The True Glory 1945: Reel-8

Shot List:

R8:00:00:20:21

Battle of the Bulge. On December 16, 1944 German launched the last major offensive on the Western Front in WWII (WW2) attacking Allied positions through the Ardennes Forest. Scenes of explosions from German artillery, German tanks crashing through the trees, fiery explosion, American jeep with rear end on fire flashes by, U.S. soldier ducks behind tree.

R8:00:00:55:00

Map of battle area. Scenes of German tanks and troops advancing in surprised attack. American troops fight as they retreat. Dead and wounded U.S soldiers. Various scenes of Medics in action on the front lines of the battle field.

R8:00:02:25:11

Fighting in Bastogne. American soldiers and tanks firing at Germans in Bastogne. CU machine gun firing, intense combat scenes, scene of burning German tank.

R8:00:03:00:04

Scenes of British troops and tanks moving through Belgium to join the American forces in the fight to stop the advancing Germans. Scenes of Belgium civilians afraid the Germans were returning. Scene of a British machine gun crew, Middlesex Regiment, firing a Vickers machine gun in the Battle of The Bulge in WW2 (WWII).

R8:00:03:23:19

American soldiers in snow covered trench. Weather clears, Allied planes bomb and strafe German forces. American soldiers loading and firing mobile rocket launchers. Allied forces advance. Brief image of African-American tank Commander, 761st Tank Battalion, riding with head out of hatch of tank.

R8:00:04:46:17

Images of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Russian Dictator Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference February 1945.

R8:00:05:14:06

British Field Marshal Bernhard Montgomery, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley look at map. General Eisenhower ordered all areas west of the Rhine River to be cleared. The Allied Armies start a drive across the Rhineland against the German divisions under the command of Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt, tanks firing, troops advancing, German soldiers surrendering, rocket launchers firing and Allied aircraft bombing.

R8:00:06:08:16

Canadian 1st Army and British 2nd Army soldiers in the northern section west of of the Rhine River. The Germans had released water from the Ruhr River dams flooding that section. Heavy street fighting. Scenes of soldiers of the American 29th Infantry Division follows behind tank near Monchengladbach, Germany. German soldiers running to surrender. German woman displaying a white surrender flag from building window in Monchengladbach, Germany.

R8:00:07:15:11

Soldiers of the American 1st Army Armored Division enter Cologne, Germany and cleared the buildings of the remaining Germans. Assault Boats on trucks moving across Belgium to the Rhine River. Machine laying smoke screen for assault boats to cross the Rhine river. View of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. The 9th Armored Division crosses the Rhine on the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen. Sign on bridge reads Cross The Rhine With Dry Feet Courtesy of 9th Armoured Division. British and American troops crossing the Rhine River in an amphibious operation.

R8:00:10:04:09

Large number of German POWs being marched to the rear. Scenes of an armada of C-47 planes in flight in Operation Varsity, the Allied airborne assault over the Rhine River. Paratroopers of British 6th Airborne Division and the U.S. 17th Airborne Division. Jumping from aircraft with the sky filled with Paratroops dropping on the east bank of the Rhine. Allied forces crossing the Rhine River on all fronts and advancing into Germany.