Motion Picture MP59-2
Administrative Information
Well captioned, good quality personal footage of people and events in France and Germany at the end of World War II. People in the film include Truman, Stalin, Churchill, DeGaulle, Eisenhower, Jodl, Marlene Dietrich, and Kay Summersby. Events covered include the surrender of Germany and the Potsdam Conference.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 00:00 | Memories of World War II (title) | |
| 00:02 | Still photo of Stalin, Truman, and Churchill | |
| 00:18 | Still of the unconditional surrender of Germany at Reims, France, which ends the war in Europe for World War II | |
| 00:28 | Kirke B. Lawton, photographer | |
| 00:53 | Churchill and DeGaulle at Unknown Soldiers Tomb, Paris, France, November 11, 1944 | |
| 01:37 | Churchill and DeGaulle | |
| 01:45 | British Guard of Honor | |
| 02:25 | Churchill and DeGaulle | |
| 02:33 | French Sailors or Marines | |
| 02:46 | Churchill and DeGaulle | |
| 03:25 | Eisenhower decorates the 101st Airborne Division, March 1945 | |
| 03:39 | Eisenhower and Gen. Maxwell Taylor | |
| 03:53 | 101st Airborne Division | |
| 05:19 | Kay Summersby – chauffeur | |
| Captain Harry C. Butcher – naval aide | ||
| 05:38 | Marlene Dietrich with soldiers | |
| 06:00 | Crossing of Rhine River near Wesel Germany – March 24, 1945 | |
| 06:40 | German field with sheep | |
| 07:15 | First crossing of the Rhine Rive over the Ludendorff bridge at Remagan, Germany | |
| 07:37 | Two Airborne Divisions | |
| 08:28 | Trucks with pontoons to form portable bridge to the Rhine River | |
| 09:10 | The pontoon bridge | |
| 09:47 | 50 miles North of Cologne ammunition, food and medical supplies are dropped by cargo planes | |
| 10:00 | British work on east shore of Rhine River | |
| 10:18 | American Intelligence Headquarters for examining German prisoners | |
| 10:25 | Mine detectors | |
| 10:37 | German prisoners | |
| 10:55 | Return to west side of Rhine River | |
| 11:02 | Cemetery used as defense area in German retreat | |
| 11:08 | Ferry made by Britain | |
| 11:38 | Supplies and food | |
| 12:03 | German Rhine village burning | |
| 12:12 | British Military Police | |
| 12:57 | Brereton, Lewis H. | |
| 13:25 | Buffalo tanks | |
| 14:11 | Pontoon Bridge – March 26, 1945 | |
| 14:17 | British troops moving | |
| 14:41 | Field set up with G-2 or Intelligence Information | |
| 15:40 | Jeep made into an ambulance | |
| 15:45 | German Cemetery | |
| 16:02 | Goebbel’s home on left – church center – servants quarters on right | |
| 16:16 | Moat around castle | |
| 16:45 | G.I.’s look for souvenirs | |
| 16:59 | West side of Rhine River | |
| 17:13 | German prisoners | |
| 17:33 | Ambulances return from front | |
| 18:12 | South of Colfax – American 6th Army cross the Rhine River | |
| 18:45 | Steel balloons | |
| 19:17 | German trenches | |
| 19:40 | Steel balloons to protect the pontoon bridges | |
| 19:52 | Leave Heidelberg, cross Rhine over the Bailey Bridge – May 5, 1945 | |
| 20:12 | Vineyards at Heidelburg, Germany | |
| 20:22 | Reims, France, surrender of Germany | |
| 20:47 | Colonel General Alfred Jodl meets British Chief of staff of the British 21 Army Group | |
| 21:06 | Emblem of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force | |
| 21:08 | Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force | |
| 21:44 | War room where surrender of World War II took place | |
| 23:14 | Jodl – center; Aviation Aide – right; Navy Aide Admiral Van Friedburg – left, German – English interpreter – back; May 6, 1945 Sunday | |
| 23:31 | General Smith, General Suslaparoff, British Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham | |
| 24:03 | General Smith signs 5 copies of surrender | |
| 24:10 | General Spaatz, General Suslaparoff | |
| 24:30 | General Sevez | |
| 24:42 | General Bull | |
| 24:51 | Spaatz, Suslaparoff, Smith, and interpreter for Russians | |
| 25:08 | Jodl signs the surrender | |
| 25:52 | The surrender paper | |