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Military Newsreels 1944 Issue 44
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keywords: wwii, european theater, d-day invasion, normandy invasion, liberation of rome italy, normandy beachhead
Synopsis: D-Day Invasion, U.S. 5th Army Enters Rome Italy, Beachhead Expands In Normandy...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:09:52
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe
Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 44
Gateway To Victory, Normandy Invasion. The amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy by American, British, and Canadian troops. U.S. soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day. A soldier is shot and falls within yards of the edge of the water. Heavy seas and U.S. troops pinned down behind cliffs on Omaha Beach.
B-26 Marauder bombers in flight and dropping bombs on German positions inland to prevent movement of German reinforcements. Massive ground explosion of bombs.
Destroyed German defense positions and dead German troops. Various scenes of captured German prisoners. Street fighting in small French town. German prisoners (POW'S) are loaded onto landing crafts on the Normandy beachheads for shipment back to England.
Scenes from the Italian Front; low aerial view of Rome. General Mark Clark watch as the 5th Army troops enter Rome. Bomb damage to rail yards by Allied bombers. 5th Army troops and tank crews are greeted by crowds of waving Italian civilians as they enter Rome. Italian civilians attack French collaborationists found hiding in the German headquarters building.
Low aerial views of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. People rush to St.Peter's Square to hear Pope Pius XII address the people.
Massive Allied convoys of troops and supplies crossing the English Channel on way to the Normandy beachheads. Destroyed German tank. B-26 Marauder Bombers continue to blast Nazi positions from the air. Fighting in small French villages. German soldiers surrendering with raised hands. Allied tanks moving into a village. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey and General Bernard Montgomery hold a meeting aboard a ship. General Montgomery, Commander of land forces for the Normandy invasion, returns to the Normandy beachhead aboard a DUKW Amphibious vehicle after a shipboard meeting with "Ike" the nickname for General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
