Germany ten years after World War II. A construction process in Mainz, Germany. A small cement mixer in operation. A German worker wheels a wheelbarrow filled with cement blocks onto a hoist platform from where it is hoisted up to the top of the building. Another wheelbarrow is placed on the hoist platform. Two wheelbarrows are hoisted up to the top of the building. The cement mixer in operation and cement is poured onto a wheelbarrow. The operator of the cement mixer dumps concrete from the mixer into the wheelbarrow. He prepares another batch of cement. A worker with a wheelbarrow loaded with concrete wheels it in front of cement mixer to the platform. It is hoisted to the top of the building.
Germany ten years after World War 2 War damaged buildings in Mainz, Germany. A building damaged by bombs. Bomb damaged district. People walk in front of the damaged buildings. Traffic on streets in front of the buildings.
Germany ten years after World War II. Damaged buildings in Mainz, Germany. A grassland and trees. Several views of bombed out buildings.
Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers over Emden, Germany, during World War 2. They are under fire by flak and German Luftwaffe fighters. B-17 belly gunner firing at attacking German fighter plane which explodes. Scene of a waist gunner firing from inside a B-17. Bombardier crouched over bombsight in nose of B-17. Bombs exploding on targets below. View from inside of bomb bay doors opening on a B-17. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb bay. Scenes of smoke rising from explosions on ground. German aircraft being shot down. Aerial view of Emden, Germany. Several views of B-17s with bombs dropping from them. B-17 with Square B tail code of the 95th Bombardment Group. Black smoke from antiaircraft firing (flak). German fighters attacking B-17s. A new group of P-47 fighters arrive for aerial dogfights to protect the bombers. Waist gunner firing at enemy German aircraft. B-17 is hit by a German long-range antiaircraft rocket and explodes.
Carnival festival in Düsseldorf, Germany. People gather at the Burgplatz in old town Düsseldorf (Burgpl., 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany). The St. Lambertus Chuch is seen on the background. People waving various flags during a parade of floats. Men in costumes participate in the street parade. Gigantic papier-mâché effigies depicting cartoonish humans and animals decorate the floats. A large papier-mâché effigy of a bear rotates on a float. A mechanized effigy of a man drinking alcohol. Men dressed as the Michelin Man participate in the parade. Crowds watch the parade from sidewalk and terraces. Gypsy women dancing. Men feeding balls into the mouth of a mechanized effigy. An effigy of a dog with a “KOLN” collar. Men dressed in grass skirts. A band plays music. Large effigies on floats. A man on stilts carnival costume.
Congressional inspection of Displaced Persons Camp in Eschwege, Germany in the year after World War 2 ended in Germany. Congressman Frank L Chelf, Kentucky; consultant to congress man Walter M Basterdman and others along with press photographers visit the refugee camps. A herd of pigs inside one of the camps. The visiting party walks out of one of the camp and observe others. A crowd of people watch them. Dignitaries visit various houses and camps and talk to each other. A burnt Quonset hut in the camp.
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