WWII - 1945, Germany: Allied Forces Meet on Elbe, 03May45 WWII - 1945, Germany: Surrender of Germans, Schwerin 03May45

WWII - 1945, Germany: Allied Forces Meet on Elbe, 03May45 (dark afternoon?) USSR / Russian & American officers & men on river bank talking, smoking & drinking. 00:00:57 3 USSR soldiers lying on river bank w/ machine guns at ready; small raft in distance crossing river. 00:01:08 CU One soldier fires MG. 00:01:13 Russian troops w/ raised drinks greets arriving US soldiers getting out of rubber raft on swift flowing Elbe river; meeting, kissing & embracing. LS & MS posing. Trading hats. 00:03:01 Black / slug. 00:03:34 German soldiers using boats & rafts cross river to US side aka towards camera. 00:04:06 LS barges crossing or up river l. to r. 00:04:29 Russian soldiers standing waving at camera. 00:04:43 End & next slate. WW2 Infantry Celebration; WWII - 1945, Germany: Surrender of Germans, Schwerin 03May45 00:04:46 Slate 03May45 Sgt. H.R. Thompson, camera. 00:04:48 German soldiers on foot, in trucks & horse drawn wagons thru town fleeing Russians . Civilians watching, walking; refugees & wagons, bicycles on cobblestones. 00:05:51 Slate: Same, Unit 1211 Roll 2. 00:05:53 Tractor pulling multiple wagons w/ people pushing bicycles & walking behind. 00:06:13 Truck pulling multiple trailers loaded w/ German troops. 00:06:31 LS & MS Refugees & bags out of trucks. 00:06:53 Slate: Same, Roll 3. 00:06:55 Long column of refugees, German medics / soldiers w/ arm bands. walking & riding in farm carts passing. 00:07:56 Slate: Same. Roll 4. 00:08;00 Marching German officers / POWs / prisoners leading soldiers past in MCUs. 00:09:01 Slate: Same. Roll 5. Civilians roll overloaded car back; hooked to team of horses & pulled past. POWs walking. WW2 End of War Retreat; 1940s;