ALLIES PIERCE SIEGFRIED LINE
ALLIES PUSH PAST SIEGFRIED LINE AS RUSSIANS PUSH
TO THE ODER RIVER. HUGE ARMADA OF BOMBERS BOMB
BERLIN. MAP SHOWS 4 RUSSIAN ARMIES WITH NAMES OF
THEIR GENERALS PIERCING GERMAN LINES TO ODER RIVER
ON GERMAN SOIL 40 MILES FROM BERLIN.

WORLD UNION LEADERS MEET
BIG BEN IS SEEN ACROSS THAMES RIVER IN LONDON ON
FOGGY DAY. SOME OF DELEGATES FROM TRADE UNIONS
FROM 16 COUNTRIES ARRIVE BY CAR

TARGET BERLIN
MONTAGE AMERICAN GROUND CREWS WORK ON ENGINES.
TIRES AND POLISH GIANT BOMBERS, READYING THEM FOR
MISSION.

BOMBER PILOTS SIT IN BRIEFING. PILOTS & CREWS
CLIMB INTO BOMBERS. MONTAGE BOMBERS TAKE OFF AT
DOZENS OF AIRFIELDS. OFFICER FIRES FLARE INTO SKY
FROM CONTROL TOWER.

AIR-WAR ON GERMAN SUPPLY
AMERICAN GROUND CREWS REMOVE SNOW COVERED TARPS
FROM P-28 FIGHTER BOMBERS. OTHERS SWEEP SNOW OFF
WINGS.

P-38'S TAKE OFF FROM SNOW BOUND RUNWAYS. AERIAL
MONTAGE PLANES STRAFE ENEMY SUPPLIES ON GROUND AS
SEEN FROM PLANE'S CAMERA. AMMUNITION DUMP BLOWS
UP, PLANE FLIES INTO RESULTING FLAMES

WARTIME FASHIONS
WARTIME HAT DESIGNS: FRENCH HAT DESIGNS FOR WOMEN
MADE FROM WOOD SHAVINGS AND PAPER. FRENCH WOMEN
HAT MAKERS USE WOOD SHAVINGS, STRAW AND PAPER, TO
MAKE HATS. AUDIENCE OF WOMEN, MOSTLY RED CROSS
WORKERS AND NURSES IN UNIFORM, WATCH MODEL SHOW
HATS.

REFUGEE CHILDREN
SOME OF THE 500 DUTCH CHILDREN BOARD TRAIN FOR 3
MONTH STAY IN ENGLAND.

DUTCH CHILDREN WEARING LIFE BELTS LOOK OUT ON
ENGLISH CHANNEL FROM SHIP. CHILDREN WAVE FLAGS
AS THEY DEBARK FROM SHIP IN ENGLAND

WESTERN ADVANCE HOUSE BY HOUSE
MONTAGE ALLIES BOMBARD GERMAN POSITIONS WITH TANKS
& ARTILLERY. BOMBS WHISTLING AND EXPLODING IN
DISTANCE ARE SEEN AND HEARD. BOMBS EXPLODE IN
MIDST OF TOWN.

WOUNDED GI BEING HELPED TO WALK BY 2 BUDDIES,
SUDDENLY COLLAPSES.

DRESDEN BLASTED
DRESDEN IS DEVASTATED BY BRITISH BOMBERS USING
INCENDIARIES AND BOMBS. SKY FILLED WITH BRITISH
BOMBERS. AERIAL MONTAGE BRIGHT FLASHES AND FIRES
FROM EXPLODING BOMBS AND INCENDIARIES AS 800
BOMBERS DEVASTATE DRESDEN.

FLOODS ON THE SEINE
WOMAN STANDS ON HIGH PORCH WITH FLOOD WATERS
ALMOST TOUCHING HER FEET. MONTAGE FLOODED TOWNS &
INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

BACKS OF MEN & WOMEN LEANING OVER A BRIDGE RAILING
LOOKING DOWN AT FLOOD WATERS.

CROWDS ON SIDELINES WAVE AND CHEER AS DEGAULLE
DECORATES FRENCH SOLDIERS IN OUTSIDE CEREMONY

ATHENS ACCLAIMS CHURCHILL
AERIAL ATHENS CITYSCAPE. CHURCHILL, IN UNIFORM,
SPORTS HIS FAMOUS CIGAR. GENERAL ALEXANDER, SCOUBY
& BRITISH AMBASSADOR ARE THERE.

ALLIES DRIVE INTO RHINELAND
CU WHEELS OF ARMY TRUCK DRIVES ON FLOODED ROAD,
ACROSS BRIDGE. GIS CROUCH AS THEY RUN ACROSS
BRIDGE.

MONTAGE DEAD GERMAN SOLDIERS LITTER THE STREAM

LONG COLUMNS OF MARCHING GERMAN PRISONERS, SOME OF
10,000 CAPTURED BY CANADIANS. MONTAGE GERMAN
REFUGEES FILL ROADS CARRYING CHILDREN & BELONGINGS

U.S. CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER SHOWS GERMANS MAP
CLEARLY DEFINING BOUNDARIES FOR A CURFEW. 2 GERMAN
WOMEN SMILE AT CAMERA AS THEY WALK BY GOING ABOUT
THEIR BUSINESS

BRITAIN'S JET PLANE
JET FIGHTER DESIGNED BY U.S. & BRITISH TAKES OFF
FOR TEST RUN.

GIS ON TRUCK PASSES CIGARETTES TO RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS, FROM TRUCK

AERIAL MONTAGE FLYING FORTRESSES FLY OVER AND BOMB
STENDAL, WITTENBURG, LUDWIGSLUST, NUREMBERG,
ANSBACH, LUNEBURG, ULZEN, PFORCHEIM. DEFINITIVE
BOMBING AND STRAFING FILM OF GERMAN CITIES.

WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES AND IS GREETED BY FIELD
MARSHAL MONTGOMERY AND BROOK AND AMERICAN GENERAL
SIMPSON. CHURCHILL WALKS THROUGH BARRICADES OF
SIEGFRIED LINE WITH MONTGOMERY AND OTHERS

GENERAL EISENHOWER ARRIVES AND CHATS WITH SIMPSON
AS THEY WALK THROUGH RUINS OF GERMAN CITY.

MONTAGE COMPLETELY DESTROYED PORT OF LE HARVE WITH
NO BUILDINGS STANDING, AS LEFT BY GERMANS WHEN
THEY RETREATED. PAN. PAN OF DESTROYED CITY AS
FRANCE TURNS TO ITS RECONSTRUCTION

AMERICANS HONORED IN HOLLAND
MAJOR GENERAL LELAND S. HOBBS, COMMANDING GENERAL
OF 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION IS HONORED AT SQUARE OF
TOWN NAMED FOR HIS DIVISION "OLD HICKORYPLEIN"

AIRMEN, WHO WERE ENTERTAINED BY JIMMY, GIVE HIM
CHECK TO STUDY MUSIC IN AMERICA. JIMMY PLAYS FOR
AIRMEN AT THEIR BASE AS THEY GATHER AROUND HIM AT
THE PIANO. CHILD PRODIGY

HUGE PUFF OF SMOKE AS A GERMAN "SCARECROW" WHICH
IS MEANT TO LOOK LIKE AN EXPLODING PLANE, EXPLODES
NEARBY

GIS LIE PRONE ON GROUND AND FIRE THEIR RIFLES. GI
TRUCKS SPEED PASS BURNING GERMAN TANK OFF

MONTAGE GI INFANTRYMEN DOWN STREET WITH SCORCHED
BUT STILL STANDING APARTMENT HOUSES IN COLOGNE.
RUBBLE PILES IN STREETS AS GIS PRESS FORWARD UNDER
FIRE. GIS INCH ALONG SIDE OF BUILDING

GERMAN STAFF CAR MAKES A RUN FOR IT UNDER FIRE.
GIS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN STREETS. BUILDING IS
HIT BY GERMAN ARTILLERY, COLLAPSES.

CU GI SCREWS DETONATION CAP ON ROCKET TIP. ROCKETS
ARE HAND LOADED INTO THE MANY ROCKET TUBES MOUNTED
ON TANK. ROCKETS FIRE CONTINUOUSLY. ROCKETS FIRED
AT NIGHT MAKE FOR SPECTACULAR SHOW.

ALLIES DRIVE ON
THOUSANDS OF GERMANS SURRENDER AFTER FIERCE
FIGHTING, AS ALLIES PUSH INTO GERMANY. RHINE
CROSSED. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, THOUGH DAMAGED, STILL
STANDS AS ALLIES MOVE IN. MAIN RAILROAD STATION'S
UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE IS IN HOPELESS RUIN. PAN

STREETCAR LIES AMID RUBBLE. DESTROYED STREETCAR.

GI FILLS LARGE MILK CANS WITH WATER DUE TO
DESTRUCTION OF WATER MAIN BY RETREATING GERMANS.

MONTAGE PEOPLE OF COLOGNE CARRY LARGE CARTONS OF
FOOD THEY HID FROM GERMAN TROOPS, PILE IT IN AREA
TO SHARE WITH OTHERS

A GERMAN "VOLKSSTEN", CIVILIANS LEFT BEHIND TO
DEFEND BASTOGNE AGAINST ALLIES, POSES FOR PHOTO.
CIVILIANS TAKE GI TO HIDING PLACE OF WEAPONS WHICH
WERE NEVER USED AGAINST ALLIES.

EX-PRISONER WRAPS HIS BARE FOOT IN CLOTH. GI HELPS
A MAN WALK, ANOTHER IS OFFERED CRUTCH. CIGARETTES
WERE PASSED OUT AS WAS FOOD AND CLOTHING.

DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER ON GROUND OUTSIDE
CONCENTRATION CAMP.

GERMAN CIVILIAN WAVES WHITE FLAG FROM APARTMENT
WINDOW IN TOWN OF BAD GODESBERG. GIS RUN THROUGH
STREETS AND FIRE AT GERMAN SNIPERS.

MONTAGE RHINE BRIDGES DESTROYED BY RETREATING
GERMANS. GIS LOOK AT RAMAGEN BRIDGE, LEFT STANDING
BY MISTAKE, IN THE DISTANCE. NAZI PLANES ATTACK IN
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY IT.

BASTOGNE DEFENDERS HONORED
BASTOGNE FALLS TO ALLIES. ALLIES CROSS RHINE
AFTER REMAGEN BRIDGE IS LEFT STANDING BY GERMAN
BLUNDER. 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION MARCH IN PARADE
AS THEY ARE HONORED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER, MAJOR
GENERAL TAYLOR, COMMANDER OF 101ST, & MANY OTHERS.

22,000 POUND "SUPER" BLOCKBUSTER
12,000 POUND "EARTHQUAKE" BOMB WHICH SANK GERMAN
BATTLESHIP "TORPITZ" IS CARRIED TO BOMBER ON
FLATBED TRUCK

AERIAL HUGE EXPLOSION IS SEEN AS THE NEW SUPER
BOMB DESTROYS VITAL BRIDGE IN RHUR VALLEY.

AFTER BEING HELPED FILL FOOD TRAYS BY THEIR GI
SPONSOR, THE YOUNGSTERS EAT AT LONG TABLES.

BRIDGEHEAD EXTENDED
ALLIES DRIVE ON DESPITE REMAGEN SPAN COLLAPSE.
ARMY WELDERS WORK DESPERATELY TO REPAIR TWISTED
GIRDERS OF BRIDGE. GI LOOKS WITH BINOCULARS AT
NAZI PLANES TRYING TO DESTROY BRIDGE.

TWO GIS STRIP TO THEIR WAIST AND PLUNGE INTO RIVER
TO SAVE MEN WHO WERE ON BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED.
OTHER GIS WORK FEVERISHLY TO SAVE MEN IN WATER
ALONG TWISTED WRECK OF THE SPAN.

DESTROYED CITY OF COBLENZ WHERE THERE WAS A SHARP
BITTER FIGHT. VIEW AS SEEN BY TANKMAN AS HIS TANK
ROLLS INTO BATTERED CITY. HIS CANNON FIRES.

RHINE BARRIER SMASHED
ELS BRITISH FIGHTERS PEEL OFF FOR STRAFING ATTACK
ON GROUND TARGETS. AERIAL ROCKETS SPEED TOWARDS
TARGET. AERIAL MONTAGE BOMBS FALL TOWARDS TARGETS.

MONTAGE ROW AFTER ROW OF BRITISH GLIDERS PREPARE
TO TAKE OFF IN AERIAL ASSAULT. JEEP AND ARTILLERY
ARE LOADED ONTO GLIDERS, FOLLOWED BY TROOPS.
MONTAGE HUGE BOMBERS PULL GLIDERS INTO THE SKY

PLANE TOWS 2 GLIDERS WITH AMERICAN TROOPS ABOARD.

MONTAGE AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES, LADEN WITH TROOPS,
POUR ACROSS RHINE

WITH GENERAL EISENHOWER AND MONTGOMERY NEAR HIM,
CHURCHILL SITS AND WATCHES THE ACTION THROUGH
BINOCULARS.