German newsreel excerpts: German munitions trains; American POWs; V-1 bombs

Identifier
irn562232
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.1994
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Jack Penman

Scope and Content

Reel 2, Part 1, camouflaged German munitions trains move up near Caen after the Normandy invasion. German antiaircraft fires at Allied planes over Caen. Devastation in the city. German troops assist civilians. Tanks, motorcycles, infantry, and artillery move up. Antitank guns cripple U.S. Sherman tanks. U.S. POWs are marched to the rear. Part 2, Hamburg, Germany, in flames after an Allied air raid. Searchers probe into debris; dead and wounded are removed. Corpses are laid out in a huge hall. V-1 bombs are launched.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • TRAINS
  • INVASIONS
  • GERMANS
  • POWS (AMERICAN)
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • NORMANDY INVASION
  • ROCKETS
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • CITIES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • WOUNDED

Places

  • Hamburg, Germany
  • Normandy, France
  • Caen, France

Genre

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