Early 20th century ceramic clay pottery and handicrafts in the United States. Under a sign saying “CLAY” is a display of ceramic art depicting vases, pots, plate, and a frame. The clay ceramics on display are glazed and some are embellished with Eastern and floral motifs.
Scenes at liberated concentration camps near end of World War 2 in Europe. A man opens crematory ovens at Buchenwald concentration camp. Heaps of bones and ashes. Sign of oven manufacturer: J A Topf and Sons, Erfurt, Germany. Men empty an oven of burned bones. View of instruments of torture in prison at Lublin, Poland (possibly part of Majdanek Concentration Camp in Lubin?) Victims of torture by Nazi German captors. Dead bodies of victims killed near fence at "schlachthaus" (slaughter house) in Leipzig Germany. Women look through fence at the dead. Bodies of victims who died attempting to flee burning barn. Local German citizens walk amongst the dead lying in concentration buildings and yards. German citizens are pressed into service loading the bodies of the dead on litters and into trucks. Concentration camp survivors are seen being given food and assistance. Two emaciated young victim survivors (they appear to be teenage boys) share a bowl of soup. German soldiers held as prisoners of war. German tribunal considers charges against Nazis. German citizens removing Nazi victims from mass grave. Bodies of the dead laid out on hillside. German citizens visit Buchenwald and see display of Nazi art and keepsakes created from human skin and bodies of victims.
The 5th United States Army in Saint Leonhard, Italy during World War II. Sign Board reads 'Saint Leonhard'. 5th United States Army jeep crosses a bridge. Scenic view of houses in the valley. Soldiers speak with Italian children. Officer shakes hands with soldier. Officer takes a look at the stolen art paintings from Florence by Nazi Germany. Name on the painting reads 'Robens Pietro Paolo'.
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.
Tennis queen Helen Wills Moody starts as an artist in oils, San Francisco. Helen Wills Moody makes an oil painting. She creates pictures of flowers and still-life that indicates a fine appreciation of art. Helen Wills Moody with her pet dog.
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