Released United States prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Released soldiers walk past trucks. A soldiers poses with cigarette in mouth. Herman Andellt, Basdo, Illinois receives paper from female Red Cross worker. Fred Pharr of Jasper, Texas poses with cigar in his mouth. (World War II period).
Released United States Prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Released prisoners get onto truck. Truck leaves the area and soldiers wave. Board of 92nd Evacuation Hospital in the background. Two soldiers climb down stairs. (World War II period).
A person pasting a poster on the door of Kottbuser Ufer synagogue announcing resuming of religious services. A man on a ladder fixing curtain, others bringing flowers,some of them fixing lights, bringing 'Torah'. The Jews put on the Tallis- a prayer shawl with ritually knotted fringe and recite the prayers. An American soldier offering prayers and GI talking with a German during the service. (World War II period).
Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, preceding the amphibious assault during World War 2. Animation shows a map which locates Iwo Jima. Animation shows the defensive positions of Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima at various dates. U.S. Warships firing naval guns. Other ships in the background. Cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) seen at time codes 2:18-2:21.
World War 2 invasion of Iwo Jima by U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. warships continue bombardment of Japanese fortifications on Iwo Jima, but cease temorarily, allowing U.S. air strikes. U.S. dive bombers attacking Japanese positions.The Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen maneuvering close to shore. U.S. gunboats firing barrages of rockets that saturate the beach with explosions. Diagram illustrates the way heavy naval gunfire overhead is coordinated with advancing amphibious craft. Views of landing craft and battleships firing overhead in a moving barrage. Landing craft arriving at the beach.
People gather outside the Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany near the end of World War II. On the Feldherrnhalle, carefully painted in giant letters in German: "Dachau, Velden, Buchenwald - I am ashamed to be a German." A poster pasted on the wall of the hall. German civilians look at the poster with heading: "Wessen Schuld?" ("Who's to blame?" in English). Names of concentration camps where atrocities took place - Dachau, Velden (likely Belsen), Buchenwald- chalked alongside the poster.
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