(Prisoner) General Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt in Germany soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Gerd Von Rundstedt talks with German officers. Jeeps and aircraft in background. Rundstedt boards a American C-47 Skytrain plane. U.S. Army and German enlisted soldiers and officers. German officers stand around the plane.
Refugees and evacuees returning to Vannes, France during World War 2. A girl rides a bicycle with a baby in the basket. Buildings seen alongside the streets in the background. Civilians stand outside a building. Some people walk on streets. A British officer looks through binoculars and a nurse powders her nose. Trees seen in the background. The exterior of an Institute building used as a Headquarters by German Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. A sign near building steps warning of mines. A jeep on a road. The refugee return with their belongings. Mothers with babies. Nuns escorting children who just arrived by bus. Stone walls in the background. Horse carts loaded with luggage on the roads.
U.S. Army soldiers and and French civilians on the streets in Le Mans, France, a few weeks after its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. Soldiers rest outside a movie house. Shops and cafes seen in the background. GIs, men and women drink outside a sidewalk cafe. A table of three British soldiers is seen. GI trucks pass by in the background. Trucks and tanks come down a street. A French girl gives apples to a truckload of American soldiers. French African soldier and African American soldiers fraternize and shake hands. They smoke cigarettes.
The Registration Day at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Colin Kelly III, son of America's First Combat Hero during World War 2 enters the United States Military Academy (Colin Kelly Jr who was shot down in his B-17 three days following Pearl Harbor, after bombing the Japanese Cruiser Natori. He remained at the helm long enough to permit his crew to bail out. His own parachute did not open after his bail out). On the Registration Day officers inspect the new cadets. Colin gets the regulation hair cut. A tailor takes measurements. Officers inspect as the new cadets march past.
Activities at American-occupied Ober-Olm airfield (Y-64), county of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany, immediately after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Men look over a damaged United States Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft on the airfield. Mechanics disassemble parts of P-51D fighter aircraft. Wrecked United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft of the 393rd Fighter Squadron (8L on fuselage), 367th FG and P-51 aircraft of the 356th Fighter Squadron (AJ on fuselage), 354th FG on the airfield. Damaged wing and tail assembly of P-51. Wreckage under props. Nose of P-51D aircraft reads 'Sweet Janie.'
Aerial view of a concentration camp area in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War 2. German convoy move on streets. Grasslands seen on either side of the street. Buildings seen. Prisoners Concentration camp. German surrender convoy. German soldier group surrenders. Prisoners and equipment lined up on a field for surrender.
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