WWII - 1944, Belgium: Siege of 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne

WWII - 1944, Belgium: Siege of 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne Planes overhead. Low aerial of partially wrecked city, snow on roofs & ground, trucks thru street. C47s overhead & parachutes opening. 10:00:42 Soldiers & trucks w/ trailers on snowy farm field, supplies dropping by parachutes from low C-47s. Spotter plane over low. 10:01:06 Nearly intact C47 w/ snow covering on after crash landing; CU J* on nose; camouflaged tank w/ snow. LS Soldiers crossing field. Dug in to snow on hilltop w/ machine guns, MCUs & CUs. 10:01:54 Tanks firing from field, explosions. Men on field telephones directing fire, CUs. GOOD. 10:02:28 Men firing rifles; explosions on opposite side of field. CUs from behind, cartridges out of rifles. 10:02:48 MCU two surrendering German w/ mittens raised brought in by GI. 10:03:07 GI looking into crater or ?? in woods, wounded, nearly dead German slowly moving hand, blinking & moving lips. GIs carrying wounded German on litter / stretcher. 10:03:35 Pan group of German prisoners of war standing under guard w/ Allied vehicles passing behind on road. MCU officers questioned. POWs moving off. 10:04:07 US officers single file thru forest in snow, one w/ walking stick. 10:04:14 High angle of US troops under trees, some on field radio telephone; MCU soldier w/ binoculars, looking across valley. Men in tank pointing; MCU gunners, troops around tanks. POV past tanks, soldiers; gunners; men in foxholes, tanks moving up, infantry moving. 10:05:10 Burning German tank, troops on ground alongside. Medics carrying litters. Infantry moving along road, MCU of feet on ice & snow, passing wrecked tank, downed trees. GOOD. 10:06:04 Rifle in snow marking dead. MS Pan prisoners digging graves in front of brick wall. 10:06:30 MS destroyed burned trucks, GI past, looking at bullet holes in truck & jerry cans. 10:06:59 One-star General Anthony Mcauliffe & two-star General Maxwell Taylor past building w/ broken windows & sign, Bastogne. MCU. Shake hands & walk away. 10:07:29 Assembled troops at ceremony on bare parade ground. Allied officers at attention on platform, soldier playing pipes beside. MCUs of individual officers receiving medal. 10:08:01 Jeep w/ flag w/ Red Cross flag past; Men carrying wounded on stretcher into tent of field hospital. Medics beside jeep w/ red cross on top. 10:08:25 Tracked vehicle spinning tracks on ice while pulling large artillery, GIs put chain under for traction. CUs tracks spinning. Soldiers shovel sand from army trucks. Truck pulling track vehicle. GOOD. 10:09:29 GIs marching out of Bastogne on snowy road; CU feet. MS men past. WW2; Winter Weather Conditions; Cold; NOTE: Siege of Bastogne 20-27Dec44, part of Ardennes Offensive & larger Battle of the Bulge. NOTE: Very good quality & coverage!