GEORGE STEVENS COLOUR FILM [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GEORGE STEVENS COLOUR FILM [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3381
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  • Summary: Colour film shot by the Special Coverage Film Unit commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George Stevens Sr includes the US Army in North Africa, liberation of Normandy and Paris, American-Russian link-up at Torgau, liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp and a variety of other scenes filmed just before and after the end of the Second World War in Germany, Austria, Italy and Denmark. (Numbers in brackets refer to time codes on the Beta-SP copy).
  • Description: (Roll 1): (01:00:00:00) (North Africa): Various scenes very good but not relevant to Normandy/Montgomery. (Roll 2): (01:25:50:00) N/G section tents etc. very jerky. (01:26:11:00) US soldiers at train station standing about on platform (photographers). London Euston, Glasgow train. (01:26:40:00) (D-Day) (Naval) US servicemen standing on deck of battleship. MCU at sea. Shot of battleship's bridge. View of convoys in Channel. Film cameraman on deck. Landing craft in background. Landing craft passing ship. (01:28:35:00) (D-Day) (Naval) Landing craft passing battleship from deck. Battleships guns firing from deck. Ships gunner MCU. Photographer CU. Small ship passing. Ships in Channel. Shot of group naval gunners (anti-flash hoods). Pan to landing craft and ships in Channel. Various shots of Naval gunners standing on deck looking to shore (binoculars, anti-flash) (01:32:03:00) (D-Day) (Naval). Landing craft from deck. Naval officers on bridge looking towards sea and reverse. Sailors on deck. Landing craft at sea. US Army camera crew CU with camera. (01:33:45:00) (D-Day) (Naval) (Aircraft). P-38 Lightning aircraft flying overhead. 2 CU US army on ship deck. (01:34:00:00) (D-Day) (Beaches) (Juno). Sign on building "Bernieres" Shot of French house. Shots of US and British soldiers on beach, Landing craft and DUKW's in background MCU. Ruined French house. US camera crew filming scenes just inland of beaches. Camera crew filming British tank crew (flails on front) holding up German sign warning of mines. Camera crew filming soldiers with French flag. Various shots of camera crew working, US soldiers and French civilians. Vehicles, tanks and DUKWs (01:36:09:00) (D-Day) (Naval) (Beaches). Various shots of Naval personnel on board ship. Wounded man being winched aboard from launch. Several more wounded men on launch get winched aboard. (01:38:08:00) (D-Day) (Naval). US army personnel on quayside. Cargo ships and launches alongside quay. US army personnel on quayside. (01:39:12:00) (D-Day). US GIs digging hole. US army personnel eating/drinking at mobile kitchen/tent. (01:40:51:00) (D-Day) (Inland). Sign by road "Bridge ahead under fire". US soldier in jeep waves on to camera. Jeep moves off other vehicles passing sign. US vehicles and infantry on road. US vehicles and ambulance driving through wrecked French town (Cherbourg) US jeep at deserted port. Looking at French/German sign ("No entry") on sea wall. (01:42:18:00) (14 July 1944) (D-Day) (Cherbourg). Pan down large church US soldiers in square below. Cherbourg. French civilians US camera crew filming in streets. Sign pointing to Caen and Paris. Sign to beach in French. US personnel in French streets. Talking to British officer. (01:43:58:00) (D-Day) (Carpiquet outside Caen) (Atlantic Wall) (Aircraft). US soldiers passing German gun emplacement. US and RAF officers on airfield looking at Typhoon, being shown round Typhoon. Various shots of wrecked buildings on airfield. British and American troops talking round jeep. Jeep drives off. US soldiers around wrecked buildings. (01:46:50:00) (Bocage). US vehicles and tanks (Rhino horn) driving down narrow heavily wooded road. Us personnel eating round jeep. More vehicles on road. Camera driving passed vehicles on road. Dead horse. US camera crew filming in wrecked French town US personnel in background. sign pointing to Carantilly and Cerisy - La-Salle. US vehicles and troops moving through streets. Tanks with rhino horn and bulldozer fronts. US troops looking at ruins (01:52:28:00) (Bocage). US soldier looking at German corpses next to road. Camera driving down road past ambulance several dead and wounded being treated. German prisoners. Sign "danger forward" . Jeep and camera crew pass camera. (01:54:39:00) (Bocage). Sign "Spec. Cov. Unit". Shots of tents/accommodation US Special Coverage Unit camp. Lots of domestic scenes. (01:57:07:00) French town, bombed out church and buildings. (01:57:47:00) (Field Marshal Montgomery's caravans). Montgomery with US servicemen presenting medals. US officers talking to British officers. US generals Patton and Bradley. Lots of army press, speeches. (01:59:45:00) Back at Special Coverage Unit Camp. Handing out rations GI's on parade. Watching something in the air, aircraft. Domestic scenes. (Roll 3) (02:10:40:00) (St Lo). Sign saying "St Lo". Vehicles moving on road through ruined streets. Various shots of ruined buildings in town. Sign pointing to "Ortslazarett" with red cross hospital?. Ortslazarett entrance. Sign for St Lo Bridge "repaired by 148th Engr. (c) Bn. 4th August 1944". Pan to bridge. Ortslazarett building entrance. More ruined buildings and church. US military vehicles passing through ruined streets. Sign pointing to " Stars and Stripes". Wrecked vehicles. Jeep passing camera. More wrecked buildings. (02:13:25:00) (St Lo). Prison camp, tents in stadium. St Lo railway station in ruins. (02:14:32:00) (Spec. Cov. Camp). Domestic scenes. (02:16:23:00) Camera in jeep driving through ruined buildings. (02:16:30:00) (Spec. Cov. Camp). Domestic scenes. Sunset shots, trees and clouds. Camera crews looking at map, loading jeep, driving off. (02:19:08:00) Jeeps on road passing under railway bridge. Traveling through town. Country road, long convoy of vehicles carrying prisoners. (02:20:01:00) (Mont St Michel). LS of Mont St Michel. Anti-invasion poles in foreground. Reverse, two US soldiers looking at Mont St Michel. French civilians posing for camera and talking to camera crew. Camera crew setting up and shooting shots of Mont St Michel. Various CU shots of Mont St Michel and US troops looking around. (02:24:22:00) (Spec. Cov. Camp). Domestic scenes. (02:26:25:00) (German prisoners). German prisoners in field guarded by US soldiers. Having papers checked, being searched. Being loaded onto lorries. (02:30:58:00) (Coutances). Tanks lined up along tree lined road. Camera crew setting up on jeep in town. Sherman tanks passing. US soldiers and vehicles in street. Mine explodes. Soldiers going through debris. Wrecked jeep. Sign pointing to "St Sauveur-Lendelin" and "Carentan". Ambulance arriving at scene. Medics treating wounded man. Man in ambulance. (02:33:23:00) (Coutances) US soldiers with rifles in ruined street moving cautiously. US soldiers being presented with flowers by French men. Camera crew filming soldiers marching along the road. Civilian refugees pushing barrows through street. Camera crews filming tanks passing through town (red star)? US troops with mine detector in street. (02:35:18:00) US troops talking round jeep to group of French civilians. Shot taken from moving jeep of French civilians waving and greeting US troops as they pass through village. Several shots of US troops with French civilians. US troops on seafront with French civilians. (02:37:00:00) US soldiers looking through bushes beside road. US ambulance overturned in ditch. Medics climb out talking to US soldiers who have stopped to help. (02:38:00:00) Shot taken from travelling jeep passing wrecked vehicles and debris alongside the road. Sign pointing to "St Malo" next to road. US troops in jeep talking to French civilians outside a café (02:38:50:00) (St Malo)? US troops clearing rubble in wrecked street. Shot of burning building through window. Shot of large building (the Mairie ?). Shots of wrecked buildings. Shot of US troops sitting next to jeep drinking wine with French man. (02:40:56:00) shots of central area of large French town. Civilians walking about and US troops talking and drinking. City centre street, French and British flags flying. City centre scenes civilians and troops walking about. (02:43:44:00) Sign saying "Rennes 13 and Antrain 32". Camera crews in vehicles leaving Special Coverage Unit. (02:44:21:00) US troops firing German coastal gun at island offshore. A large chateau with gardens. (02:46:30:00) (Rennes)? City centre civilians waving and cheering. Vehicles on tree lined road. German prisoners on trucks travelling through town. Town centre streets. Parade in town centre, civilian men with rifles. Tanks travelling across field. Shots of French militia in town. Various shots of town centre with civilians and US troops. (02:50:42:00) (Rennes)? US military vehicles and tanks passing through town, civilians waving and throwing flowers. More city centre scenes. "Air raid shelter" sign. Shots of church. German prisoners being marched through town. (02:54:07:00) Signs for Versailles and Paris in town centre. Shots of busy city centre taken from balcony. US jeeps and trucks travelling alongside river. River crossing Bailey bridge over river (Seine)? US trucks, jeeps crossing. Shot from bridge showing remains of original bridge. Shot of burnt out church and buildings. Sign "Evreux 47 Rouen 81 Houdan 26". (02:56:30:00) (Crossing Seine). Ambulance and camera crew jeep crossing Bailey bridge over Seine (02:57:14:00) End MGH 3381 1-3 #GS (01) (Roll 4) (01:00:00:00) (Crossing Seine). Jeep crossing Bailey bridge. Tanks and armoured vehicles driving through town tree lined road, civilians watching. Dusk shot. (01:02:55:00) (25 August 1944) (Paris). Sign to Versailles 32, Paris 52, Cernay La Ville and Chevreuse. Camera crew round jeep looking at maps. Talking to French soldiers in field. Jeep driving into outskirts of Paris, streets lined with people. Long sequence shot from jeep driving into Paris. Streets lined with cheering people. Vehicles stopped, gunfire? Jeep continues. Soldiers with rifles firing at sniper in building. American soldiers hanging about in central Paris, lots of jeeps, Eiffel Tower in background. soldiers crouching behind vehicles and walls, smoke coming from building, explosion? General Leclerc and General Von Choltitz getting out of armoured car. German officers getting out of bus going in building. German officer sitting in jeep is hit on head by GI with helmet. Various shots of central Paris with German officers under guard. De Gaulle arrives in car. (01:16:22:00) (Paris). Crowds in streets. People crouching behind a car firing shots at sniper, lots of US soldiers and civilians watching. Lots of confusion. People sheltering. CU bullet holes in windows. (01:20:16:00) (29 August 1944) (Paris). Civilians and troops in the streets. US military staff cars approaching. US generals Koenig, Bradley and Hodges,with General de Gaulle, stand together talking. Generals standing on dais watching parade down Champs Elysées by US infantry. streets lined with cheering people. End of parade, De Gaulle leaves dais and drives off in car. Ceremony by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Catalina flies overhead. General Eisenhower and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder by the tomb at the Arc de Triomphe. (01:33:50:00 (Paris). Civilians and US celebrating in the streets. Shots taken from jeep travelling up Champs Elysées past British troops. Traveling round streets, people celebrating. Eiffel Tower. US soldiers posing in front of Eiffel Tower. Lots of pretties of sights of Paris. Roll ends with winter scenes in Paris. (01:45:40:00:) (Roll 5) (01:46:18:00 (Château -Thierry). US camera crew in and around town. Bridges across river, visit to First World War memorials for American soldiers. Film fault, unusable section. More shots of First World War memorials and graves, followed by tourist shots. (02:05:33:00) (Ardennes) Shots of French industrial town, civilian refugees with bundles of belongings walking towards camera. German prisoners. US troops standing with civilians. Bomb damaged buildings. Soldiers running across street. US tanks in streets. Mortar team set up in dug-out in built up area. Wrecked buildings. Abandoned rifles and shell cases in street. (02:09:55:00) (Ardennes) US army camera crew walking down wooded road. German corpse in road. More wrecked buildings in town. US troops running across street, walking through wrecked streets. Civilian and German prisoners being marched through street. (02:11:48:00) (December 1944) (Ardennes). German prisoners being held in yard with trees. Prisoners being loaded onto lorry. US troops walking through wrecked streets. Wounded on stretchers being carried on jeep. German prisoners grouped together in street. US soldiers walking behind German prisoners one with guitar on back. View across open country; smoke rising from point on horizon. US troops with German prisoners marching passed ruined buildings. Interiors and exteriors of wrecked buildings. US troops cooking in ruins. Decorating Christmas tree in ruins. Hanging hand grenades on tree. Opening packages on front of jeep. (02:20:23:00) (Paris). Victory parade. (02:21:58:00) (Aircraft). Cameraman filming aircraft in sky. Single aircraft flying overhead, very small in picture, 3 shots daylight, sunset, dusk. (02:23:27:00) US soldier fishing in country stream. Cameraman filming single aircraft crossing dusk sky. (02:25:24:00) Various shots of city centre lots of trams, mainly too dark to use. US soldiers eating and drinking round jeeps. Bomb damage in street. Sign pointing to "Haaren" Below sign saying "Town off limits to all ....."? (02:27:45:00) (Aircraft) (Ardennes) US camera crew standing by lake. Bomber streams with vapour trails high overhead. US troops talking in the street. Sign "Stolberg, Werth, Hastenrath, Echweiler". Sign "Duren 18km, Schevenbutte 2km". Shots of US camera crew in battle damaged town. Looks cold and wintry. (02:30:09:00) (Paris). Victory parade (02:31:44:00) (Christmas 1944) (Ardennes). CU of man holding map, tracing route with finger. Sign "HQ Brussels, Garrison". Sign "Maastricht". Snow on ground, various shots of US vehicles moving along the roads. Looks very cold. Vapour trails overhead. US MP and armed Belgium civilian manning checkpoint. George Stevens unwrapping Christmas present on front of jeep. 2 shots of single aircraft passing overhead. (02:35:10:00) (Ardennes). Various shots of ruined town interiors and exteriors of houses. Abandoned and wrecked German tanks and vehicles next to road in countryside. (02:37:00:00) End MGH 3381 5 #GSa (01) (Roll 6) (01:00:00:00) (Ardennes) (Bastogne). US jeep driving through Bastogne, civilian picking over the wreckage. Various shots of bomb damaged town centre, civilians in street at Red Cross centre. Belgian children receiving presents from GI's. more bomb damaged buildings. Sign "Malmedy, Vielsalm". US soldiers recovering wounded man from wrecked building, placing in jeep. (01:04:12:00) (Ardennes). Jeep moving along very muddy road in wooded country. Bomber streams with vapour trails overhead. (01:05:36:00) (March 1945) (Rhine crossing) (Aircraft). American cameramen on airfield, B-25 in background. B-25 (transport version) starting up and taxiing out, taking off, C-47's and other aircraft in background. Supplies being loaded on/from C-47 to jeep. Wrecked Messerschmitt. A-G bomb craters in field. Flying over airfield, B-24 and other US aircraft on ground. Shot from window of C-47 during landing. Unloading camera equipment from C-47. P-61 Black Widow makes low pass over airfield and lands. Various shots of P-61 (Little Audrey). (01:09:24:00) (Rhine crossing) (Aircraft). Brief shot of camera crew conducting interview outside large building. Aircraft engines stat from inside aircraft. A-G shots of bomb craters in fields. A-G bomb damage in town, A-G bomb craters around airfield. From aircraft interior taxiing on airfield, shots of camera crew in aircraft. Taking off from airfield passed C-47's. A-G shots of bomb damaged countryside and town on river (01:13:37:00) (Rhine crossing). US jeeps and vehicles lined up on field, setting up field guns, various shots of shells and equipment. (01:17:05:00) (Rhine crossing) (Gliders). Silhouette shot of US airborne troops marching passed, then being briefed on airfield. Gliders in background. Boarding gliders, CU inscriptions on gliders. Field guns being towed by jeeps. Glider overhead, coming into land on airfield. Field guns manoeuvring on airfield, gliders and C-47s lined up on airfield. C-47s towing glider take-offs. US artillery units on airfield, preparing equipment and talking to camera crew. Shots of gliders US air airborne troops boarding. CU of inscriptions on gliders. C-47s lined up, details of tow ropes. C-47s and gliders taking off. (01:25:30:00) End of roll MGH 3381 6 #GSb (01) (Roll 7) (01:25:54:00) (Rhine crossing). US camera crew looking round remains of bridge on Rhine. Town and ruined buildings in background. Sign "in memorial to our comrades who fell at the bridge". More shots of wrecked bridge, twisted metal. Camera crew round entrance to railway tunnel, sign warning of mines. Shot looking across river, ruins in foreground civilians passing camera. Camera crew looking round deserted prison camp? Lots of barbed wire fences and elevated guard posts. (01:27:45:00) (Rhine crossing). US camera crew vehicles crossing pontoon bride. Anti-aircraft gun. Various shots of Rhine, camera crew filming remains of bridge, camera crew talking. (01:29:06:00) (Captured German airfield). US camera crew filming and looking around Messerschmitt ME 110's, Fieseler Storch and various other abandoned German aircraft. Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. (01:32:07:00) (Rhine crossing). Brief shots of destroyed bridge. (01:32:30:00) (Captured German airfield). More shots of abandoned German Messerschmitt ME 110 aircraft. (01:33:22:00) (Hospital). Various shots in and around German military hospital. Various shots of German town. German civilians and demobilised troops in streets with carts. (01:37:45:00) (Frankenau Nr Kassel). Camera crew looking down from road onto thousands of assembled German prisoners waiting to go to POW camps. Being loaded onto lorries and driven off. (01:42:04:00) C-47's taking off from airfield, lots of US vehicles and C-47's taxiing and parked on airfield. (01:43:46:00) (Holzverwertung). Emaciated bodies on stretchers outside, concentration camp inmates talking to soldiers. (01:45:34:02) (Airfield hospital). Amy ambulances at airfield hospital (tents). Off loading wounded men. Pan to C-47's one taking off. ME 110 on airfield. (01:47:09:00) British POW on lorries. (01:48:20:00 ?) (Holzverwertung). Camera crew in and around concentration camp. Prisoner cleaning carpet. Bodies on stretchers in open air. Camp internees sitting outside huts. Loaves of bread being carried into camp. (01:50:46:00) (April 1945) (Niederchsenwerfen Nr Nordhausen) (V1 rocket factory). US camera crew looking round, lots of munitions parts piled up. Freed slave workers leaving camp eating and drinking and talking to American soldiers. (01:56:49:00) (Airfield). British POW's on airfield C-47's landing in background. British POW's being loaded onto C-47's. British POW's sitting on airfield waiting for transport. Bomber formations flying overhead. C-47's taking off. (02:01:04:00) Various shots of railway yards, smoke in background. German town US Camera Team talking to German Firemen. Firemen setting op hoses. German prisoners being marched through town. Sign pointing to Berlin 168 km. US vehicles passing through town centre. (02:03:41:00) US Cameramen talking to US soldier in Jeep by river pan to show pontoon bridge, US vehicles crossing. Various shots of river and vehicles crossing. (02:05:04:00) Group of US soldiers talking on tree lined street looking at map. US vehicles parked CUs men talking in Vehicles. Crew recording interview with US officer. (02:07:00:00) (River Elbe) Sign " Truman Bridge. Gateway to Berlin over the Elbe". Various shots US vehicles crossing pontoon bridge. GI's in boat on river. Truck and motorcycle crossing. Posing by sign. Army spotter plane flies low over bridge. (02:08:35:00) End of MGH 3381 7 #GSb (01) (Roll 8) (02:09:11:00) Sign pointing to Berlin 137 km pan to second sign pointing in opposite direction Leipzig 32 km. Heavy mortar/rocket teems set up in village firing from roadside. Scenes in village: GIs talking. AA gun on truck. GI sweeping road. AA Gun team standing talking. German prisoners crossing river on remains of bridge. being searched by US soldiers. (02:13:51:00) Small German town centre: German prisoners walking through. US cameramen looking at German cars parked in group. (02:15:03:00) (28 April 1945) (Russians) (Delitzsch) Sign saying "Nothing in hell can stop the Timberwolf Division". US vehicles escort Major-General Terry Allen and General Sohanov into Delitzch. Generals greeting & shaking hands, band playing, singing. Lots of press around. (02:17:47:00) GIs sitting round fire eating. Stevens and another US soldier greeting and talking by snow covered Jeep. (02:18:32:00) (Dachau concentration camp): US troops in rail yard. CUs of dead prisoners in striped camp uniforms lying by railway wagons. Dead German soldiers lying on grass. More corpses of prisoners lying in snow and piled up in railway trucks. (02:21:10:00) (SS Barracks Dachau): Huge SS Barracks buildings now US trucks parked in front. (02:21:45:00) (Dachau concentration camp): Concentration Camp prisoners in lane between huts cooking on fires. Camera pans round to reveal corpses lying on ground. CUs of corpses, some naked. Emaciated bodies. Lorry load of bread being distributed to prisoners. Boy eating garbage out of waste bin. Man being carried on mattress. Queue of men waiting to be deloused. Delousing. Wagon full of steaming containers being pushed along by prisoners. Pile of clothes outside building. Naked bodies piled up outside building. Bodies of German soldiers lying next to prisoners' bodies. Very ill prisoners on lorry being delivered to camp hospital, naked corpse lying outside. US soldiers, inmates and 4 German soldiers/guards standing with hands in air. US soldier and inmate search a line of Germans for possible war criminals. German guards being interrogated by US soldiers. Lots of national flags flying liberation ceremony and prayers taking place. US, British and USSR flags flying from roof of camp. (02:34:45:00) (Munich) US camera crew fooling around for the camera in SS caps and armbands. Camera crew talking on bridge over river. Street scene large ruined building. Nazi Memorial containing coffins of Nazi Martyrs who died in putsch November 1923. (02:36:38:00) Man swimming in river. US soldiers and civilians sitting round fire in shorts having food and drink by river. Film crew with jeep by lake in mountains. (02:39:09:00) (Aircraft) (Brenner) Me-262 jet aircraft abandoned in field. Jeep stopped in alpine looking village. Town with high mountains above Union Jack and French tricolour flying from buildings. Border post manned by US. (02:40:38:00) End of MGH 3381 6 - 8 #GSb (01) (Roll 9) (01:00:26:00) (Torgau) Taken from jeep following other vehicles down tree lined country road. Past sign saying Torgau. In town, US and Russian troops on streets US and Russians posing and talking. US by river embankment wrecked bridge in background. Russians and US messing about with civilian girls. Refugees by river bank. Troops and refugees crossing river in ferry and launch. Civilians with traction engine pulling cart loaded with refugees through town. (01:05:12:00) Camera in jeep travelling down Auto Baum, US troop carrying vehicles travelling in opposite direction. Sign saying Berlin straight on, Halle and Leipzig to right. Turning off to Berlin. (01:05:53:00) (Torgau) Troops and refugees crossing river in ferry and launch. Soldiers running through field shooting at something, explosion in background. CU of civilians and soldiers crossing river in rowing boat; wrecked bridge in background. (01:08:37:00) (Torgau) (General Emil Reinhardt and Major-General Rusakov) Plaque "East Meets West" written with picture of US and USSR soldier shaking hands, river in background. Rowing boat crossing river with troops on board. US soldiers one on horse back. Soldiers getting out of boat Scottish soldier with bicycle talking to British officer and US troops. Man in top hat with white rabbit talking drunkenly to US soldiers. Shots of Civilian women. Boat approaching with French, US, USSR and British senior officers and men. Russian cavalry with civilians around them. Ferry crossing river. Cavalry crossing river on ferry. Russians and US by river. Russian General arrives. Russian film crew setting up. Senior US Officers arrive. Posed shots. Loads of press. US Generals marching along road US, USSR and Union Jack flying at front on procession. USSR come other way. Meet hand shaking etc. march off up hill press everywhere. March into town. pose for press. CU Shots of Russian men and women soldiers with US. Russians dancing in street with accordion and drum playing. Russians showing US troops their guns. Sign saying Torgau in Russian Cyrillic script. Shot of destroyed bridge from boat. (01:25:32:00) (Torgau) What appear to be arguments between Russians and civilians. Russians round up young German man. Camera crew filming Torgau sign outside town. (Roll 10) (01:26:48:00) (Innsbruck) (Berchtesgaden) Sign post saying Franzensfeste 35 km, Bozen 82 km, Meran 111 km to left and Steinach 12 km, Matrei 16 km Innsbruck to right. Italian border post in Alps. Wrecked buildings, station and rail yard. View over town in valley. Sign saying Innsbruck. Town centre scenes. Berchtesgaden: Stevens posing below Nazi mural on Berchtesgaden post office. Camera crew looking round wreckage of Berghof. Town centre scenes. Innsbruck ?. Camera crew camped by lake bathing eating etc. Back at Innsbruck? Town centre. Rail yards. Factories. (01:40:16:00) (Pilsen). Sign saying "You are now entering Pilsen" and "What you see on the street don't blame on the pigeons"; camera pans to show Czech flag flying on building. City centre. Russian forced labourers with red banners and scarves returning on variety of trucks and carts. Russian soldier waving. Scottish soldier and Russian moving the on over bridge. (Lübeck) Polish, Russian and British troops talking. Polish refugees returning to Lübeck on foot with hand carts. Camera crew camped by lake wearing shorts firing gun into water. More refugees crossing bridge in Pilsen. Plaque saying in Russian and English "Friendship Bridge". (01:46:06:00) Dockyard scenes, possibly Wilhelmshaven. Some bomb damage. Landing craft moving through docks. Big ship lying on side in harbour mouth. (01:48:20:00) Various shots of civilians and American troops in and around city centre. (01:52:25:00) Swiss flag. Bridge over river. Camera crew and vehicles stopped at petrol station. (01:53:20:00) Jeep driving through ruined streets, civilians on street. Wide shot of dock yard scene water cranes etc. various shots camera crew and jeep on quay side children around. Warehouses, bomb damaged buildings. Driving through wrecked streets. Large Naval gun barrel on railway carriage. Driving over bridge. Driving down autobahn. CU driver and army staff car driving alongside. (01:58:16:00) Driving through quayside buildings. Warehouses etc. Ruined buildings in bomb damaged city. Big bridge over river. (01:59:25:00) (Nijmegen) (Arnhem) Sign saying Nijmegen 15. Sign saying Arnhem 1. Wreckage of bridge at Arnhem? Various shots of river and Bailey bridge, Scottish soldiers crossing on bikes. Civilians and camera crew sitting at Café on street. (02:00:59:00) (Holland) Sign saying Amsterdam 21. Shots of Dutch civilians in clogs and traditional clothing in town street. Small boats on quay side. More Dutch civilians. Jeep driving along road beneath dyke. Jeep and camera crew on ferry. Sign saying Rijks Waterstaat Veer III. C-47 seen from ferry flying very low over water CU. Wrecked bridge. Ferry passing with ambulance and other military vehicles. Small town seen from ferry. (Roll 11) (02:04:20:00) (Berlin): Camera crew looking round sites and buildings in Berlin: remains of Reichstag. Hitler's bunker?. Russian soldier on guard. Wreckage of tank near Reichstag civilians on street. Brandenburg gate sigh saying British sector. Various shots of wrecked buildings and streets. MCU sequence civilians clearing rubble from streets with human chain of buckets. Shots of civilians and Allied soldiers wandering about on streets. (02:09:20:00) (Berlin): Train coming toward camera from bridge. Olympic Stadium Berlin various shots of stadium and swimming pools. Beach next to river, civilians relaxing in sun. More wrecked buildings in Berlin Soviet star in front of building, signs in Russian Cyrillic. Camera crew in grounds of very big house or palace, Russian Cyrillic pass displayed in jeep windscreen. Pass with Allied flags on front. Civilians in streets with hand cart. Russian woman soldier directing traffic. Russian posters. Russian soldiers marching through Berlin. Graves. Refugees on country road. Road sign saying Berlin. Sign saying US Berlin District. Soviet tank memorial. Memorials and posters of the Allied leaders. Passing through Brandenburg Gate sign saying "Now Leaving British Sector". More Soviet memorials. Wrecked buildings. Brandenburg gate. Russian men and women soldiers marching down road. Buildings being demolished. (02:23:55:00) Various scenes in India or similar. (02:25:25:00) (Dachau): Entrance to concentration camp, sign warning of typhus. Sign pointing to camp and SS barracks. (02:25:55:13) (Munich): Camera crew at entrance to Burger Brau Keller in Munich where Hitler made his first speech. Camera crew on bridge over river near large palace-like building. Civil women in human chain clearing rubble in ruined building. Ruined streets. Horse racing. Beach by Lake Wannsee. RAF, Soviet and US soldiers looking at view from promenade. US beach club entrance. Playing golf. Camera crew in aircraft. A-G river valley. (02:31:51:00) North Africa various scenes. (02:41:55:00) End: MGH 3381 9 - 11 #GSc (01)
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