Bomb littered streets in Nuremberg, Germany. Sign 'Nurnberg' with letter 'b' missing due bomb damage. Street littered with bomb damage. Bomb damaged buildings. Two United States soldiers stand around on littered street. German village nestled near edge of a river. German village in the valley. Interiors of U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in flight shows pilot.
Liberated French soldiers return to Paris. French honor band playing. Liberated French soldiers return. French officer shakes hands with liberated soldiers. Wounded U.S. soldier on a stretcher. French soldiers and civilians return after liberation. Liberated Frenchmen march off an airfield after having disembarked from U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. French band plays in honor of liberated men.
Liberated French returnees arrive to Paris, France. Child in a carriage. Carriage being loaded into a trolley. Returned Frenchmen after disembarking from U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Returnees enter reception building. French honor band plays. Returnees enter into a building.
The Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes Mountains region in the European Theater during World War II. U.S. troops retreat and lay barbed wire and land mines during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. U.S. Army Air Force bomber planes drop bombs. German prisoners of war march under guard.
Scenes from the Battle of the Bulge, and siege of Bastogne during World War Two. Large numbers of United States Army Air Force C-47B Skytrain transport planes drop parachute supplies for troops at Bastogne, Belgium. Ruins of the town of Bastogne. A street littered with dead bodies and rubble. U.S. troops advancing into the town of Haguenau on the border with Germany, and further into Germany, itself. American MPs (Military Police) search civilians and check identity cards and check U.S. soldiers in military vehicles to guard against Germans in American uniforms. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks move ahead on the front. Artillery being fired. Troops engage in street fighting. Group of Alsatian women rejoice as they are being released from a prison, where they had been held by Germans. U.S. troops advance through a wooded area. U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes speaks about the sacrifices of U.S. troops who are fighting and dying for their country and appeals to Americans, safe at home, to work for the war effort.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. HMAS Melbourne (R-21) rests on water. Two utility boats pull away from HMAS Melbourne. Forward section of HMAS Melbourne showing damage to the bow caused in the collision. Crewmen on the weather deck of a ship look towards HMAS Melbourne. A crewman up in a crane on a board ship. A crane hook swings in the air over a utility boat in skids on deck and is attached to slings. Five crewmen in the boat. Part of carrier superstructure seen in the background. A man signals on the deck of the ship. The boat is lowered in water. Australian utility boat approaches with survivors from USS Frank E. Evans aboard. Personnel on the sponsor deck of the ship watch. The boat approaches the ship's gangway. Men disembark from the boat onto the gangway and move up. The utility boat approaches the gangway of the ship. Men walk up the gangway. A U.S. Navy boat underway.
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