Occupation of Ottweiler, Germany 21Mar45; Wire laying near Barth, Germany 22Mar45; 11th Armored Leaves Worms, Germany

Occupation of Ottweiler, Germany 22Mar45; Wire laying near Barth, Germany 21Mar45; 11th Armored Leaves Worms, Germany 05:24:44 21Mar45 Surrender flags hanging from buildings; US army walking & in trucks & jeeps thru town; tanks & other military past camera. Medics. A few people on street. 05:25:44 Local people looking at posted notice. Old men & woman, boy. CU Military Government - Germany Supreme Commander’s Area of Control, Law No. 5 - Dissolution of Nazi Party (English & German). 05:26:47 German prisoners marched down sidewalk, mostly officers. One group w/ hands on head. Marching past destroyed houses, rubble. 05:27:52 22Mar45 Plow laying wire near Barth, Germany. Men load roll of communications cable thru plow device, move forward pulled by tracked vehicle & laying cable beneath turf. Men ride & guide depth. Views passing camera & CUs. Past cattle in field. 05:29:53 View down road of line of tanks stopped in small town; heavily loaded w/ men. Sign Basement PW. Vehicles along highway out of town; past destroyed building. Tank stopped in front of large building w/ sign: Georg Steinmetz; man on top sketching. Man tanks arriving covered w/ soldiers w/ destroyed buildings lining street. Men w/ rifles & field packs off, walking forward thru destruction. Temporary sign in street: Strassenbrucke Worms. German POWs walked toward & past camera. WWII Mopping up; End of European War;