WWII - Color, 1945: George Stevens Material: Torgau Pt. 1 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945: Torgau Pt. 1 of 2 Americans meet Russians on the Elbe River - April 1945 Jeeps on country road. Road sign “Torgau”. GIs at Bahnhof Drogerie (Station drugstore). Group of Russian soldiers w/ one Russian woman. Russian and American soldiers hanging around making attempts to mingle. MCU Russian holding machine-gun. Cameraman films Stevens with Russian group. Stevens at parapet with destroyed bridge in bg. American Lieutenant shakes hands with Russian soldiers. GI grappling with young woman as Russian soldier laughs. Refugees with carts load onto ferry across river as GIs watch. Motorboats with Russian troops crossing towards camera. Horse-drawn cart loaded with refugees crosses town. 14:03:44 Probably Berlin footage: Jeep on highway - autobahn. Road sign indicates Berlin, Halle & Leipzig. 14:04:28 Torgau - boats crossing Elbe river carrying civilians. Soldiers chasing and firing at someone in field. Dozen soldiers across river in row boat with destroyed bridge in bg. 14:06:33 Sign board with poster “East Meets West” and Russian and American soldier shaking hands crushing swastika. British soldiers come ashore and talk with Russians. Strange, drunk man in suit and top hat carrying dead rabbit, bugs soldiers gathered by shore and falls. Boats crosses river carrying important-looking officer in dark blue uniform (British?). Mounted Russian soldiers with sabres. Women seated on tractors. Camera team walk to river and meet Russians. Russians stand and smoke. Americans and Russians look at banknotes. WW2; Military Meeting on Elb; NOTE: Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress” NOTE: This card sold at per reel rate. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk