Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 799 (25 SEPTEMBER 1944) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 799
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Description: I. "Fantastic surrender." Major General Elster says goodbye to his staff before surrendering himself and his 20,000 men to a US General near Orleans. Coverage includes actual sound of American demanding surrender. Prisoners, including Luftwaffe personnel in horse-drawn vehicles and soldiers with bicycles bearing their equipment, move along a road before entering a large POW cage (aerial view) near the Loire.
II. "Forward into Germany." Pre-war aerial film of the Siegfried Line fortifications introduces report on Allied entry into Germany. US troops fire onto German soil before crossing a frontier stream and entering the first town to be taken, Roetgen. Commentary tries desperately to present few inoffensive-looking inhabitants as "enemies." Visual material which more aptly fits this vindictive attitude is the view of Wallendorf burning and in ruins. In the British sector (view of Generals. Hodges and Dempsey), troops drive on towards Nijmegen, aided by members of the Dutch Underground Army. Meanwhile a great airborne army sets off from Britain for "what may be one of the most decisive battles of the war." Men land (allegedly) at Arnhem.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 799
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-09-25
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 636 ft; Running time: 7 mins
