U.S. Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command Operation in the European Theater during World War 2. Gun camera footage from P-47 (or possibly a P-51) flown by Maj. Crossen from 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. He attacks German Junkers JU 88 bomber and a Focke Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. (Note: The 355th Fighter Group transitioned into P-51s from P-47s during Spring of 1944)
Tourist destinations and architecture before World War 2 in Western Germany. Elevated view as a locomotive train pulling train cars moves across a bridge and on the railroad track. Smoke comes out of it. View of coal fuel piled high behind locomotive. A large crowd gathers at a marketplace for a Catholic procession in Cologne. Elevated view of the bustling outdoor marketplace in Cologne. A religious procession winds through the streets - likely an Easter procession. Clergy in the procession and a group of nuns in habits. Clergy and sacristans in the procession, followed by young girls wearing white and carrying flowers. Clergy carrying banners. The Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) in the background.
Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany, before damage of World War 2. Gothic architecture of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). The Cologne Cathedral main entrance shows 19th century statues. The façade of the Cologne Cathedral. City scenes from a spire. Vehicles and trams on a street. Buildings and monuments on either side of the street. The Deutzer suspension bridge on the river Rhine in the background.
Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany, shortly before World War 2. Kurhaus hall of Wiesbaden seen. A fountain in front of the hall. People walk on a street. People at a healing spring, at spa houses and health resorts. Views of people enjoying spa treatments and thermal baths at the Kaiser Friedrich Therme in the Kurhaus hall. An attendant directs a spray of water at a man in a bathing suit, and then wraps a blanket around the man laying on a massage table. A woman is seen inside some kind of healing or spa treatment contraption with only her head sticking out of the top. An attendant assists her after the machine is opened and she exits. (possibly lightbulbs seen in the machine implying some kind of light or heat treatment). People at the Bad Homburg spa. A mineral water spring in Kurhaus. Other scenes of wildlife and recreation in Wiesbaden: Horses and deer in a field. A man feeds the deer. Spectators watch a tennis match. Men shoot rifles in a match. Buildings and trees in the background.
Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. Trams move on the streets of Frankfurt am Main, the birthplace of Goethe. “Frankfurt- Bad Homburg” tram. A large crowd at Frankfurt Innenstadt or historic center. Buildings on either side of a street in the background. View of the Frankfurt Opera House (Opernpl. 1, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Bridge of the Frankfurter Römer or city hall. A statue of Justitia in front of the city hall. Tower of Frankfurt Cathedral (Domplatz 1, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany) as seen from a street. Street in front of the Frankfurter Römer. Guards stand outside the hall. A large crowd goes inside the hall. People dive into a swimming pool. A large crowd of spectators.
Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. The Western Town Gate (Kobolzeller Turm, Kobolzeller Steige, 91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany), Town Wall, and Plonlein Street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. People walking on walkway of Medieval town walls (Rothenburger Turmweg). Vehicles move on the streets. People gather outside Medieval buildings at a historic center town square of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Side view of St. Jakobskirche (St James Church).
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