The 5th United States Army in Saint Leonhard, Italy during World War II. Officer takes a look at the paintings stolen from Florence Italy by Nazi German forces. Soldier open a door and officer enters another room full of paintings. He takes a look at the art objects.
German civilians in a city on the Elbe River, gather around a poster containing Law Number 5, issued by the Military Government-Germany (American Occupation forces). It announces the dissolution of the Nazi party. Next, a German Army medic talks to an American, near a huge pile of German military uniforms, military equipment, and accessories. Civilians including former German soldiers throng a town square, adding items to the pile. A woman pulls uniform items from her wash basket. An American soldier talks with a German woman as bystanders watch and listen. A man and boy look at a small rifle before the boy throws it on the pile. View from above of the square with people crowded around the pile of castoffs in its center. Women placing officers' swords on the pile. Complete change of scene shows a U.S. soldier from the 3rd Army, in a salt mine, in Merkers, Germany, on April 15, 1945. He is perusing Nazi seized and stolen jewelry, cutlery, and precious metal trinkets in a case. Another soldier looks at a bar of gold and displays it for the camera. Many wrapped gold bars are behind him. German currency bank notes are seen in the hands of a soldier. Numerous packages of currency sit in the background. American soldiers show some of the stolen art works also hidden in the salt mine. Among the seized paintings seen is "Wintergarden," by French impressionist painter Edouard Manet.
Rector Professor Leo Aryeh Mayer working inside his office at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Givat Ram Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel). The office of Professor Leo Aryeh Mayer, Rector of the University. Mayer is the Professor of Art and Archaeology in the Middle East. Administrator of the University Dr. D. W. Senator and Registrar Mr. Ibn Sahaw arrive in the office to confer with the rector. The Rector talks to the Administrator.
Vendors of books and art works display their wares outdoors, in Paris, France. Books, novels and other literature displayed on stalls on sidewalks of Paris. Men sell books. People buy books. Paintings displayed at stalls across the Paris streets. Artist seen at work. A child looks at the paintings. A cat on a bench.
Academics and fine arts education in African American schools in the United States. Contributions made by African American men and women in every sphere of American economy. African American men at work in a factory. Men work on various machines. African American scientists conduct experiments in a laboratory. Students pour chemicals into test tubes. An African American farming family works on a farm field, and examines cows at a dairy farm. African American young man operates an adding machine. African American woman typist at work typing. Close-up views of her hands on the typewriter. African American dentist works on a young girl's teeth.
A film about academics and fine arts education in African American schools in the United States. Students in a photography class at Tuskegee University (1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, United States) in Tuskegee, Alabama. A girl seated as a man clicks her picture. The girl poses and smiles. Negatives hang from the roof of a room. The students develop the photographs. They work on the negatives and positives.
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