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German view of the Battle of Monte Cassino, in Italy, during World War 2

The Italian Campaign and battle of Monte Cassino in World War Two. A map shows Italy and surrounding areas. A German soldier reads a local military newspaper called The Southern Front. View of the town of Monte Cassino, with German troops moving cautiously through the rubble. Other German troops under cover in wooded area. They observe American aircraft bombing Monte Cassino. A German officer, in a glen, makes plans with his staff. German troops move along and across a stream and take up positions behind a hill. They fire at Allied troops. Several of them fire grenades from their rifles. Advancing, they come across body of fallen American soldier. An American soldier is taken prisoner. Shoulder patch of the 34th 'Red Bull' Division is seen on his uniform. His captors smoke cigarettes with him, and examine his helmet. Several American soldiers are taken prisoner and escorted to an area where they are questioned.

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675045587
American and British prisoners of war walk along with German captors in France (WW2)

British and American troops captured as POW (Prisoners of War) in France during World War II. Captured soldiers walk with their hands on their helmets. German troops take the prisoners of war with them. Wounded POW 's sit on field near a building. They walk along with the soldiers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675045597
French and 3rd army troops enter Strasbourg and advance in the Metz area, France (WW2)

French and United States Army 3rd Army troops liberate Strasbourg, France during World War II. Tanks of the French 1st Army moves from the Swiss border. Sign reads “Mülhausen Elsaß” (“Mulhouse, Alsace”). Troops find the body of a dead German soldier along the road. They advance in the Metz area. The 9th army advances through villages in bordering Germany. Soldiers walk on the battlefield. German prisoners of war (POWs) walk along with the soldiers. Civilians holding the French flag return to their homes after the battle. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. Bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral. The street is littered with pile of handheld, small Nazi flags with swastika emblem. Men gather outside buildings discussing amongst themselves. U.S. Third Army soldiers walk in the mud. Winter weather overshoes are distributed to troops. Soldiers put on the all-weather boots. More German soldiers and officers are captured in Metz. United States Ninth Army troops enter the town of Weisweiler, Germany. Soldiers moving through backyards, chicken houses and engage in house-to-house fighting. A mortar crew fire mortars behind trench made of sandbags. A wounded U.S. Army soldier crawls to reach the outstretched arm of a fellow soldier. Injured U.S. soldier receiving treatment in aid station. Medical aid stations at various places on the battlefield. Medics treat a wounded soldier. A dying soldier lies down on the street. Soldiers carry a patient to top of a tank. They march forward on the battlefield as officers in Jeep watch.

Date: 1944, November 23
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045603
Burmese natives and U.S. troops clear mud for opening supply routes to China, Burma (WW2)

Burmese natives clear mud from roads in Burma during World War II. United States troops work along with them. They work for opening supply routes to China. Vehicles pass on road. People walk. Vehicles carrying supplies needed for the work. Workers dig out mud.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045604
Soldiers of the 7th Army fight German troops and assist civilians near Strasbourg in France (WW2)

United States 7th Army soldiers fight German troops near Strasbourg, France during World War II. An animated map depicting Nazi Germany and its radius distance to different European cities. Allied troops and tanks move along the countryside in France. Soldiers talk to French civilians. 7th Army troops engage in street fighting in Strasbourg. Tanks on the field. Soldiers fire with their rifles. Buildings and houses sustained damage. 7th Army soldiers use a battering ram to open a door. Newsreel cameraman John Doran records the street fighting. German soldiers surrender to the 7th Army in Strasbourg. Other soldiers on tanks and military vehicles. Wreckage in the area due to the firing and bombarding. A French elderly woman in black meets Allied soldiers. Soldiers help the civilians and take them to safe places. French refugees board a United States Army truck. A United States soldier picks up a pet puppy dog left behind by fleeing Nazi German forces. Medics treat the wounds of a German soldier. Medical troops carry the wounded on stretcher.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045607
Burial of U.S. POW and Belgian civilians massacred by German troops in Malmedy; Battle of the Bulge scenes, Belgium (WW2)

German troops of KG Peiper advance in Malmedy, Belgium during World War II. A map points out Belgium, Germany and France. Camouflaged German StuG III Assault Guns advance. Flamethrowers used. German soldiers fire at American positions and bombard. German soldiers pass by a U.S. Army motor convoy in flames near Malmedy. The United States Army soldier prisoners of war in the town under German guard. Red Cross personnel examine the bound bodies of U.S. POW that were found and, separately, of Belgian civilians massacred by the German troops near Malmedy (the so called Malmedy Massacre). The dead are buried in a common grave. Wrecked houses and buildings. News headline reads, "3rd Army deep in Germany." Fire blazing in supply depots left by the retreating United States forces. U.S. artillery and antiaircraft guns fired point blank at the advancing German tanks. The U.S. tank guns and machine guns fire over the snow covered battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. U.S. Army Air Force aicraft and German Luftwaffe aircraft engage in aerial dogfight combat. Contrails across sky. U.S. soldiers in snow covered forest of trees in Battle of the Bulge. General Eisenhower visits troops at the front. News headlines about Russians smashing German lines and 40 Japanese ships sunk. Views of dead U.S. soldiers on Belgian battlefield.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 7 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045610