Title:SCENES OF DEVASTATION IN THE BRITISH, AMERICAN AND FRENCH ZONES OF OCCUPATION, GERMANY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6769
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY HAROLD P MURDOCH [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film, with handwritten titles, shot by Mr Harold Murdoch, a member (given the rank of Colonel) of a British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee trip (No 2108) through the western parts of Occupied Germany, starts by surveying German bomb damage to central London, then records the effect of the Allied air offensive against Germany, travelling from Frankfurt am Main, via Stuttgart, Siegfried Line defences, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden and Kaiserslautern and ending in the British Zone visiting Herford (Münsterkirche), Cologne (Cathedral and Freeman Baillie Bridge) and Bad Oeynhausen. Murdoch records the fate of the German civilian population and early signs of the incipient americanisation of the German landscape (Goof Off Inn), as well as the presence of American 'negro' drivers.
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Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY HAROLD P MURDOCH [Alternative Title]
