US Army infantry advances in Germany

Identifier
irn1000814
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0957
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army Pictorial Service. (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Staff Film Report no. 46; Combat Bulletin, no. 46. (with intertitles) Reel 2: The 29th Division crosses bridge at Jülich. Aerial views of the wrecked city of Jülich. Gen. Gerhardt and his G-2 officer report plans and conditions at a staff meeting. Troops cross a bridge under enemy fire. Gen. Gerhardt crosses the bridge. The 102nd Division liberates US prisoners at Erkelenz. Undelivered Red Cross packages intended for American POWs but used by Nazis are found in Heppendorf. The 1st Army battles toward Cologne; the 83d Division takes Neusse. Telephoto images of Düsseldorf under bombardment from across the Rhine river. Generals Eisenhower, Simpson, and McLain visit 9th Army lines. 08:36:23 "India-Burma - Activities in Burma" Japanese mines are removed in Burma.

Subjects

  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • RED CROSS
  • LIBERATION
  • FIGHTING
  • GERMANY
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • BATTLES
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • DESTRUCTION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • BRIDGES
  • AERIAL VIEWS
  • POWS (AMERICAN)
  • PRISONERS

Places

  • Cologne, Germany
  • Jülich, Germany
  • Neuss, Germany
  • , Burma
  • Erkelenz, Germany
  • Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Heppendorf, Germany

Genre

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