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A United States soldier sews winter snow capes for camouflage in Germany (WW2)

United States troops make snow capes for winter camouflage in Vossenach, Germany during World War II. A soldier puts on a white suit and a snow cape in the forest. He is assisted by another soldier. A soldier of the 78th Division makes snow capes from mattress covers on a captured German sewing machine. The soldier uses the sewing machine in front of a snow-covered dugout. Another soldier helps with measurement and cutting the white cloth.

Date: 1945, January 6
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080047
United States 101st Airborne and VIII Corps troops celebrate the liberation of Bastogne from German forces (WW2)

United States troops of the 101st Airborne Division parade on snow covered road through Bastogne, Belgium in winter during World War II. Crowds of Belgian civilians stand on the sidewalk to watch military marching band, buildings and trees covered in snow. Sign with the 101st Airborne Division insignia and words “Bastogne Bastion of the battered bastards of the 101st.”. 101st Airborne Division troops hold the United States flag as they march through the streets. Major General Troy Middleton of the VIII Corps and other military officials stand on the sidewalk to review the troops. Military trucks and Jeeps drive on the streets of Bastogne. Major General Middleton and General Anthony C. McAuliffe lead the way in a Jeep, followed by another military police Jeep equipped with a very bent wire catcher and a passenger actuating the manual windshield wiper by hand . United States soldiers casually recline and sit on top of truck. A soldier reads a speech. A banner made by the townspeople of Bastogne reads “F.N.I. Bastogne”. A man goes onstage to hand over the banner. The 101st Airborne Division receives a banner from the man, who represents the townspeople of Bastogne. A Roman Catholic chaplain makes the Sign of the Cross. Soldier holds the VIII Corps Memorandum Receipt from the 101st Airborne Division. Soldier blows a trumpet. Major General Middleton and General J. Lawton Collins review the troops in Bastogne. Medals for the 101st Airborne Division. Major General Middleton decorates the 101st Airborne Division for their heroism during the Siege of Bastogne. A soldier smiles as General Middleton pins a medal on him.

Date: 1945, January 17
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080051
The funeral for British Commanding Officer Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey (WW2)

A tribute to the passing of British Commanding Officer Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey. Funeral of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery during World War II. Sir Ramsey deliberating plans to invade Sicily with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa. Sir Ramsey exits a building with United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower before the invasion of Normandy. Sir Ramsey and General Eisenhower talking. Military officials and troops attend the funeral and internment of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The coffin of Sir Ramsey is draped with the Union Jack flag and is carried on a gun carriage on a snow covered road. General Eisenhower and other Allied generals attend the funeral march. British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women stand at attention in the snow. A chaplain leads the funeral service. Troops fire the three-volley salute during the military funeral. Dwight Eisenhower and other generals salute and pay their respects.

Date: 1945, January 9
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080053
Liberation of Warsaw by the Soviet Red Army (WW2)

Warsaw is liberated by Soviet troops during World War II. Soviet artillery fire victory salvo to celebrate the liberation of Warsaw in Moscow at night. Aerial view of Warsaw, Poland after its liberation. Smoke rises from destroyed buildings and structures. Shows Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender to Germany. Stalin and Russian generals. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his generals in Warsaw during its 1939 siege. Warsaw sign in Polish stands in front of Hitler and his group. German infantry troops firing in prone position. Buildings engulfed in flames as Warsaw held out for 18 days. Civilian refugees panic on the street. Polish garrison, commanded under General Walerian Czuma, officially capitulated to the Germans. German General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz and Generalmajor Bruno Bieler in a meeting inside a bus for signing of surrender. Polish colonel Aleksander Praglowski seen at window of bus during signing. Polish women watch as captured Polish Army soldiers are led to captivity. Polish prisoners of war (POW) gather on a field. The Red Army fight German Wehrmacht troops in Russia. Red Army tank move across the battlefield. Pillars of smoke rises far from the tanks. Howitzers and Katyusha rocket launcher firing at night. Soviet tanks on fire. Rear view of soldiers advancing in smoky battlefield. Devastation in Warsaw after its liberation by Soviet forces. Polish civilians in bombed streets, some holding newspapers. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov uses a compass on a map. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of the 2nd Belorussian Front talks to military officers. Marshal Ivan Konev of the 1st Ukrainian Front smokes a long cigarette. View of the Kremlin. Josef Stalin smiles in the Kremlin.

Date: 1945, January 17
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080054
Ninth Army Air Force B-26 Marauder bombers carpet bombing in Germany (WW2)

United States Army Ninth Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber (“Santa Barbara Miss”) taxiing and taking off from the snow-covered airfield during World War II. Crew standing on top of an M2 High-Speed Tractor (M2 Cletrac) aircraft tug watch the bomber take off. More B-26 Marauder bombers of the Ninth Air Force take off and fly to Germany. Fighters accompany the Ninth Air Force bombers in flight. Shows many German fighters being shot down by aerial gunners. Puffs of dark smoke from German Flak anti-aircraft gun fire. A B-26 Marauder shot down over Germany. Flames engulf the bomber as it falls. Bombers continue with their flight. Bombers drop aerial bombs on surface targets. Thick smoke rise from bombed area. Carpet-bombing over Germany. Aerial view of German towns devastated after the carpet bombing. The Ninth Airforce turn back to their airbase after a successful mission. Ninth Air Force fighter escorts spot German fighters following bombers. Crewmen firing with aircraft machine gun, hitting German fighters. A German fighter is shot down, bursting into flames. A shooting M1919 Browning machine gun is seen from a window. The machine gun shot down a German fighter. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress catches fire. The crewmen jump out of the doomed Flying Fortress. A German fighter bursts into flames midair. A German Luftwaffe pilot parachutes from the downed fighter. Ninth Air Force fly back to their base.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080055
German Panzergrenadier and Luftwaffe attempt to stop the Soviet Red Army offensive in the Eastern Front (WW2)

German Panzergrenadier troops use artillery, mortars, and machine guns to stop the Soviet Red Army offensive in Poland and the Eastern Front during World War II. Map of Poland with the names of cities and the Vistula River in German. German troops in dugouts wait for the Red Army. A German soldier adjusts the straps of his Stahlhelm helmet. Bombers dropping bombs over enemy positions. A bomb explodes upon hitting the ground. German gun crew firing with anti-aircraft gun (likely 8.8cm FlaK 18 L-56). Explosion in a forest. A German soldier backs away. Gun crews fire anti-tank flaks covered with camouflage. A flamethrower tank shoots flames at ground. A German grenadier tosses a fuel container from foxhole while other Grenadiers load shells into mortars in foxholes. Pillars of smoke rises in battlefield. German troops shooting with rifles and machine guns from a basement. A German soldier fires with a Panzerschreck rocket launcher. Rockets firing in salvo. A German soldier with machine gun pointing. German troops and tanks advancing. Soldier assumes prone position in snow-covered village. German Panzer tanks firing at Soviet positions. More explosions from German tanks. Panzerschreck and mortar firing. Smoke from shell and rocket explosions covers the field. German soldiers stand on snow-covered foxhole. A bomber in flight. German soldier dressed in winter camouflage coat watches the bomber drop bombs. Explosion from bombs hitting the ground. Tanks firing at enemy positions. Panzergrenadier troops firing rifles from behind fences, climb from basement or walls. Aerial view of track marks from Soviet motorized column over snow covered winter landscape. Gun camera view of Luftwaffe aircraft strafing at a Red Army motorized column. A German aircraft in flight. Bullets flying in the battlefield at night.

Date: 1945, January 13
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080057