The exteriors of the First Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minnesota State Capitol (Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard., St Paul, MN 55155) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The dome of the landmark state capitol building. Pedestrians walking and cars parked in front of the Minneapolis Athletic Club (the location is now occupied by Hyatt Centric Downtown Minneapolis, 615 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402).
29th Division U.S. Army soldiers on mine patrol. They walk on a road in St Lo, carrying rifles and metal detectors. They sweep above the road looking for buried land mines. A sweeper stops at an area and a soldier carefully digs looking for a buried landmine. (World War II period).
Members of the French battalion decorate in the presence of NATO commander General Matthew Ridgway. Battalion marches and officers salute.
Activities of United States troops in St Vith, Belgium, during World War 2. Destroyed road signs of St Vith and Malmedy. Smoke rises from knocked out German armor, burning.. View of burning 12 SS Panther tanks and destroyed German equipment. Destroyed vehicles from a German convoy contain captured American supplies. A destroyed car in which narrator says a German spy attempted a getaway. U.S. soldiers of an Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, from the 423rd Infantry Regiment, are seen after infiltrating 18 miles through enemy lines to reach American forces at St. Vith. They are being debriefed by another soldier. American anti-aircraft guns fire at attacking Luftwaffe aircraft all along the front. American soldiers watch the aerial activity. A U.S. soldier lying on the ground, after being struck by a 90mm unexploded anti-aircraft shell that fell back to earth and killed him. (He was a member of Service Company, 83rd Infantry Division.) Sky literally filled with contrails from Allied and German aircraft engaged in dogfights overhead.
United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment in St. Lo, France. Howitzers of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment being fired. Heavy explosives being directed towards enemy resistance. Smoke rises as Howitzers are fired. Crew of Battery B load shells in the Howitzers and fire at enemy position.
The 5th United States Army in St. Leonhard in Passeier, South Tyrol, Italy during World War II. Officer views various art paintings from the Uffizi Museum in Florence that were stolen by Nazi Germany. He points at a boy in one of the paintings. He takes a closer look at a painting of Jesus Christ on the cross. 'Andrea D Angolo' written beneath a work of art. “Venus” by Lorenzo di Credi. Paintings of Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder.