American GIs at Nuremberg stadium
Creator(s)
- Jackson (Camera Operator)
- Topjin (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army Air Forces. (Producer)
Scope and Content
Slates throughout give the dates of the footage (April-May 1945). Several American Air Force pilots walk into the Nuremberg stadium. They look around and one throws a rock at a swastika adorning a wall of the stadium. A slate indicates the date is May 9, 1945. Shots of P-51 airplanes overhead, then back to the soldiers in the stadium. They walk around the grounds of the stadium. One holds a camera. One of the pilots gives a Nazi salute and pretends to be Hitler; the others grab him and pretend to throw him off the stadium steps. They examine a Nazi symbol (eagle?) that has fallen to the ground. 01:05:18 A crowd of American Air Force personnel and some MPs stand around a damaged German plane on an airfield. Shots of pilots examining more German planes. Swastikas are visible on the tails of some of the planes. American Air Force personnel inside a windowed office (airplane control tower?). 01:09:19 A group of Air Force men stand overlooking an airfield. One of the men releases a balloon while another tracks it through some kind of equipment (wind calibration?). Another takes notes. Air Force men celebrate V-E Day in Germany. Female soldiers (medical) cut and serve cake to the men and a band plays. The men eat lemons and dance with the women and by themselves. More scenes back at the airfield, including a baseball game.
Note(s)
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Subjects
- CAMERAS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
- BANDS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- AIRPLANES
- WOMEN
- AIR FORCE (U.S.)
- V-E DAY
- DANCING
- MEDICAL PERSONNEL
- SPORTS/GAMES
- NURSES
- SWASTIKAS
- AIRPORTS
- STADIUMS
Places
- Berlin, Germany
- , Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.