U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945
U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945
U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945: Silent, unedited, color film of U.S. military personnel in Germany in April, 1945, shot by U.S. Air Force film crews. Handwritten titles: "Madsen Q7 3 April 45 S.F.P.186 Tanks" "Killorin R'8' 4/10/45"
U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945
German Town: TLS road showing jeep & tank w/ American GIs, the tank pulls away fading into dust cloud. GV 2 tanks w/ several GIs sitting on top, parked in front of traditional half-timbered buildings. WS of German military prisoners who have been sitting at side of road standing & picking up their packs as they are about to move out. Profile MS of Sherman tank parked in the sun with American GI sitting on top and another looking out of turret. WS of Sherman tank & crew as it fires. LS German countryside w/ rural buildings on a hill, there is an explosion of smoke from either tank or plane fire. Ground to air shots of plane flying over German village, American GIs are seen in FG.
U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945
Allied Airfield: GV German airplane on airfield (maybe Fi 156). Various shots of allied airfield w/ planes taxiing & taking off. MCU/MS mechanic grinding metal on wheel.
U.S. Troops in Germany, April 1945
American Base Camp: MCU American GI hanging laundry on clothesline to dry. MSs Gis washing clothes in a metal drum full of water heated by fire below. MS GIs taking dried clothes down from line, folding clothes. MS GI seated, reading letter (mail). MS GI brushing out interior of military vehicle. MS American GI lighting fire under barrel. MCU same GI eating a cracker, smiling for camera. MCUs men at camp using wrench. MCU men conversing. MS/MCU American GIs washing military trucks, scrubbing tires w/ brushes.