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U.S. airmen greet their families after being freed by the USSR at the Wiesbaden Air Base in West Germany.
U.S. airmen greet their families at the Wiesbaden Air Base in West Germany. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) frees 9 United States airmen whose straying airliner was shot down in flames over Armenia. Airmen get off an aircraft at the Wiesbaden Air Base. They greet their families and loved ones. They gets into a bus.
German civilian Matthias Gierens is hung until death for murdering a downed American flier in Germany in World War 2.
German civilian Matthias Gierens, a 37 year old railroad worker, is hanged in Rheinbach Germany for the August 15, 1944 murder of a downed American flyer, who was later identified as U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lieutenant Lester E. Reuss, from Forsythe, Montana. Reuss was the navigator on U.S. Army B-17 bomber #42-31183 which was downed by German aircraft after it attacked the Airdrome at Wiesbaden, Germany. Gierens and three other German civilian men, Peter Kohn, Peter Back, and Matthias Krein, were convicted on June 2, 1945 in Ahrweiler, Germany, for the murder of the American airman after his parachute landing near Priest, Germany. The trial was the first Allied trial in Germany of civilians charged with a war crime. Military police are seen escorting Gierens toward the gallows in a prison yard in Rheinbach. A German Catholic priest performs the rites. U.S military officer reads charges as Gierens is readied for execution (the officer is possibly Lt. Col J.V. Roddy, of San Francisco, who was in charge of the hanging). Trap door opens and Gierens is hung. The U.S. Army executioners were Master Sgt. John C. Woods, a former Texas State executioner, and Staff Sgt. Thomas Robinson, of Bronx, New York. Witnesses present included seven U.S. Lieutenant Colonels and one British officer, a number of Military Police, news correspondents, and photographers.
Motorcade for President Kennedy passes through crowded street to Wiesbaden Air Base Operations
A motorcade for United States President John F. Kennedy passes the crowded Hainerberg Circle in Wiesbaden, Germany. Security in motorcycles surround the motorcade as they move on the road. President Kennedy arrives at Wiesbaden Air Base Operations. President Kennedy inspects various aircraft from his limousine at the airbase. Air Force crew stand at attention for President Kennedy. A United States Air Force officer greets President Kennedy. Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II cargo aircraft are seen.
U.S. Information Agency informs people abroad about American life and culture through radio, libraries, concerts, and exhibits
Worlwide activities of the U.S. Information Agency. Four men in a bar in Italy. Narrator refers to European apprehension right after the war about America and the atom. The Italian men are polled and now understand about peaceful uses of atomic energy. Maps showing 200 U.S. Information Agency posts in 80 countries. An "Amerika Haus"in a major German city. Germans enter and peruse books and newspapers. An "Amerika Hause" book mobile (autobucherei) drives into a German village. Local people enter and browse the bookshelves. A boy selects a book entitled "Christoph Kolumbus" (Christopher Columbus). A german policeman perusing a book. A man walking out with several books. A discussion group, under auspices of USIA, gathered around a table. A concert with orchestra and chorus (Conductor appears to be Wilhelm Furtwängler, of the Berlin Philharmonic, who died in 1954, so this is likely a shot from 1953-1954 range). A sign on building in Berlin reads: "RIAS" (Radio in American Sector). A German speaking radio announcer in RIAS broadcasting. People visiting the "Family of Man" exhibit which originated in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and shown in 37 countries abroad, under USIA sponsorship.
U.S. troops greet a buffalo calf as he arrives to join the 510th Tank Battalion as mascot in Germany.
The U.S. 510th Tank Battalion, of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, in Germany. The unit's roots go back to 1866 (Buffalo Soldiers). Troops lined up for a fun ceremony welcoming their 100 pound baby Buffalo mascot, from Allentown, Pennsylvania. An Army truck with canvas cover sits as backdrop. The canvas is painted with their buffalo unit insignia and the word "Geronimo." A Lieutenant Colonel and a noncom bring the calf forward and it drinks from a container held by the Colonel, who then places large "dog tags"around the calf's neck. The tags read " Allen T. Geronimo" and give its serial number as 12345678, and key dates as 1954. Unit band then plays.
Italian pilots with Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany
View of Italian Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes parked on a flight line at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, in West Germany, during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, in September, 1951, A U.S. Air Force A U.S. Air Force pilot, in flight suit, is perched on the wing of one, looking into the cockpit. Italian aircrew members are standing nearby. Closeup of the U.S. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the Vampire jet. Closeup of him in the cockpit. He wears a side cap with Captain's bars insignia. He smiles as he peruses the controls and instruments in the aircraft. Several Italian Air Force officers stand and converse next to a Vampire Jet plane. One wears a flight suit. Another man joins them and gets ready to smoke a pipe.
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