From April to November of 1945 Cartier-Bresson made a short 29 minute documentary co-directed with United States Lieutenant Richard Banks about the return of prisoners of war and detainees to France. When he was rumored to have been killed in the war, Le Retour spurred the Museum of Modern Art to start preparation of a “posthumous” exhibition. The film was screened at the opening of this exhibition in 1947

 Gestapo Informer (1945)

Japanese prisoners of war are bathed, clipped, &quot;deloused,&quot; and issued GI clothing as soon as they are taken aboard the USS NEW JERSEY. Prisoner bathing. December 1944. Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs. (Navy) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 080-G-469956 WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #: 1305

Japanese Prisoner of War Bathing

The horrors of war: the shredded body of a german soldier is hanging on the wreck of a german medic-truck. more dead soldiers are on the ground and on the truck. an allied &quot;jabo&quot; attacked the truck in spite of the red-cross-flag.