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Military Newsreels: 1945 - Issue 21
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keywords: wwii, european theater, germany, rhine river, airborne glider troops, amphibious tanks, prime minister winston churchill, field marshal bernard montgomery, general dwight d. eisenhower
Synopsis: Rhine Barrier Smashed. American and British armies poised to cross the Rhine River starting with Operation Varsity, a joint airborne operation that dropped 16,000 troops across the Rhine River. Troops of the British 2nd Army and American 9th Army cross the Rhine River. And drive toward Berlin...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:10:02
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Germany
Military Newsreels: 1945 - Issue 21
00:00:15:00
British RAF Typhoon planes attack marshaling yards, command posts, rolling stock, and troop positions with rocket fire. Pilot's point of view pov of rockets streaking toward ground target. Bombers of the British RAF bomb Germany day and night in March 1945. Bombs falling toward ground targets and bomb explosions striking ground targets. Night scenes of burning German cities and explosions of bombs.
00:01:51:16
Scenes of British GAL.49 Hamilcar gliders being loaded with jeeps, guns, ammunition, and other supplies. British 6th Airborne Division troops load into gliders. Royal Air Force RAF Handley Page Halifax bombers take-off pulling gliders loaded with British 6th Airborne Division soldiers. Excellent WW2 glider footage.
00:03:51:00
U.S. 17th Airborne Division troops load into C-47 transport planes and embark from France for jump into Germany. Tragedy strikes as a C-47 troop transport plane crashes on take-off and explodes in a ball of fire.
00:04:52:00
American glider troops load aboard Waco CG-4 gliders. Single plane pulls or tows two gliders. In the C-47 parachute planes American paratroopers jump out of both sides of plane at once. Sky is filled with parachute canopies as paratroopers jump out of planes and float down to earth. Gliders are released, some gliders crash. Troops land and move out.
00:07:13:00
Amphibious tanks of the British 2nd Army drive into the Rhine River and cross the River in a never ending stream. Troops of General Simpson's 9th Army crossing the Rhine. The Rhine River barrier is smashed. Tanks and troops drive toward Berlin. Captured German prisoners POW's are ferried across the river to the Allied rear area. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery cross the Rhine and are shown with General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
