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Innsbruck Austria - Mohne Dam Hamm Germany

Public Domain Stock Footage Innsbruck Austria - Mohne Dam Hamm Germany

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keywords: wwii, european theater, innsbruck austria, liberation of city, american 103rd infantry division, hamm germany, mohne dam, defensive fortifications, water netting, shrapnel barriers

Synopsis: Unedited footage of Innsbruck Austria, annexed by Germany in 1938 and liberated on May 3, 1945 by the American 103rd Infantry Division, plus the Mohne Dam near Hamm Germany in 1945 detailing the defensive works to deter air and water attacks...(read more)

  • Date: 1945
  • Duration: 00:07:50
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Austria, Germany

Innsbruck Austria - Mohne Dam, Hamm Germany

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Liberation of Innsbruck, Austria 1945

People of Innsbruck Austria line the street waving white flags greeting the U.S. soldiers of the 103rd Infantry Division. Shows jeeps, tanks, and other military vehicles entering Innsbruck. Shows a tank crushing rifles laid in the roadway by the people of Innsbruck. Various street scenes of Innsbruck Austria crowded with people. Innsbruck street scene with snow covered mountain in BG. CU of people of Innsbruck Austria.

Mohne Dam, Hamm, Germany

Low elevated view of the Mohne Dam in 1945. After the Mohne Dam was breached by "dambuster" bombs in Operation Chastise conducted by the R.A.F. in 1943, the Germans constructed aircraft and "skip bomb" defenses. Shows tall steel towers and netting as protection against low flying planes. Cu of buoys and netting in the reservoir as protection against the British "dambuster" bombs. CU of wall of netting hanging from downstream face of dam. Shows U.S. troops driving across the Mohne Dam. Various scenes of Mohne Dam defenses. Motorcycle on dam roadway, scene of bomb defenses on both sides of dam. Shows what appears to be "fake" gun emplacements made of wood. Various scenes of the netting on the downstream face of the Mohne Dam.