United States Army soldiers walking through flooded, muddy forest road in Merode, Germany following heavy rains during World War II. The American soldiers walk carefully through soft mud. Close-up views of legs and boots of U.S. Army soldiers walking in deep mud that completely covers boots. Soldiers’ feet lift out of the mud as they move. Soldiers and medic tie cables onto two trucks’ bumpers as they prepare to free a truck stuck in mud.
German Aeronautical research facility in Stuttgart, Germany before World War 2. German technicians opening doors on top of aircraft engine test room. Propellers run on high speed during engine tests. A technician opens door. A large machine that runs engine tests. Technicians operating test consoles. A Tacho Waage speedometer measures engine test speed.
Germany and Japan defeated in World War II. The defeat of Germany is celebrated in United States. Scenes represent the life of a typical Japanese soldier: a flag is raised to celebrate his birth; boys in uniform play war; troops sack Nanking; and in1944 he is killed to attack over harbor in America. In a dramatization, a soldier with an American machine gun is killed. Dead Americans. American soldiers honor their dead comrades covered with United States flag.
U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge in the Western Front of World War 2. A map points Belgium, Germany and France. United States Army soldiers move forward in snow on the front. They pass through the Ardennes. Scenes of U.S. and German soldiers. Snow and ice covered forest. American soldiers on tanks and half-track vehicles. U.S. troops cross the Rhine River over a captured bridge at Remagen. The 1st. Division continues to move through Germany all the way to Czechoslovakia. German soldiers load up into trucks at war's end. Soldiers smoke, talk and rest. A soldier talks on phone. Quick scene from Nuremberg trials.
President Harry S. Truman of United States addresses the nation after his return from the Potsdam Conference, following conclusion of World War II in Europe. President Truman sitting at a table giving his speech. He briefs about his plans to rebuild social, political and economic life in Germany. He discusses disarmament, eliminating Nazi German ideology, redefining education, factories and industries for peaceful purposes would lead to the reform of Germany.
Animated sequence shows flags of Allied forces advancing through France against German forces during World War 2. U.S. and Free French flags shown in South of France and British and Canadian to the North. Beyond the Seine River, German soldiers are seen watching the launch of V-1 buzz bombs against London. Aerial views of British armored units racing towards Brussels, Belgium. Local people wave and applaud them as they move through villages towards Brussels. Crowds greet them joyfully as they enter Brussels. American soldiers crossing fields and entering the boundaries of Germany. British soldiers (Tommies) being given drinks by Belgian man in Brussels. American soldier walking with another who is clowning around, wearing a top hat and carrying an umbrella. Line of surrendering German soldiers on bicycles. A German Army Division, of about 20 thousand soldiers marching along a road to surrender. Canadian troops advancing in the North, happen upon a deserted German "flying bomb" site. American P-51 fighters operating on a German airfield. African American U.S. Army troops setting up communications systems on poles. Allied troops being entertained by USO performer. British and American troops moving through Germany.
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