United States Zone in Munich, Germany. Occupation forces in Germany. A German civilian with a newspaper in the pocket of his jacket. He bids farewell to a U.S. soldier. He hugs and shakes hand with the soldier. Buildings in the background. German men bid farewell to soldiers.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Reforger II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. Locomotives drive on railway tracks at Heilbronn South Train Station in Germany. Men of 16th Infantry Division guide them. M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) drives onto flatcars. A man directs them and men loaded on APC. Locomotive pulls train load of APC away from station. Locomotive travels along tracks. (Note: Other vehicles seen include: M114 ARV reconnaissance vehicle and M578 Recovery Vehicle.)
Tourist destinations and architecture before World War 2 in Western Germany. Elevated view as a locomotive train pulling train cars moves across a bridge and on the railroad track. Smoke comes out of it. View of coal fuel piled high behind locomotive. A large crowd gathers at a marketplace for a Catholic procession in Cologne. Elevated view of the bustling outdoor marketplace in Cologne. A religious procession winds through the streets - likely an Easter procession. Clergy in the procession and a group of nuns in habits. Clergy and sacristans in the procession, followed by young girls wearing white and carrying flowers. Clergy carrying banners. The Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany) in the background.
Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany, before damage of World War 2. Gothic architecture of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). The Cologne Cathedral main entrance shows 19th century statues. The façade of the Cologne Cathedral. City scenes from a spire. Vehicles and trams on a street. Buildings and monuments on either side of the street. The Deutzer suspension bridge on the river Rhine in the background.
Opening Slate states city is famous for the "Meistersinger" and as home of Hans Sachs and Albrecht Durer. Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. Various buildings seen in Nuremberg such as the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg. The Hangman's Bridge (Henkersteg Henkersteg 90403 Nürnberg) spans the Pegnitz river. Trams and people on Karolinenstraße leading to Nuremberg’s Frauenkirche. Buildings in the background. Merchandisers in front of the Adolf Hitler Platz, now the Nuremberg Main Market (Hauptmarkt, 90403 Nürnberg, Germany). A wheel cart moves on a street.
Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, before World War 2. View of the Orangery Palace. The Belvedere on the Klausberg. A garden with the Schloss Sanssouci in the background. View of the statues in the Sanssouci Palace terrace (Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany).
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