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United News: Leaders visit Western Front [etc]
US Gov / Military
Summary
Part 1, Russian generals talk with freed prisoners of war. Winston Churchill, Field Marshalls Montgomery and Brooke, and Gen. Simpson inspect the Siegfried Line; Gens. Eisenhower and Simpson view a battle area. Part 2, an American ship brings lend-lease equipment to LeHavre, France. Part 3 shows a ceremony in a town in Holland where the town square is renamed in honor of the 30th Infantry ("Old Hickory") Division. General Leland S. Hobbs receives a picture of the square. Part 4 shows a 9-year-old blind pianist in Holland whose study in America will be financed by American airmen. Part 5 shows bombing of and street fighting in Cologne, Germany.
Details
- Reference
- 208-UN-1043
- Source
- NARA
- Collection
- Office of War Information
- Genre
- Newsreel
- Year
- 1945
- Decade
- 1940 - 1949
- Original format
- 35mm FGMC
- Duration
- 10:30
- File format
- Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
- Colour
- Black & white
- Sound
- Yes