The True Glory 1945: Reel-1

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R1:00:00:17:11

Introduction by Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The True Glory is a story of the Nazi defeat on the Western front in WW2 WWII.

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Brief image of Nazi Dictator Adolf Hitler, Nazi flag waves in the breeze, CU of hands holding drumsticks playing snare drums,German soldiers march with rifles held by left hand on left shoulder slanted or pointed right. Scenes of German fortifications along the West wall of Europe including colossal coastal gun emplacements, batteries, mortars, and artillery.

R1:00:04:06:18

Scenes of British workers entering a manufacturing factory or defense plant in WWII. Various scenes of tank factory plant, woman worker in defense plant, workers in aircraft manufacturing plant, shipyard workers, women in the military, British air raid warden looking skyward, woman forklift driver, railway switching yard, military truck being loaded on merchant cargo ship Liberty Ship or Victory Ship.

R1:00:04:38:13

Cargo ship leaving U.S. port. U.S. Sailor wearing foul weather jacket, Liberty ship at sea in North Atlantic in background. Merchant ships in the North Atlantic with naval escort ships and air patrol plane. Enemy German submarine periscope is spotted, depth charges launched, explosions in water. Allied merchant ship oil freighter sinking after being torpedoed, ship explodes. Merchant seamen rescued from oil covered ocean waters.

R1:00:05:28:22

Scenes of ship tracking or status boards in English control center in WW2. British women tracking ships. CU of Enemy S/M Reports board shows latest location of German U-Boat sightings and merchant ships sunk.

R1:00:05:48:07

American U.S. soldiers board Troop Ship, CU steam whistle blowing, ship underway. U.S. soldiers on deck of Troop Ship. Soldiers below deck in sleeping compartment with racks bunks stacked 4-high. Activities of soldiers on Troop Ship, sleeping, writing, sewing on shoulder patch, playing musical instruments, playing cards. American troops land in England in WW2. British Army Band plays as U.S. soldiers walk down Troop Ship gangplank in England, soldiers debark Troop Ship in England.

R1:00:06:29:00

Street scenes in war-time England, men and women in military uniforms, English Bobby, American M.P., street and building signs, service club signs, service men and women in military uniforms of many nations. Building signs reads American Red Cross, Service Club For Women, Indian Forces Club, The Yugoslav Relief Society. Street sign reads Canadian Red Cross, Maple Leaf Club No 1, building sign reads Newfoundland Caribou Club, St. Columba Catholic Services Club, Lion Services Club, Armoured Royal Corps Club, New Zealand Forces Club, United Nations Forces Club.

R1:00:07:34:08

Sign reads War Department, Closed Area, Danger Keep Out. Various scenes of American soldiers training In England in WWII, beach landings, exercise, obstacle courses, scale cliffs, crawl under barbwire with live fire and explosions, judo, landing on rocky beach in heavy surf.