Overview
- Description
- Allies Overrun German Positions in Big Push. American infantry troops advance into Germany. Troops march past badly damaged buildings and footage shows some artillery fire. Long shot of Jeeps of the US 9th Army crossing the Rur river (small river in western Germany, not to be confused with the Ruhr). Troops pass through Linnich. Dead German soldiers in Juelich. German POWs march down the road. The narrator says that the enemy's casualty lists have surpassed one million on the Western front. Shot of German civilians and devastated buildings. Generals Eisenhower and Simpson inspect the area near Juelich. Shot of civilians who are being "assembled for questioning as a security measure." American troops open the barbed wire gates holding Russian and Polish women who were forced laborers for Germany. Smiling female and male prisoners pose with American troops. Shots of the camp. United News logo on screen.
Newsreel footage also includes the following parts (beginning at 01:12:27):
Marines fight the Japanese on Mount Suribachi. Dead and wounded American and Japanese troops. The narrator tells the story of the battle. The battle ends; Marines raise the flag atop Mount Suribachi. Title: American Nations Sign Pact of Chapultepec. Signing of the Chapultepec Pact in Mexico City. Representatives of various governments sign the pact, including Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, for the U.S. Title: Navy Planes Smash the Tokyo Area. Planes leave an aircraft carrier on their way to bomb Tokyo. - Film Title
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United Newsreel
- Duration
- 00:03:23
- Date
-
Event:
1945
- Locale
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Linnich,
Germany
Juelich, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:19:30:00 to 01:22:53:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Footage ordered by Cortina Productions for use in USHMM special exhibition "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
- Note
- United News Contents Sheets available in departmental files.
Newsreel created by: Office for Emergency Management / Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch / New York Office / News and Features Bureau.
See Story 3051, Film ID 2396 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm FGMC; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5095
Source Archive Number: 208 UN 147 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:45:48
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