FROM THE RHINE TO VICTORY : a newsreel history [Main Title]

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  • Title: FROM THE RHINE TO VICTORY : a newsreel history [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 246
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: The closing stages of the war against Germany.
  • Description: (Reels 1-2) Build-up of supplies in Russia by domestic production and by various routes from the West: Russian offensive of January 1945 into East Prussia and Poland; the Western Allies cross the Rhine (shows Montgomery's boat crossing, and Remagen bridge) (Reels 3-4) The continuing Western advance along the whole front; the freeing of POWs and the opening of concentration camps; the advance in Italy (including death of Mussolini); Russian advance in east Europe (Budapest, Prague, Vienna) and contact with English and Americans; the bombing of Berlin, and Russian assault on the city. (Reel 5) Capture of Berlin, various scenes of German soldiers surrendering (including the surrenders by General von Freidenberger - Rheims, Colonel Cosch - Norway and Major General Heine - British Channel Islands), wrecked or captured matériel, victory celebrations and return of exiled governments, the after-effects of war (ruins, displaced persons, food shortages etc); Potsdam Conference; closing sequence alternates shots of Nazi pageantry with ruins of German towns including the damaged German Chancery in Berlin. The film ends with and a shot of the blowing up of a German swastika on the top of the Zeppelin Grandstand at Zeppelin Field - the Nazi Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: COI 246
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 246)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) British Paramount News (Production company) Graham, A S (Production individual) Loewe, Roland (Production individual) Hastings, Lewis (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: society, Allied - history (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 5 Footage: 4519 ft; Running time: 47 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 246

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