WWII - 1945, Germany: Mieratien (sp?) Rhine River Crossing & Thru Town 23Mar45

WWII - 1945, Germany: Mieratien (sp?) Rhine River Crossing & Thru Town 23Mar45 Slate: Camera W.G. Snowden. Many tanks & other large vehicles on steep Rhine river bank w/ town behind. Landing craft tied together w/ plank deck, tanks driven on board & pushed across river w/ outboard motorboats. Jeep backed onto landing craft & craft pushed off river bnak. 10:24:10 Slate: same. 10:24:14 Artillery wheeled onto landing craft; front raised & backed into river. 10:24:55 Tank, planks & men on riverbank. Tank onto plank covered assault boats. 10:25:18 Slate: same. 10:25:24 Landing craft backed into river & across. POV on board landing craft w/ gun, into shore alongside others. Several arriving, ramp dropped, jeeps driven off. Jeep backed on. 10:26:27 Flash Slate: same. Barge w/ trucks arriving & turned; men on shore pulling w/ heavy ropes. 10:26:50 Smoke from bomb or ?? in distance, jeeps & trailer in foreground. 10:26:58 Tanks on planks over assault boats preparing to unload; up bank, onto field. 10:27:35 Flash slate. same. High angle soldiers walking thru town past parked tank, DUKWs etc. 10:28:04 Street level troops passing along village / city streets. WW2; Allied Advancing Military;