War 2.
Ruins of buildings in Warsaw Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, soon after World War 2. German prisoners of war at work clearing the ruins of buildings. A cross on the top of the ruins. A horse cart loaded with debris and a man in it move on a path. Two girls move along the path. Ruins of buildings on either side of the path. A lamp post among the ruins. Workmen clearing the rubble. The horse cart loaded with rubbish on a path. Men beside it. The cart moves along the path.
A man stands on the wing of a U.S. Army customized DC-2 or DC3 aircraft outfitted with additional sensors in the lower part of the nose and a circular antennae of some kind mounted over the cabin. Newsreel notes state that the "mystery plane" is "directed by robot pilot" during a test by the U.S. Army in Oakland, California. (Likely early testing in automated flight control, blind flying, and instrument flying.) A man works on the engine. View of three men in civilian business suits, present for the flight test. (Possibly inventors or scientists who created the technology.) The aircraft taxis and takes off.
American, Russian and British soldiers near the Elbe River in Torgau Germany. They stand in front of an "East Meets West" sign on the banks of the river. Generals wait to cross Elbe River. General Reinhardt sits in racing scull. General is rowed across Elbe River in racing scull. General with others disembark on opposite shore of river. Sign "East meets West". GIs of 69th Division shakes hands with Russian Red Army soldier. GIs shake hands with Soviet soldiers. (Note: Opening cameraman slate lists date as 2-24-45, but this event is known to have occurred on April 25 - 26, 1945.) (World War II period).
The meeting place of Soviet and American forces in Torgau Germany late in World War 2 in Europe. Russian banner stretched across village street. A banner in Russian and English. Russian soldiers and women of the Red army. American generals talk to Soviet generals. American GI with two Russian soldiers. American officer and two Russian soldiers. American officer shaking hand with Russian soldier. Russian Major as he greets displaced Russian girls.
Scenes of Nazi atrocities at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany at the time of its liberation in World War 2. Bodies of victims heaped in railroad cars at railroad siding in Dachau, Germany. Faces and emaciated bodies of dead prisoners. Stack of naked bodies at crematorium. Huge pile of prison uniforms, hats, and other type of clothing removed from dead. Railroad car filled with bodies of victims. The United Nations flags over liberated camp. Flags of France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, England and United States.
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