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keywords: wwii, european theater, operation market garden, nijmegan paradrop, german p.o.w.s, nazi death camps, giant granite nazi swatiska
Synopsis: A thorough overview of WWII Europe touching on all aspects the land, sea and air campaigns, V-E Day celebrations, the damage and destruction of Europe after the surrender of Germany and Italy plus scenes of Operation Market Garden, massive parachute drop at Nijmegan, General Dwight D. Eisenhower in planning session, combat damage and desolation of German towns, flashback to burning buildings in London, flashback of the destruction of Warsaw and Stalingrad, thousand of German P.O.W.s, discovery of Nazi Death Camps and their liberation, giant granite Nazi Swatiska on top of the Zeppelin Grandstand is destroyed in a massive explosion and more...(read more)
- Date: 1940's
- Duration: 00:14:11
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe
Lest We Forget Reel-8 Reel-9
Operation Market Garden. Airborne operation at Nijmegen involving more than 3100 tow planes and gliders. Ground to air view of single tow plane towing two gliders. Allied troops cross flooded areas of Holland in boats. Navy landing craft ferrying troops across the Rhine River. CU image of C-46 Commando plane that has a jump door on each side of the plane. Interior shot of C-46 showing paratroopers jumping from both sides of aircraft. Great footage of 82nd airborne troops jumping from aircraft, thousands of parachutes fill the sky. Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne jumping at Nijmegan. Tanks and other vehicles crossing Rhine River on pontoon bridge.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower confers with other generals. More German Soldiers surrender, close-up of prisoners. Hundreds of German POWs guarded by U.S. soldiers. Allied Army moves through German towns that have white flags extended from windows. Towns where the German Army resisted were destroyed.
German women crying over destruction of their homes. Flashback to burning buildings in London, destruction in Warsaw, Rotterdam, and Stalingrad. Crashed German planes, destroyed German equipment and bodies of dead German Soldiers. Thousands of German prisoners of war (POW's). Liberated Allied soldiers cheering as American troops roll by. Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, General George S. Patton, and others view the horror of a Nazi concentration camp and see German atrocities and war crimes first-hand. Liberated concentration camp inmates are loaded aboard ambulances.
German civilians looting stores and homes and fighting over dwindling goods. Allied soldiers and tanks fight their way through a German city, fighting the Nazi die-hards and fanatics who refuse to surrender. German civilians waving white flags and smiling. U.S. and Russian soldiers greet each other in a iconic event at the Elbe River in Germany. American and Russian Officers and troops. Flashbacks of German Dictator Adolf Hitler at a Nazi rally in Berlin. Giant stone Nazi Swastika symbol at the Zeppelin Grandstand in Nuemberg is blown up in a massive explosion as stunning visual that Nazism has been defeated.
Shot List:
R8:00:00:13;01
Single tow plane tows two gliders
R8:00:01:21;00
Navy landing craft ferrying troops across the Rhine River
R8:00:02:38;02
CU air-to-air shot of C-46 Commando aircraft, interior shot of C-46 showing paratroopers jumping from both sides of aircraft, sky filled with parachute canopies
R8:00:06:48;04
Flashback to burning buildings in London, destruction in Warsaw, Rotterdam, and Stalingrad
R8:00:07:29;00
Crashed German planes, destroyed German equipment and bodies of dead German Soldiers
R8:00:08:12;07
Thousands of German prisoners of war (POW's)
R8:00:08:43;10
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, General George S. Patton, and others visit a concentration camp and see German atrocities and war crimes first-hand
R9:00:00:11;05
German civilians looting stores and homes and fighting over dwindling goods
R9:00:01:20;09
Allied soldiers and tanks fighting the Nazi die-hards and fanatics who refuse surrender in each city
R9:00:02:04;03
U.S. and Russian soldiers greet each other in a historic event at the Elbe River in Germany
R9:00:03:27;05
CU of a giant stone Nazi Swastika symbol at the Zeppelin Grandstand in Nuemberg, Flashbacks shows LS of Hitler at a Nazi rally, Nazi Swastika symbol destroyed in a massive explosion marking the defeat of Nazism
