Overview
- Description
- (LIB 3784) Attack on Meschernich, Germany, March 6+8, 1945. LS, MS 23rd Regt, 2d Div, soldiers move along street in deserted town, rainy. Civilians watch. CU, soldiers break down door of house with guns and enter. VS, soldier directs civilians and German officers by wave of hand. CU, woman unlocks door of house and soldiers enter. MS, CU, German soldiers surrender, being searched by US soldiers. CU, officer speaking with German civilian. LS, rolling hills, village. MS, soldiers crossing field and entering Meschernich. Civilians stand at edge of a square, fork in road. MS, soldiers entering houses. MCU, soldier breaks window and climbs into house.
(LIB 3855) Cologne and its Capture by First Army, Germany, March 7, 1945. Ruined city. VS, Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, Brig. Gen. Doyle Hickey, and Brig. Gen. Trueman E. Boudinot on the steps of cathedral in Cologne. - Duration
- 00:04:57
- Date
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Event:
March 1945 to January 1946
- Locale
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Meschernich,
Germany
Cologne, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 07:00:42:00 to 07:05:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2387 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 13
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 3529 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:24
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