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German civilians dig graves and bury Nazi atrocity victims in Gardelegen, Germany.

German civilians forced by U.S. Army soldiers in World War 2 to dig mass graves for Nazi atrocity victims of the Gardelegen Massacre, in Gardelegen, Germany. Bodies of slave laborer political prisoners on the ground, including Russians, Poles, and French, many of whom had come from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp and the Hannover-Stöcken Concentration Camp . A large barn in the background on the Isenschnibbe estate, showing evidence of fire damage, where many victims were found by the U.S. Army 102nd Infantry Division on April 14, 1945, after having been locked in the barn which was then set on fire on April 13, 1945. German civilians uncover nearby existing hastily dug mass graves containing piled victims. Dead bodies placed in new graves and covered with dirt. Civilians under U.S. Army direction dig long, mass grave trenches to bury the dead.

Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023571
Mutilated and burned bodies of Nazi prisoners, including Russians, Poles and French at a barn in Gardelegen, Germany.

Aftermath of the Gardelegen Massacre: German civilians dig grave for Nazi atrocity victims in Gardelegen, Germany. Mutilated and burned bodies of one thousand political deportee prisoners, including Russians, Poles and French, in and around a large barn. United States Army Infantry troops view and inspect the bodies, and supervise German civilians being forced to dig mass graves for the victims, who had been transported to the barn from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp and the Hannover-Stöcken Concentration Camp during World War 2.

Date: 1945, April 26
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023572
African American soldiers play various musical instruments.

A band of African American soldiers give performance. Soldiers playing various musical instruments. 1917-1918, during World War I.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023645
YMCA volunteer women provide refreshment to U.S. troops arriving in Coblenz, Germany. Troops visit YMCA library.

World War 1 U.S. troops greeted by YMCA volunteer women with refreshments upon arrival at train station in Koblenz,Germany. Troops seen checking out books and magazines and reading in a YMCA library.1917-1918.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023646
Red Cross worker and medical corpsmen attend to wounded U.S. soldiers at Fleville during WWI.

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) wounded soldiers being assisted by Red Cross and medical corpsmen during World War 1. U.S. soldiers gathered around a number of wounded lying on the ground on stretchers. A senior Red Cross worker, using a cane, makes the rounds, stopping to visit with the wounded soldiers. Several medical corpsmen, wearing red cross arm bands, accompany him. He gives a cigarette to one soldier and converses with him. He bends over another wounded soldier, holding what appears to be gum and such, in his hand. He chats with the soldier. Medics carry wounded on stretchers to a tree line, where a sign identifies a Red Cross Post. A medic unwraps first aid supplies from a box. The medics bandage the arm of a wounded soldier. Closeup of the wounded soldier. They give him a cigarette. Closeup of him smiling and smoking.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023653
Henry Brown, a farmer with his family visits his older son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron training in Tuskegee Alabama.

Henry Brown and his wife and two children board a horse cart. The horse cart moves, passing fields, trees and stores in Tuskegee, Macon County, including WJ Brantleys grocery market and the Macon Theatre on Northside Street. They reach an Army Air Force Base (Moton Field). Henry's eldest son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers in World War 2) receives them. They all move to the aerodrome where planes are parked. Henry's eldest son gets ready for a flight. He enters the cockpit. The plane takes off. The two children wave their hands. Henry and his wife look to the sky.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023998