WWII - 1944, Advance on Rome; Berlin Destruction; Ike on Fifth War Bond Appeal

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Advance on Rome; Berlin Destruction; Ike on Fifth War Bond Appeal Main title: Universal Newsreel w/ flags of United Nations moving across screen bottom. 06:13:46 Intertitle: Advance On Rome, Nazis Reel Before Allied Assault. Montage: sunset on Italian Front; Night, Allied artillery firing; Day - French troops, tanks & pack animals move forward under smokescreen; Gustav Line. Little Cassino shelled, German Prisoners of War / POWs. Ruins of Castel Forte. French & American troops in the ruins of Castel Forte. British troops advance, firing big guns. German POWs. Aerials, abandoned ruins of Monte Cassino & gutted remains of town below. 06:15:16 5th Army and 8th army advance. Through Scauri. Wrecked German equipment & dead Germans. Refugees. 06:15:46 Allied planes bombing behind enemy lines. 06:16:01 Intertitle: Devastation of Berlin - Captured Nazi Films. 06:16:06 Bomb damage in Berlin. Firefighting. Goebbels looking at damage. German civilians with belongings after blitz. Bomb damage to housing, rescue workers digging in rubble. 06:16:50 Intertitle: General Eisenhower, Invasion Headquarters England. Ike, at desk, speaking, SOF: “In moments of crisis involving the safety of our native land, the American people have invariably rallied against the danger w/ courage, faith & resolution. For more than two years we have been in one of these crises, perhaps the greatest of our history. On the battlefield, & on the homefront, men & women are daily making great sacrifices so that freedom & our way of life may be preserved. There is now in progress now the 5th War Loan Drive to raise money so as to ensure that this conflict will be brought to the speediest possible conclusion & with the least loss in lives. Complete success in that drive will meet the acclaim of the forces in the field & wlll be renewed proof that all Americans are one solid phalanx of determination in this great war. All of us profoundly trust that soon this world will be restored to a just peace. Until we can, w/ God’s help, bring about that happy realization of our hopes, each of us must seek for ways & means by which the value of services to our country may be increased. For the moment we can do so by buying bonds. Let’s make this particular victory a quick & overwhelming one.” 06:18:13 The End. Buy Bonds. WW2; May44; Fighting; Economics; Battle; Italy; USA War Effort; Homefront; NOTE: VERY good quality, but sound problem on part of Ike’s speech probably on source footage. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk