| 00:59:22 0.5 |
"BATTLEFIELDS OF YESTERDAY"
TODAY & YESTERDAY ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE. A FILM VISIT TO NORMANDY, ACROSS FRANCE, AND DEEP INTO THE HEART OF GERMANY, 10 YEARS AFTER D-DAY. |
| 00:59:25 3.5 |
NARRATOR TELLS THE WAY IT WAS YESTERDAY AND TODAY
ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE. |
| 01:00:14 52.5 |
MS- A CROWD OF KIDS IN SWIM TRUNKS COME RUNNING
OVER A SAND DOON AT BEACH IN FRANCE. LS- TROOPS WADE INTO SHORE,UNDER INTENSE FIRE, ON THE SAME BEACH (OMAHA BEACH) ON JUNE 6, 1944, D-DAY. |
| 01:00:49 87.5 |
MS- MAP SHOWING INVASION ZONE AND ENGLISH CHANNEL
DURING WWII. MONTAGE- SCENES OF THE LANDING, MARCH INLAND, PARATROOPS FILLING SKY AND OTHER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED SCENES. |
| 01:01:55 153.5 |
MS- MONUMENT TO THE BATTLE ON OMAHA BEACH TODAY.
MS- COWS GRAZE IN FIELD OF ST. LAURENT. MS-MAMIE EISENHOWER LAYS A WREATH AT THE ST. LAURENT MILITARY CEMETERY FOR U.S. DEAD AS IKE LOOKS ON. |
| 01:02:32 190.5 |
MS- GENERAL IKE LOOKS OUT AT THE CALM BEACHES OF
NORMANDY AFTER THE WAR. MONTAGE- OTHER BEACHES AS THEY LOOK TODAY WITH REMNANTS OF SHATTERED PILLBOXES USED BY THE GERMANS. |
| 01:03:12 230.5 |
MS- A FARMER RIDES A HORSE AND SMALL CART ON THE
ROAD IN A VILLAGE. LS- UTAH BEACH WITH SOME WAR RELICS STILL THERE. MS- MEMORIAL SITS ON A GERMAN BUNKER AT UTAH BEACH. |
| 01:04:02 280.5 |
MS- NORMANDY FISHERMAN MEND THEIR NETS ON THE
BEACH. MONTAGE- GIS PINNED DOWN AT THE SAME BEACH ON D-DAY. |
| 01:04:40 318.5 |
MS- A TANK CRASHES THROUGH THE HEDGE GROVES AND
GIS BATTLING IN THE STREETS OF CHERBOURG |
| 01:05:29 367.5 |
MS- THE TOWN OF CHERBOURG TODAY WITH A POLICEMAN
DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND FISHING BOATS IN THE HARBOR |
| 01:05:57 395.5 |
LS- THE PEACEFUL TOWN OF SAINT LO. MONTAGE- GIS
BATTLE IN THE DEVASTATED STREETS OF ST. LO DURING WWII. |
| 01:07:14 472.5 |
LS- TROLLEY RIDE DOWN THE STREET OF AACHEN,
GERMANY AND PEOPLE WAIT ON A CORNER FOR A BUS. REMAINS OF A BOMBED OUT BUILDING AND PUSHCART VENDORS SELLING THEIR WARES. |
| 01:07:58 516.5 |
LS- A WOMAN FARMS THE LAND ALONG THE SEIGFRIED
LINE NEXT TO THE CONCRETE BARRIERS. MS- A WOMAN LAYS A FLOWER ON THE FRAVE OF A GERMAN SOLDIER. CU- A CROSS WITH A GERMAN HELMET ON TOP. |
| 01:08:31 549.5 |
LS- U.S. SOLDIERS AND TANKS FIGHT IN THE STREETS
OF METZ, THE INDUSTRIAL HEART OF GERMANY. |
| 01:08:47 565.5 |
LS- CITYSCAPE OF METZ, ON THE MOSELLE RIVER WITH
ITS BRIDGES AND CASTLES. LS- RAILROAD YARDS WITH ITS TRACKS AND STEAM ENGINE TRAINS. |
| 01:09:42 620.5 |
MS- MALMEDY ROAD SIGN. MS- BICYCLISTS WALK THEIR
BIKES THROUGH THE QUAINT TOWN. MS- A WOMAN SELLS ICE CREAM TO 2 OTHER WOMEN FROM HER CART MADE UP LIKE A SWAN. |
| 01:10:12 650.5 |
CU- MONUMENT TO THE AMERICAN DEAD GIS, MURDERED
BY NAZIS WHILE PRISONERS OF WAR, BUILT BY THE BELGIAN PEOPLE OF MALMEDY. |
| 01:10:48 686.5 |
CU- SMALL WHITE CROSS MARKS GRAVE OF GENERAL
GEORGE S. PATTON, JR. ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER CROSSES AT THE AMERICAN CEMETERY IN LUXENBOURG. |
| 01:11:00 698.5 |
LS- TRAFFIC IN THE QUIET CITY OF BASTOGNE IS
SPARSE. A SIGN SAYING 'IN THESE BARRACKS GENERAL MCAULIFFE REPLIED "NUTS" TO THE GERMANS ON DECEMBER 22, 1944. CU- BIG SIGN, "NUTS". |
| 01:11:20 718.5 |
LS- HUGE 48 STATES MEMORIAL TO THE LIBERATION OF
BASTOGNE, BELGIUM. MS- THE CHANGING OF THE BELGIAN GUARD IS THE ONLY MILITARY ACTIVITY LEFT. |
| 01:11:43 741.5 |
MS- A BELGIAN WOMAN STOPS AT THE MONUMENT TO THE
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WITH A BUST OF GENERAL MCAULIFFE AND A TANK. |
| 01:12:09 767.5 |
MONTAGE- WAR FILM OF THE BATTLE AT BASTOGNE SHOWS
A U.S. TANK SLIDING ON THE ICE AND SNOW TRYING TO MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS. |
| 01:12:28 786.5 |
MS- GIS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TANK PLACE BOARDS
UNDER THE TANK THREADS TO NO AVAIL AS THE TANK SKIDS UNCONTROLLABLY. |
| 01:13:04 822.5 |
MS- A GI NARRATES WAR SCENES OF THE BATTLE OF
BASTOGNE PREVIOUSLY LOGGED. |
| 01:14:20 898.5 |
LS- CURRENT TAKES BOAT OF GIS' TRYING TO CROSS A
ICY RIVER CAUSING THEM TO GET OUT INTO THE WATER. |
| 01:14:54 932.5 |
LS- A CARNIVAL IN THR CITY OF COLOGNE WITH IT'S
FERRIS WHEEL AND KIDDY RIDES. MONTAGE- 2000 PLANES BOMB COLOGNE ON MAY 30, 1942. AERIAL- NIGHT SCENES SHOW BRIGHT FLASHES AS BOMBS BURST EVERYWHERE. |
| 01:16:15 1013.5 |
MONTAGE- ANXIETY AND FEAR ON THE FACES OF GIS' AS
THEY FIGHT ALONG THE RHINE. MS- A GI FIRES HIS AUTOMATIC RIFLE INTO A BASEMENT WINDOW. |
| 01:17:06 1064.5 |
MS- LONG COLUMNS OF SURRENDERING GERMAN SOLDIERS,
4 ABREAST, AND THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS |
| 01:17:16 1074.5 |
LS- THE REMAINS OF THE COLLAPSED RAMAGEN BRIDGE.
LS- ONLY A PILING REMAINS OF THE FAMED BRIDGE TODAY. LS- PEOPLE CAMPING ALONG THE RHINE. |
| 01:18:21 1139.5 |
LS- INDUSTRIAL SMOKESTACKS AND THE FACTORIES OF
DORTMUND WHICH WAS BOMBED OFTEN DURING WWII. |
| 01:18:42 1160.5 |
MOTAGE- THE STEEL PLANTS OF ESSEN, BACK IN
BUSINESS AFTER THE DESTRUCTIVE BOMBING DURING THE WAR. |
| 01:19:05 1183.5 |
LS- ONE OF THE MANY LITTLE BRIDGES OF
DUSSELDORF. MS- SHEEP GRAZE IN THE SHADOW OF A BRIDGE. LS- SAILBOAT SPEEDS ALONG THE RIVER. |
| 01:19:45 1223.5 |
AERIAL- LARGE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN DUSSELDORF
BUILT AFTER THE WAR. MS- DRESS SHOP WITH GIRLS MODELING OUTFITS FOR CUSTOMERS. |
| 01:20:36 1274.5 |
MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES AROUND DUSSELDORF DURING
WAR. GIS MARCHING THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF THE CITY. |
| 01:21:15 1313.5 |
LS- 2 STEEPLES OF A CATHEDRAL REMAIN STANDING
AMID THE RUBBLE OF NUREMBERG AS GIS RUN THROUGH THE EXTRAORDINARY RUBBLE |
| 01:21:52 1350.5 |
LS- HITLER SPEAKS AT HUGE RALLY IN NUREMBERG. CU-
HITLER SMILES AS HE WATCHES THE HUGE ROMAN LIKE PARADE. PAN OF THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THAT CITY. |
| 01:23:01 1419.5 |
MS- 3 GIS WALK DOWN THE SAME STADIUM AISLE WHERE
HITLER HELD HIS RALLY. LS- HERMANN GORING WALKS INTO COURT AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, FOLLOWED BY HESS AND OTHERS. |
| 01:23:35 1453.5 |
LS- BUSTLING CITY OF NUREMBERG TODAY. LS- PEOPLE
DANCE POLKA IN A LARGE FIELD. |
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Year: 1940
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
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Keywords: foot soldier
