WWII - Germany, 4th Armored Division Takes Gotha, 03-04Apr45

WWII - Germany, 4th Armored Division Takes Gotha, 03-04Apr45 US tanks into town; white sheets hanging from building & German POWs in front. Half-track truck w/ US soldiers past; troops marching, others riding. Overhead shot of street activity & vehicles coming into town from two streets. Tanks fast up cobblestone streets. MP directing traffic, a few people watching from sidewalks. Street sign: Erfurt 24 km. 04:37:26 POWs w/ full packs toward & past camera led by US soldier; crossing street to assembly area. German women & girls, some men, watching from sidewalk. GOOD shots of people watching tanks. 04:38:53 Slate 04Apr45 Gotha. People watching street activity. MCU of German POWs assembled. Tanks passing w/ prisoners massed behind fence in front of building. POWs marched. 04:40:02 German plane wreckage beside countryside road, tank & jeeps passing. 04:40:38 Tank in brush burning beside road, flames & heavy black smoke. 04:41:11 LIB 5137 Gotha streets from high angle w/ activity of American military vehicles, POWs & civilians. Troops marching thru & standing w/ blankets. Many views, many different sizes & types of equipment. More POWs marching to assembly point. One legged German officer on crutches crosses street. German medical officers. 04:44:22 Anti-aircraft gun on tank being fired in MCU. Troops on muddy road by underpass beneath railway looking at sky. US army soldiers in building entrance way. Soldiers running from field to vehicles in road. Smoke on horizon from crashed plane or ??. 04:45:03 Tank in narrow street beside building w/ white flag out window & heavy roof damage. 04:45:07 Gotha street w/ tanks etc. passing thru residential street. CU sign Erfurt 24 km. End of War Activities; Fighting; Prisoners; German POWs;