01 stoppage in Flensburg Flensburg Harbour. Dönitz's Admiral uniform to ship Patria. Soldiers are investigated with arms raised before capture. British tanks. Grand Admiral Dönitz and general peace Castle left the Hadrian. Barracks with National Socialist emblem (large). German officers with folded hands behind the head are examined and sampled. British flag flies on House. Dönitz's interrogation. Speer Minister of armaments, General Jodl, and Grand Admiral Dönitz (all great). General von Friedeburg dead in stock. Himmler's corpse on the ground. Hand large poison vial. William Joyce (English spy, called Mister Howhow) is worn by soldiers on a stretcher and transported in the car.
Crown Prince OLAF is welcomed by the British commander (88 m) 02 Crown Prince OLAF in Oslo. Proceeds from front of the honor guard. Scottish pipe band and British soldiers parading. OLAF on speaker's podium (total).
(23 m) 03. Cologne city of rubble, in the background the silhouette of the Cathedral. Ruins of houses in the Kaiser Wilhelm Ring. People go through Trümmerstraßen. Wreck of a bus. Behind rubble wall with inscription "with the leader to victory". Nun goes through the debris field. Destruction of "Church of the Holy Apostles" (outdoors). "Mary" (inside). Ruin "Gürzenich concert hall". Own stone gate from the 14th century intact. Ancient Roman city wall behind bare trees. 2nd-century Roman tower. British soldiers in the streets. Cologne station, burned out dome roof with sign "Cologne Hbf". Railway station (total), in the background Cathedral. Torn railway tracks and bridges. Shield (large) "prohibition! Historical monument. The entering and removing parts of the monument is strictly prohibited." Interior of the Cathedral. Swivel external facade. Destroyed apartment blocks, Rhein bridge, destroyed in the water hanging.
(73 m) 04 Bergen-Belsen. The end of outside barracks. Inner Hall with superimposed provided beds and sick. Doctors treat patients. Soldiers wear body in a rug to the mass grave. Dead in the mass grave. British soldiers with folded hands before that. Former prisoners in the dining hall. Prisoners, partly bald shaved are transported on trucks. Wave women. British soldiers shoot salute. Barracks are set on fire with flamethrowers. Prisoners as viewers laugh. Long shot: Burning barracks.
(41 m) 05 Rangoon free British ships before landing. Flying bomber. Warships fire. Dog on ship to scratching (large). Shipwrecked in the water. Captured Japanese blindfolded. Soldiers go ashore, wading through mud. Indigenous peoples help. Walk through swamps. Harbour backdrop with cranes. Population cheers. Boy brings eggs and bananas as a gift for soldiers. Rickshaw drives through the street. Marching soldiers.
(47 m) 06 military Government old man (flea markets) with bag is from Anderson House. Women with head scarves outside shops. Sign off limits to all U.S. personnel (large). Electromechanical factory workers work on transformers. Fountain. Workers with Cap (large), American soldier with a steel helmet (large). Woman with headscarf front table with American soldiers. Debris. Jeep with AMIS. Man speaks with bicycle with soldier. Before the crowd. Military police driving through crowd. Jeep lock entrance. Woman at the window. Man and woman alone, go through lonely Street in houses. Front door closes. Small dog runs through lonely Street.
(71 m) 07. food for Dutch children scaled-down people and children sitting on bench. Starved boy (large). Verhungertes child on mother's lap (large, body stranded on). Neglected children in the stroller. Close-up of the child. Children with metal plates. Women serve food in large pot. Children eat and be fed. Many children on the way to school with pots. In the pews of the class is eaten out of pot. (Boy, tall). Gebetin the class with teacher. Praying boy alone.
(56 m) 08 use of all forces against Japan negotiating table in San Francisco. Representatives for Russia: Foreign Minister Molotow, Canada: Mackenzie King, Australia: Foreign Minister Ewert, England: Foreign Secretary Eden, greet each other. Executive Committee of the United Nations Conference is in session. Hangar with Boeing aircraft. People go "On to Tokyo" giant aircraft with inscription and cheer. Monument to "Fly the American flag on the island Ibotima" is inaugurated. Crowds. Night shots of lit streets of New York. Dome of the Capitol, Washington, (screen lit). Statue of liberty, illuminated (large).
(59 m) 09 Milan celebrates its liberation Italian freedom fighters ride on trucks through the city. Cheering people. American anti-tank cheering greeted. People wave and wave the American flag. Roadblock. Tank. German soldiers with knapsack go under guard in a prisoner of war. Motorcade drives through streets. Milan Cathedral (large). Mass on streets. Fire syringes are used. Fascists executed by the are on the road. Mussolini and Clara Petaccis bodies. Kicks and angry crowd. Bodies are hung up on feet.
(89 m)
01 extra time in Flensburg - Flensburg near the last act. Grand Admiral Dönitz and his staff have fulfilled the tasks which have been provided by the Allied military Government. On the docks of Flensburg, where the Hadrian ship is at anchor, they migrate now the prisoner of war. Officers will be investigated for weapons and poison and dissipated. For the last time, Grand Admiral Dönitz leaves the Hadrian, the seat of the military Government. German officers will be brought from their makeshift headquarters. These men were among those who, although there was no spark of hope for a German victory, so long continued the war until Germany was in ruins.
The British flag is in Flensburg. Grand Admiral Dönitz is are subjected to an interrogation like any other prisoner. Minister spear, General Jodl, Grand Admiral Dönitz, they plunged Germany into trouble. But some tried to shirk the responsibility. General Admiral von Friedeburg took poison. As Himmler. Another fall alive into the hands of the allies: William Hayes, known as the Lord how how, will be brought to England and put on trial. The curtain falls on the last act of the war in Europe.
02. Crown Prince OLAF in Oslo on the Quay in Oslo Norway's people welcomed Crown Prince OLAF, who returned home from England. He is received by the commanding officer of a British Airborne Division, whose Truppen form the guard of honour.
After the Germans had occupied Norway, Crown Prince OLAF escaped with King Hakon and the Government and continued the fight against Germany from England. Now his people is free, and Crown Prince OLAF's Homecoming is the symbol for the success of Norway's freedom.
03. Cologne Cologne lies in ruins. The Cathedral in the background, the emblem of Cologne, almost intact. This was the Kaiser Wilhelm Ring. This car will no longer run. The Church of the Holy Apostles. The Church of St. Mary. Here was the Gürzenich Concert Hall, in which the Cologne heard Haydn and Bach and Beethoven. The own stone gate, built in the 14th century – undamaged. The old Roman city walls and the Roman tower of the 2nd century. The Cologne train station. Ripped tracks. The Interior of the Cathedral. Admission for military and civilians from the military Government banned. The Hindenburg bridge. This is the German city: Cologne on the Rhine.
04. Bergen Belsen the former concentration camp at Belsen. The allies did everything in their power related to the people who found her still alive, au save. They took doctors and nurses and medicines. They brought food and clothes.
But another 40 people died as a result of many years of brutality daily.
The last meal in Belsen, the first real meal. These people are free. They have suffered because they thought differently, as Hitler wanted it. British soldiers fire as an expression of camaraderie for the dead of Belsen which burn down the polluted camp. But the fire, which always should clean the German spirit of Belsen, which need to be German.
05. Rangoon free after months fighting in the marshes of pestiferous and British troops in amphibious vehicles go over the thicket of Burma to the attack on Rangoon. British fast bombers take Japanese motor boats under Board weapon attack. Surviving Japanese soldiers will be brought ashore.
There were troops of the British 14th army, which made the landing. Indigenous show its willingness to help the liberators. Rangoon, the capital and the largest port of Burma, is freed after three years of Japanese rule. The population of Rangoon brings gifts, bananas and eggs their liberators. Well, the war with Germany has ended, Allied troops get out with ever increasing force to the final strike against the last enemy: against Japan.
06 some wait for opening of shops military Government. Others go to work in the factories. This operation, for example, or what remains of it, is already underway. The electro-mechanical factory, which produces batteries for load - and tram cars. As soon as possible the destroyed industrial plants of in Germany are restored under Allied military control in operation, in the service of peace. However, wait elsewhere many personal problems to their solution. How soon, asks she must take in an other village. In their replies, the officials are just as strict as fair. To maintain order in the city, military police cars make the road round, while other cars of Police directing traffic. A crowd has accumulated from a burned-out shop. From the police car that shuts off the entrance, they are assigned their ways to go until the curfew at night again comes into force and the House corridors are closed, the streets are deserted, and the life of the city stretches back behind the walls. There is order and calm. In the towns and villages of in Germany, acted is the laws of the military Government.
07. five food for Dutch children for years occupied Holland by the Germans. During their invasion, Allied troops saw how children have paid the price for Germany's war. Sick, starved to death. The allies have given command, the limited amounts of food in Europe must be distributed so that those who have the longest starving are nourished first. Germany will have to wait. These come first. Field kitchens in the streets of Holland. Holland children receive hot meals. Months will pass before they are healthy again. Some of them will never recover. On the way to school. They carry not only their books, also pots, and now, during the break, they get a lunch, as an add-on for the rations, which they get at home.
Holland is free again. After the meal they pray and thank God, which back peace and freedom has brought them 08 use of all forces against Japan now, earned the victory in Europe, is the Executive Committee of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco begins the struggle for a lasting world peace.
The main representatives are Russia's Foreign Minister Molotow, Canada Makenzie King, by Australia Foreign Minister Ewert, from large Britain Foreign Secretary Eden. You work with America on this mission, which is so important for the future of civilization.
While working the Boeing North San Francisco airplane works for the victory in the far East. To celebrate of the defeat of Nazi Germany, these men and women have made a super fortress, outside of the production program. With enthusiasm, they cheer for the giant bombers, which will soon Center on Tokyo.
A new campaign to draw war bonds received lively support, typified in this monument, representing the raising of the banner of American star on the island of Ibotima (?). And the flag that blew over Ibotima is raised in New York. Again, New York is the city of radiant light. For the first time since America's entry into the war, to the celebration of the victory in Europe, the dome of the Capitol in Washington is again lit. The white light, the statue of liberty is the millions of Americans and immigrants from Europe known. The unshakable will and America's power resources are in action against Japan.
09 Milan celebrates its liberation there were Italian freedom fighters who liberated Milan. Trucks brought them into the city, where they were greeted with jubilation. -A fascist. -American tanks of the 5th Army roll up in Milan and will be received with enthusiasm. Officers entering the German headquarters, to accept the surrender of the last SS battalions. As prisoners of war, these Germans are protected from the crowd.
Mussolini abdicated and capitulated even before the great cities were destroyed. That the Germans continued their fight on Italian soil after 1 1/2 years and the destruction took no end, the Italians can not forget. Drive the German troops on the way into captivity at the Milan Cathedral by. Here is the Italian flag.
For days, the Milanese in the streets celebrated their liberation. Fire were deployed to maintain order.
At this point, 15 Italian freedom fighters were killed. There are now also many fascists executed by the. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci. According to the will and action of the Italian people, fascism in Italy is dead.
