WWII - 1945, Germany: Ludendorff Bridge - US Army Crossing at Remagen; Collapse & Rescue Attempts

WWII - 1945, Germany: Ludendorff Bridge - US Army Crossing at Remagen; Collapse & Rescue Attempts LS of arch span bridge w/ tank & troops crossing. View of soldiers hurrying toward camera, tank toward camera & moving past after 9th Armored Division capture of bridge. 15:31:00 Army truck past, US troops on corner w/ buildings beside; sign: Road Under Shell Fire. Narrow city streets filled w/ trucks, troops. POV down road between truck convoy w/ rubber rafts parked on each side. 15:31:34 View across river w/ partially built amphibious bridge; placing metal sections & ferrying into place on rubber rafts. 15:31:51 View from behind anti-aircraft machine gun position; plane diving over bridge, troops watch, bombs explode near bridge. Truck w/ sandbagged machine gun thru street firing; view of tracers. Many planes, much firing. Concussion of nearby explosion in water near amphibious bridge. Tank across Ramagen Bridge. MCU of welders reinforcing bridge. 15:33:07 Vertical metal support beam w/ large hole, jeep past. Overhead view of first (?) jeep pulling trailer across amphibious pontoon bridge. Tanks across amphibious bridge past camera. 15:33:36 17May45 LS of collapsed Remagen Bridge w/ debris floating in water. MS & CU of twisted rubble; army truck hanging over edge of displaced section. Men working to retrieve equipment & rescue people; view down on ambulances & medics. 15:34:02 Men stripping off clothes, man swimming to rescue; man wading in w/ rope pulling men ashore. Rescuing injured men at base of stone supports; men climbing on fallen girders & hoisting man up. Other rescue efforts w/ small boats. Body carried on stretcher. Wounded lowered on litter from bridge. WW2 Fighting; Germans; Erpel, 17May45;