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WWII - 1945, USA Government Documentary: True Glory, The R7 of 9

Reel Number: 221747-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944-1945

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

Location: Brussels,Paris

TC Begins: 07:23:35

TC Ends: 07:31:24

Duration: 00:07:49

WWII - USA: European Historical Compilation, 1944-1945 R7 of 9 Map w/ Arnhem, Eindhove, Nijmegen paratroop drops shown. Aerial of planes, paratroops sitting inside, crossing English Channel & coast line, paratroopers ready, view of jumping & POV falling, descending. On ground & recovering. Plane crash, running & along road. Gliders landing, some crashing. Meeting w/ British Army soldiers. Tansk & approaching bridge at Nimegen, crossing & fighting explosions, British troops fighting, supply dropping, wounded. Street fighting. CU on walkie talkie, radio-phones. Map. 07:26:59 Arnhem harbor & estuary towards sea. Dock w/ large cranes idle. Map. 07:27:14 LVT & landing craft, troops running & firing from field & dikes. Canadians & Polish troops under fire. Mine sweeping to clear Scheldt Island entrance to estuary, first ship into Antwerp harbor, cranes working unloading supplies, truck convoy, Black truck driver. 07:28:39 Night, artillery firing salvos; troops move up muddy road, tired infantry out of trucks for rest, eating & getting clothes, cleaning, showers, darts. Back into trucks. 07:30:03 Troops up muddy snow covered road; blizzard, air squadron & getting rid of snow. Marching up road w/ mule train. Firing artillery, British thru woods & dug in w/ machine guns. Women working in heavy coats in Brussels. Infantrymen laying in snow of countryside. WW2 Winter Weather; Cold; 1944; 1945; NOTE: VERY good sequences & picture quality. NOTE: Narration as first-person American & English troops.

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