United States soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division raise a large U.S. flag to cover a German Swastika emblem on top of the Tribune at Zeppelinfeld in Nurnberg,Germany, near end of World War 2 in Europe. Commander of the U.S. 7th Army Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch, Major General John W O'Daniel and other officers review the troops from the speaker's platform of the Nuremberg Zeppelin Field. At a ceremony General Patch awards Congressional Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel Keith Ware, Lieutenant John J. Tominac,Sergeant Russell E Dunham,Sergeant Lucian Adams and Private Wilburn K. Ross.
United States troops pass in a convoy of trucks, jeeps, trailers, and an M36B1 tank destroyer through the streets of Tambach in Germany. during World War 2. Townsmen gathered across the streets watch as the convoy passes. Officially named the M36B1 Gun Motor Carriage this tank destroyer is based on the M4A3 Sherman hull with a tank destroyer (TD) turret housing a 90mm gun. Only 187 were manufactured. Based on the registration number on the side of the hull (W40190915) this one is serial number 616 and was manufactured by Fisher Body Div. of the General Motors Corp. There are very few combat photos of this rare TD variant.
German invasion and destruction of Warsaw, Poland, during World War 2. Smoke rises from the distant burning city of Warsaw. Germans soldiers fire artillery shells on the city. People run through the devastated city streets. Ruins of smoking and wrecked buildings. German troops, vehicles and heavy armor advance along the road to Warsaw. Smoke rising from city square. Scene shows dead horses and horse skeletons on the streets. Man cuts meat off a horse's corpse. A building on fire. Narrator talks about final broadcast of Warsaw Radio in September, and the unique chime sound of the Warsaw Radio program is heard. Exact Warsaw locations shown are unknown, but some shots could be from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Shows the fall and destruction of Warsaw, Poland during German invasion of Poland in World War 2. Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, deputy commander of Warsaw, walks to a bus in which German officers await to negotiate a cease fire. He is seen inside, through the window of the bus as they discuss disposition of forces using a map. Nazi occupation of the city and bombed ruins. Examples of Polish resistance in the city, such as man on his knees in a tunnel, firearms, printing pamphlets, man setting type and running press, distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets, German poster announcing executions in Lublin, Poland. Exact Warsaw locations unknown, but some possibly within the Warsaw Ghetto. Scene shows men pasting anti-Nazi posters, doing graffiti on wall, taking still photographs. Wrecked bridges and trains.
Clip opens with on screen text giving information on administration of electric shock therapy, and on the patient about to be shown. Scene shows a young schizophrenic United States Marine Corps private, sitting in a wheel chair at the St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC. The 19 year old man was brought to the hospital after a experiencing a mental breakdown on his way to military basic training (during World War 2). A doctor (psychiatrist) examines him. The patient gives no response to the doctor's questions and has no reaction to pin pricks. The doctor's assistants transfer the patient to a gatch bed. The bed is lifted to produce a moderate hyper extension in the patient's spine. The doctor spreads electro-jelly on both sides of the mental patient's forehead and applies electrodes. The electro-shock apparatus is connected to a 110 Volt AC outlet. Electro-shock (shock therapy) is administered to the patient in a 0.3-0.5 second's time interval. Mouth gag is placed in the patient's mouth during shock administration.
U.S. Army soldiers come in from breakfast with lunch kits in their hands in Colomiers, France, during World War 2. P-61 aircraft (Black Widow) can be seen parked in background. Farmer plows a field with pair of oxen. French workers gather stones to repair a runway.
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