Streets

Unidentified children and woman walking on a street in the Chinese section of Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton.

Building used for a club and quarters at 250 General Solano Street, Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton.

A street in an unidentified city in Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines. Old cars can be seen parked along the sides of the street. All people are unidentified. Donor: John Paxton.

Fire at Emergency Control Administration Motor Pool on Azcarraga Street, Manila, Philippines, forces nearby families to evacuate. Smoke from fire can be seen in background. All are unidentified. Donor: John Paxton

A view of the Berlinerstrasse, one of the main streets through Berlin, Germany, which shows the operations of the women civilians of Berlin as they pass the rubbish from the ruined buildings back into the ruins by bucket chain to get it off the streets.

Some of the first Women's Army Corps soldiers to arrive in Berlin, Germany, make a tour of the sights. They are passing a building on Potsdamer Strasse where women are working to remove the rubbish from ruined buildings. All are unidentified.

American vehicles of the Second Armored Division passing down the main street leading to the heart of Berlin, Germany, which they will help to occupy. At the front of this group happens to be a Russian truck on its way out of the American zone as the Americans enter the city. Some damage from Allied bombings can be seen in the buildings along the street.

Soldiers with one of the first American tanks of the Second Armored Division to enter the heart of Berlin, Germany. This tank is one of the outposts on the Hauptstrasse. Crowds of unidentified onlookers gather around the tank.

Picture taken at a Fourth of July Celebration at the Adolph Hitler Barracks in Berlin, Germany, formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm Cadet School. Picture taken on the Berlinerstrasse at the point where General Omar Bradley stopped to watch some of the tanks of the Second Armored Division pass on their way to the heart of Berlin. Here he stands on the left of the group with his officers and Major General Floyd Parks (second from the left), who commands the American troops in Berlin, as a new type of tank carrying a 76 MM gun passes by.

A parade by British troops and flag raising ceremony held at the Franco-Prussian victory column on the Charlottenburger Strasse. This symbolizes the arrival of British troops in the city of Berlin, Germany.