Duisburg, Germany Bridge Dedication; USSR & USA meeting, Linz, Austria; Czech, US & Soviet Troops, ca May45

Duisburg, Germany Bridge Dedication; USSR & USA meeting, Linz, Austria; Czech, US & Soviet Troops, ca May45 LIB 6625 12May45 General Gerow, 15th Army opens bridge, Duisburg, Germany. LS of bridge on piers adjacent to collapsed bridge over Rhine. MS POWs shoveling gravel along approach to railroad bridge; low angle showing support piers & pan to show length of bridge; view of underside of bridge w/ collapsed bridge visible. 15:47:34 Men laying railroad track & arc welding rails on top of bridge. 15:47:46 Overhead view of ceremonial platform w/ assembled troops. View of shore in front of platform w/ Victory Bridge spelled out w/ white rocks or sandbags. Military band playing & collapse bridge behind. Generals & VIPs at attention on platform. Troops watch from beams of collapsed brige. CU General at microphone talking MOS. Medals pinned on to officers. LS of assembled troops & view from moving camera on railroad track. Three planes fly over. View of VIPs riding on open railroad flatcar. View of approaching three two-motor planes. View of two square towers at approach to collapsed bridge seen from train car. Military band playing on flatcar. 15:51:04 LIB 6626 12May45 General Patton & Gen. Zahwataeff review troops at meeting of US & USSR, Linz, Austria. Men at attention on airfield, pan to marching Patton, Zahwataeff & others arriving & MCU talking to soldiers & officers. Saluting, picture taking, MCU past officers. 15:53:16 LIB 6627 11May45 US officer shaking hands w/ USSR officers. Horse drawn wagons w/ Soviet or Czech or ?? troops along road; talking w/ US soldier. Soviet troops w/ medals dancing w/ accordionist & GI. US soldiers in jeep beside wagons on town street. Two Czech women w/ flowers talking to Soviet soldiers. Wagons leaving. WWII; 1945; Celebration; Greeting; Ceremony;