Motion Picture MP2016-7
Administrative Information
News film compilation of World War II footage from March through May, 1945 (Castle Films # 158), depicting battles of the Allies against German forces in Germany, the death of Benito Mussolini in Italy, the liberation of concentration camps, and the surrender of Germany to end the war in Europe.
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Shot List
The titles indicate content in the clips that follow:
0:00 Victory Over Germany
0:02 U.S. Troops battle toward Rhine in mighty final offensive!
0:19 March 1945, Cologne, Germany’s fourth city, falls to U.S. First Army!
1:02 Americans capture vital Remagen Bridge in amazing surprise maneuver!
1:21 U.S. Engineers bridge Rhine with pontoons!
1:33 Allied air might shatters vital remains of Nazi communications!
1:48 British and Canadian forces cross Rhine to capture Ruhr!
2:03 Vast airborne force lands to widen beachhead!
2:27 New rocket weapons destroy remaining fortifications to speed progress of Allied Armies!
2:49 Thousands of Allied soldiers are freed!
3:04 Generals (Dwight D.) Eisenhower and (George) Patton look upon unbelievable Nazi atrocities! (concentration camps liberated)
3:44 Hands across the Elbe…Yanks and Russians meet!
4:16 The Yanks capture Nuremberg, center of Nazism!
4:29 Hitler, the arch criminal, in his glory!
4:41 Now the Yanks and Old Glory!
5:01 On all fronts, the allies sweep toward the heart of Germany!
5:25 Berlin falls! Moscow rejoices!
6:17 April 28, 1945 In Milan, (Benito) Mussolini and his Fascist henchmen are executed by Italian partisans!
6:43 May 2, 1945. Million German troops in Northern Italy capitulate to Lt. Gen. W.D. Morgan
7:22 May 4, 1945. South of Hamburg, Field Marshall (Bernard) Montgomery accepts unconditional surrender of enemy armies in the north
7:57 May 7, 1945. Germany Surrenders
8:29 Nazi Col. Gen. (Alfred) Jodl signs unconditional surrender to U.S. Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith representing Allied Supreme Command!
9:06 General Eisenhower, elated over hard-earned victory, accepts pens that sealed Germany’s doom!
9:17 Freedom-loving millions everywhere hail victory over Germany!