1944WORLD WAR II
BATTLE FOR GERMANY BEGINS AS ALLIED FORCES PUSH INTO GERMANY FROM ALL ANGLES.
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WESTERN AIR FRONT AERIAL 850 BRITISH BOMBERS BOMB COLOGNE WAR FACTORIES.
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AERIAL PAN OF TOWN OF AACHEN WHERE GERMANS REFUSED TO SURRENDER AND IT WAS DESTROYED BY BOMBARDMENT.
CATHEDRAL STILL STANDS. |
| 00:45:18 58.63 |
AERIAL DUTCH PILOTS IN AMERICAN MADE MITCHELLS AND BOSTONS, BOMB RHURMOND IN GERMANY, A HUB OF 7 NAZI HIGHWAYS.
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| 00:45:44 85.63 |
DANES HIT BACK ARMAMENT FACTORY IN COPENHAGEN BURNS, SABOTAGED BY DANISH UNDERGROUND FORCES. MONTAGE STORES, CINEMAS & FILM STUDIOS ARE DESTROYED BY NAZIS TO PUNISH SABOTEURS.
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| 00:46:11 111.63 |
PAN OF CHARRED REMAINS OF FAMED AMUSEMENT PARK "RIVOLI" SCORCHED BY NAZIS. DANISH PEOPLE CROWD STREETS IN COPENHAGEN TO OPENLY RESIST CURFEW BY NAZIS.
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| 00:46:32 132.63 |
DANISH WARSHIPS SCUTTLED BY DANISH CREWS LITTER THE HARBOR.
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| 00:47:10 170.63 |
MONTAGE BUSTLING STREETS OF COPENHAGEN AS PEOPLE IGNORE CURFEWS AND OPENLY DISPLAY DANISH FLAGS.
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| 00:47:23 183.63 |
ALLIES FIGHT TO FREE SCHELDT MONTAGE BRITISH TOMMIES MARCH INTO TEALBURG ARE GREETED BY MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO RUN OUT TO MEET AND TOUCH THEM.
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| 00:47:59 220.63 |
GROUP OF BRITISH SOLDIERS CHARGE OVER RAILROAD TRACK. OTHERS ROW ACROSS FJORD IN LONG BOATS.
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| 00:48:37 257.63 |
LONG COLUMN OF CAPTURED NAZIS ALONG WITH AN ENTIRE MEDICAL UNIT OF TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES.
PAINTED IN WHITE AND BEARING RED CROSSES. |
| 00:49:15 295.63 |
HUGE LONG RANGE ARTILLERY BOMBARDS GERMANS ACROSS THE SCHELDT RIVER. BRITISH TROOPS CROSS RIVER IN LANDING CRAFTS AND AMPHIBIANS AND LAND ON ISLAND OF VOLGREN.
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| 00:49:53 333.63 |
ALLIED TROOPS PUSH THROUGH MUDDY SHORE TO HARD GROUND. MONTAGE BRITISH BATTLE IN STREETS. MONTAGE SURRENDERING GERMANS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS.
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| 00:52:22 483.63 |
ROLL# 1026
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| 00:52:52 513.63 |
ALLIES CLEAR SCHELDT ISLANDS BRITISH COMMANDOS ASSAULT & LAND ON BALKEN ISLAND AFTER HEAVY FIRE
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| 00:53:44 565.63 |
MONTAGE MIDDLEBERG IS FLOODED BY ALLIES TRAPPING GERMANS, WHO SURRENDER AS RESULT. 2000 PRISONERS, INCLUDING THEIR GENERAL. ARE FERRIED ACROSS FLOODED WATERS IN SMALL GROUPS
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| 00:54:29 609.63 |
EISENHOWER HONORS ALLIED AIR CHIEFS GENERAL IKE GIVES LEGION OF MERIT MEDALS TO BRITISH AIR CHIEFS GINGER HARRIS AND LEE MALLARD U.S. GENERAL TOUHEY SPOTS GETS OAK-LEAF CLUSTER
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| 00:55:15 655.63 |
BUCHAREST LIBERATED AERIAL BUCHAREST, CAPITAL CITY OF RUMANIA. TROLLEY CARS & HEAVY TRAFFIC IN BUCHAREST. NEWSBOY HAWKS PAPERS ON STREET CORNER.
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| 00:55:35 675.63 |
MONTAGE SOVIET TANKS AND TRUCKS FULL OF SOLDIERS ROLL INTO BUCHAREST TO CHEERS OF PEOPLE.
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| 00:56:38 738.63 |
BALKAN PATRIOTS AIDED BY ALLIES BRITISH SOLDIERS FORM LINE TO PASS PACKAGES FROM TRUCK TO PLANE THROWING THEM FROM MAN TO MAN
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| 00:57:11 771.63 |
SPECIALLY DESIGNED CONTAINERS, HOLD SUPPLIES.
YUGOSLAV WOUNDED SOLDIERS, WOMEN & CHILDREN, LINE AIRFIELD FOR TRANSPORT TO SAFETY, BY PLANES BRINGING SUPPLIES. |
| 00:58:20 840.63 |
MEN & WOMEN YUGOSLAV PARTISANS SIT ON GROUND AND CLEAN THEIR BANDANAS OF MACHINE GUN BULLETS. YOUNG GIRLS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG WITH THE MEN. YOUNG BOY WITH RIFLE IS AMONG THEM
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| 00:58:45 865.63 |
MARSHAL TITO VISITS THE ISLAND STRONGHOLD.
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| 00:59:27 907.63 |
ROLL# 1027
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| 00:59:57 937.63 |
ARMISTICE DAY IN FRANCE MONTAGE LARGE MILITARY PARADE AT COMPIEGNE, SCENE OF 1918 ARMISTICE. AMERICAN TROOPS AND PEOPLE OF COMPIEGNE PAUSE FOR 2 MINUTES OF SILENCE.
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| 01:01:25 1026.63 |
AMERICAN SOLDIER BLOWS "TAPS" ON BUGLE, AT MEUSE-ARGONNE CEMETERY
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| 01:01:34 1035.63 |
ALLIES ADVANCE IN MUD AND SNOW CU FEET OF GIS TRUDGING THROUGH DEEP MUD. GIS STRUGGLE TRYING TO PUSH PIECE OF ARTILLERY THROUGH MUD.
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| 01:02:12 1072.63 |
GIS LEND THEIR WEIGHT TO HEAVY METAL SCREED BEING PULLED BY JEEP WITH CHAINS, AS IT SKIMS MUD OFF ROAD. OTHERS USE SHOVELS TO CLEAR MUD.
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| 01:02:52 1113.63 |
MONTAGE VEHICLE CONVOYS RIDE ACROSS SNOW BOUND ROADS. GI REPAIRS WIRES ATOP TELEPHONE POLE.
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| 01:03:10 1130.63 |
DEATH OF THE "TIRPITZ"
SINKING OF GERMAN SUPER BATTLESHIP "TIRPITZ". 29 BRITISH "LANCASTER" BOMBERS TAKE OFF WITH 12,000 POUND BOMBS THEY RACE ACROSS NORTH POLE TO HUNT GERMAN BATTLESHIP "TIRPITZ". |
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IN HUGE CEREMONY AT SHIPYARD, HITLER & HIS AIDS ARE CHEERED AS THEY ATTEND LAUNCHING OF BATTLESHIP "TIRPITZ", THE PRIDE OF GERMANY.
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| 01:04:10 1190.63 |
DAUGHTER OF OLD ADMIRAL TIRPITZ, CHRISTENS SHIP AS HITLER WATCHES. HUGE SHIP SLIDES DOWN THE WEIGHS.
(OLD FILM). |
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AERIAL CAMERA OF LANCASTER BOMBER FINDS THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP UNDER HEAVY SMOKE SCREEN OFF COAST OF NORWAY. BOMBS HIT "TIRPITZ", SINKING HER
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| 01:06:07 1307.63 |
TRAPPED BATTALION RELIEVED
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| 01:06:38 1338.63 |
CU MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND RATIONS ARE LOADED INTO SHELL CASINGS AND FIRED INTO TRAPPED AMERICAN BATTALION POSITIONS ON POLISH FRONT.
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| 01:07:17 1377.63 |
THE 442ND BATTALION, ALL AMERICANS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY FIGHT THEIR WAY THROUGH TO THE TRAPPED TEXANS.
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| 01:07:59 1420.63 |
MONTAGE EXHAUSTED AMERICANS COME OUT OF WOODS &
MEET THEIR JAPANESE RESCUERS. THEY BRING OUT THEIR WOUNDED AND DEAD. |
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MONTAGE EXHAUSTED AND SOLEMN FACES OF THE RESCUED GIS. THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 442ND COME OUT CARRYING THEIR WOUNDED. JAPANESE-AMERICAN BUGLER PLAYS "TAPS" FOR THEIR DEAD.
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| 01:10:11 1552.63 |
ROLL# 1028
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| 01:10:41 1582.63 |
RUSH REPAIRS ON SUPPLY SHIPS MONTAGE TRAINED SQUADS OF SEEBEES AND SAILORS USE WELDING TORCHES ON SHIPS SAILING INTO ENGLISH PORT FOR REPAIRS. SAILORS WEAR WELDING MASKS & GOGGLES AS SPARKS FLY.
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| 01:11:48 1649.63 |
LONG LINE OF FREIGHT CARS ARE UNLOADED FROM RECENTLY REPAIRED LANDING SHIP.
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| 01:11:59 1660.63 |
MILITARY POLICE WHITE HELMETED M. P.'S LINE UP FOR INSPECTION IN PARIS. MP ASKS PARIS COP TO HELP 3 GIS AND WACS FOR DIRECTIONS
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| 01:12:44 1705.63 |
GIS, EAGER TO TOUR PARIS, JUMP FROM TRUCK & HAVE THEIR PASSES CHECKED BY M. P.
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| 01:13:09 1729.63 |
M.P. HELPS YOUNG PARISIAN BOY CARRY LARGE PACKAGE ACROSS STREET. OLD WOMAN GRABS M. P. BY NECK AND KISSES HIM.
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| 01:13:12 1732.63 |
SOLDIERS VOTE GIS USE CHALK AS THE WRITE ON TANK TO SHOW FDR WIN OVER DEWEY
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| 01:13:30 1751.63 |
GI DELIVERS BALLOTS TO FRONT LINES. GI STRETCHES TO HAND BALLOT TO GI ENGINEER OF RAILROAD TRAIN.
BLACK SERGEANT HANDS BALLOT TO BLACK GI. GI LICKS THE ENVELOPE AND MAILS IT. |
| 01:13:56 1777.63 |
CU GI SMILES AS HE PLACES CIGAR IN MOUTH.
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| 01:13:59 1780.63 |
ADVANCE IN GERMANY
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| 01:14:54 1835.63 |
MONTAGE GIS BUILD BRIDGE ACROSS MOSELLE RIVER WHILE UNDER FIRE FROM OTHER SHORE. ADVANCED TROOPS BOARD FLAT BOATS AND RIDE ACROSS RIVER.
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| 01:15:03 1843.63 |
ENGINEERS BUILD PONTOON BRIDGE FIGHTING TIME, FLOODS AND GERMAN GUNS WHO HAVE THE RANGE. CLOUD OF SMOKE SCREENS BRIDGE, AS IT ROLLS OUT FROM INGENIOUS SMOKE MAKING MACHINES. TRUCKS RUMBLE ACROSS BRIDGE UNDER ARTIFICIAL CLOUD
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| 01:16:03 1903.63 |
CU TANK ROLLS OVER CAMERA. MAP SHOWS BRITISH & US FORCES PUSHING INTO GERMANY.
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| 01:16:28 1928.63 |
MONTAGE U.S. TANKS, TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ROLL ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT INTO GERMANY.
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| 01:16:50 1951.63 |
MONTAGE GIS IN FOXHOLES. TANKS & ARTILLERY BOMBARD THE GERMANS. CU GI ON PHONE CALLS FOR BOMBARDMENT. MONTAGE ARTILLERY, MORTARS FIRE.
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| 01:17:46 2006.63 |
MONTAGE GIS CROUCH TO GROUND AS THEY BATTLE IN FOREST. UN-ARMED MEDICS ATTEND WOUNDS
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| 01:18:20 2040.63 |
MONTAGE GIS DASH FROM ONE BOMBED OUT BUILDING TO ANOTHER IN CITY OF STOLBERG AS GERMANS REFUSE TO SURRENDER CAUSING DEVASTATION TO CITY.
GIS FIGHT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. |
| 01:18:45 2065.63 |
WOUNDED SOLDIER DRAGS HIMSELF TO MEDIC UNDER BLISTERING FIRE FROM SNIPER. AS GI IS BEING TREATED, EVERYONE DUCKS AS A SHELL DROPS. GERMAN PRISONERS MARCH OUT TO REAR LINES.
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| 01:19:43 2123.63 |
CITY OF METZ UNDER BOMBARDMENT. GIS ADVANCE INTO CITY UNDER SNIPER FIRE. CIVILIAN SNIPERS COME OUT WITH HANDS ON HEADS.
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| 01:20:29 2170.63 |
MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF GERMAN OFFICERS & MEN ARE MARCHED TO REAR, MONTAGE LEAVING BEHIND ANOTHER DESTROYED CITY. CHURCH IS SAVED.
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| 01:21:24 2225.63 |
ROLL# 1029
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| 01:21:54 2255.63 |
EISENHOWER IN BRUSSELS GENERAL IKE SHAKES HANDS WITH BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER & OTHER OFFICIALS AS HE VISITS RECENTLY LIBERATED CITY.
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| 01:22:40 2301.63 |
GENERAL IKE CARRIES LARGE WREATH TO TOMB OF BELGIUM'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER. IKE AND OTHERS IN BACKGROUND SALUTE
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| 01:22:59 2320.63 |
RED BALL HIGHWAY COUNTLESS SHELLS & MUNITIONS ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS AT DEPOT. MONTAGE ENDLESS STREAM OF TRUCKS LADEN WITH MUNITIONS, FOOD AND SUPPLIES RIDE DOWN FRENCH HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND OVER BRIDGES.
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TENT WITH SIGN: "COFFEE FOR DRIVERS". BLACK GI DRIVERS STOP FOR A CUP. SIGNS SAYING, "CLEAN WINDOWS, CHECK BATTERIES, CHECK TIRES". MONTAGE GIS DOING JUST THAT.
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| 01:25:09 2449.63 |
MONTAGE HEADLIGHTS OF CONVOY SEEN AT NIGHT.
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| 01:25:22 2462.63 |
ROAD SIGN: "RED BALL CONVOYS ONLY
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| 01:25:38 2478.63 |
RAGING FIRE FROM BURNING TRUCK AFTER ACCIDENT IN A TOWN. MP WAVES ON TRAFFIC & TRAFFIC CONTINUES DESPITE ACCIDENT
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MONTAGE HUGE STOCK PILE OF CRATES AND SUPPLIES AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.
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AIR AND GROUND BLOWS ON REICH BOMBER AFTER BOMBER TAKES OFF FROM AIRFIELD AS RUHR & SAAR VALLEYS ARE BOMBED. SOME OF THE 1200 BOMBERS AND 1000 FIGHTERS FILL SKY AS THEY ROAR TOWARDS NAZI WORK SHOPS.
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| 01:26:53 2554.63 |
CU MACHINE GUN ON BOMBER FIRING AT DISTANT NAZI FIGHTER. FIGHTER BLOWS UP.
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| 01:27:05 2565.63 |
ELS SMOKE STREAMS FROM FIGHTERS & BOMBERS MAKE PATTERN IN SKY. NAZI PILOT IS SEEN EJECTING FROM HIS FIGHTER AS DOG FIGHT CONTINUES.
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| 01:27:45 2605.63 |
AERIAL CLUSTERS OF BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON ENEMY TARGETS.
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| 01:28:36 2656.63 |
GIS MARCH ALONG ROADS TO ESCHWEILER. GIS FIGHT IN CITY. MAP SHOWS ALLIES PUSH BEYOND METZ AND STRASBOURG
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| 01:29:28 2708.63 |
CU GI FEET TRUDGING IN THE MUD. MONTAGE TANK GUNS START ATTACK ON STRASBOURG. GI PILES UP HUGE NUMBERS OF SPENT SHELLS FROM TANK GUNS.
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| 01:30:00 2740.63 |
GI TANKS ROLL INTO STRASBOURG, PASSING ABANDONED NAZI GUNS AND TANKS. MILITARY VEHICLES BURNING.
GIS LAY BODIES, TAKEN FROM VEHICLES, ON GROUND |
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CU HUGE PILE OF SWASTIKAS LITTER THE GROUND IN CITY SQUARE.
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CU 2 NAZI GENERALS SURRENDER TO ALLIES. THOUSANDS OF GERMAN PRISONERS FILL THE SQUARE.
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