WWII - Color, 1945, Germany & England: Ammunition Dump; V-E Day; Allied Advance. Apr-May45

WWII - Color, 1945, Germany & England: Ammunition Dump; V-E Day; Allied Advance. Apr-May45 Ammunition dump near Leipzig - shells etc under tarpaulins. Nazi eagle on wall. Signs re explosives - no smoking etc. Refugees waving, brief and fogged. German prisoners of war lined up, American soldiers giving instructions. 08:02:52 Smiling British repatriated / released soldiers. French refugees / DPs along road with troops. German POWs into pen / holding area. 08:04:08 Germans prisoners marched across shallow river to camp. 08:04:42 Winston Churchill at desk being helped w/ microphone etc getting ready to make broadcast. Churchill reading from paper, shielding eyes from lights, looking very grumpy. 08:05:39 Churchill through walled garden / Blenheim Palace (?), applauded by female staff, out gate & into open top car, smoking cigar, tips hat - car off into Parliament Square ?, bystanders waving. 08:06:09 Big Ben showing 3pm. 08:06:38 Students parade in celebrations near Houses of Parliament - carrying wooden statue draped w/ school colors. Pan across crowds filling Parliament Square. Crowds at attention, soldiers salute. Union Jack flying. 08:07:58 Crowds mob arriving cars. 08:08:36 Top shot David Niven in uniform. Niven signing autographs. Crowds - mace carried into Parliament Square preceding procession of Lord Chancellor, followed by Winston Churchill and other MPs - past Westminster Cathedral entrance. 08:11:00 Celebrating crowds in back of horsedrawn cart - Australian soldiers. 08:11:14 Man selling The Evening News newspapers - headline “Germany Surrenders”. British soldiers reading papers. US soldiers in jeep. Students parade in celebration with statue. 08:12:03 East of Nuremberg. US military truck convoy up & past - sign Nurnberg. Women outside shop watch. Good shots trucks driving onto & crossing bailey bridge. 08:14:20 Refugees / DPs ? along road towards camera. WW2; NOTE: Sold at single reel rate.