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WWII - 1945, USA Government Documentary: True Glory, The R6 of 9

Reel Number: 221747-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944-1945

Country: Belgium,Canada,England,France,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Brussels,Paris

TC Begins: 07:14:30

TC Ends: 07:23:21

Duration: 00:08:51

WWII - USA: European Historical Compilation, 1944-1945 R6 of 9 Burning Nazi cars, tanks & equipment on roadside. Dead body. POV down road past wreckage. Rows of bodies; German prisoners along road, past dead in ditches. Under machine gun guard in field. Thousands of Nazis surrendered, waiting. CUs young soldiers, old men, officers. Walking along road, into field. Map. 07:16:40 Burning German equipment, Nazi troops running past. Map. 07:16:52 Allies look at map on jeep. MCU. Tanks, half-tracks etc roll fast toward Paris, thru villages. Paratroops dropped, more tanks & vehicles along road. 07:17:59 French soldiers fighting in Normandy. French officer out of jeep to applause; tanks move toward Paris. Thru villages. 07:18:50 Empty Champs-Elysees toward Arc de Triomphe; streets w/ pedestrians. People watching from upper floor apartments as Germans leave Paris; people at sidewalk cafe. Police in street; German flag; street fighting in Place de la Concorde; French flags put out. People running in street; wounded; Free French Forces. Hotel de Ville, people in streets, crowd cheering. French Army arriving crowds greet, wave w/ General de Gaulle walking. 07:20:16 Map. Germans launching buzz bombs. GOOD. 07:20:46 Map. Aerial of British & Canadian troops towards Brussels. Seen thru villages, people wave, appauld. CU sign: Bruxelles / Brussels. Tanks thru streets, soldiers greeted. MCU women waving. 07:21:44 Infantry walking across farm field; take prisoners. British & Canadians given milk/ or ??. Soldier in top hat walking under umbrella. POV past soldiers (Germans?) on bicycles along country road. Mass of marching German prisoners. Soldier beside road in jacket w/ Canada on back. Damaged Flying Bomb launching site. l 07:22:35 Fighter plane Little Homer Pigeon fighter taking off. Black soldiers putting up communication wires onto poles. Infantry walking thru town, shaking hands. Allied soldiers watching USO show tap dancer. Tired troops along dusty road; tanks past. WW2; France; Belgium; Fighting; Surrendering; NOTE: VERY good sequences & picture quality. NOTE: Narration as first-person American & English troops.

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