Summary

THE TRUE GLORY

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Title: THE TRUE GLORY
File Number: DN-LB-661 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1945
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1945 Story of D-Day and eventual Nazi defeat on Western Front VO tells Allied version input from ordinary soldiers Mostly US and British propaganda There is some excellent quality footage in this title WARNING! VERY GRAPHIC MATERIAL Credits: Director, Carol Reed, Garson Kanin Script, Eric Maschwitz, Arthur MacRae, Jenny Nicholson, Gerald Kersh, Guy Trosper Editor, Robert Verrell Music, William Alwyn Sync sound 01:00:01:00 B W 1945 General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, introduces film, very stiff, flags in BG Montage of Nazis, includes Hitler speaking, Goebbels in profile, German soldiers marching VS Germany's coastal defenses in France Montage of war industry, England and US, female and male workers Montage ships at sea, bombed, men covered in oil rescued Women track activity at sea on war room map Troops board ships and read, play cards, sleep VS all types of servicemen and women and their clubs in England 01:07:34:00 B W 1945 Montage of troops training, running obstacle course and scaling cliffs Montage of preparations for invasion, including stock piles, floating dock, reconnaissance Soldiers inoculated 01:11:22:00 B W 1945 President Roosevelt (FDR), Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill at Teheran with Molotov, and Anthony Eden Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery at SHAEF meeting VS air attacks, bombs drop and explode, strafing MCU Goering inspecting troops at Normandy and Gerd von Rundstedt with his son Allied troops are transported by road, rail and sea for D-Day (one black driver) Soldiers on deck receive final briefing, blimps overhead 01:16:30:00 B W 1945 King George VI of Great Britain salutes sailors aboard ship, brief 01:16:33:00 B W 1944 Morse code blinker light operated, anchor lifted, ships sail General Eisenhower inspects troops who have grease on their faces June 6, 1944, naval barrage begins on coast of Normandy, VS loading artillery guns, firing, airplanes overhead Troops climb overboard into amphibious landing crafts, smoke fills air, rockets fired from ship VS beach landing, troops wade through water, POV approach and landing from LSI 01:21:52:00 B W 1945 London, bus passes in FG, Big Ben in BG Brief street scene News of invasion breaks, reporters run from room Montage of people reading newspapers, zipper sign Omaha beach landing, destruction, wounded, dead, POWs Taking beach heads and infantry running from beach through streets VS battles, firing rifles, artillery guns, flame throwers, machine guns Bomb knocks top off church steeple 01:25:06:00 B W 1945 General Montgomery jumps from truck Tank carrying black soldiers drives through destroyed town AVs, POVs and gun camera shots of bombing LS of beach, surreal, blimps overhead, vessels in water, tanks and trucks on beach Infantry and supplies to shore, wounded evacuated LST, LSD Firing mortar shells Soldiers in trenches, eating, cleaning rifles, on radio, firing guns, kitten plays Treating and evacuating wounded men Nurses and surgeon operate in tent 01:28:49:00 B W 1945 Pan harbor full of vessels with floating dock Supplies unloaded VS storm at sea, huge waves, men rescued VS advance on Cherbourg Soldiers walk through field of cows, locals hand them apples VS fighting on streets of Cherbourg Nazi commander surrenders (von Schleben ?) June 25, Cherbourg falls to Allies German POWs marched through streets with hands on their heads AV of ruins of Cherbourg harbor Reconstruction of harbor Arming Maquis units Snipers Blowing up factories 01:32:22:00 B W 1945 VS of destruction of Oradour sur Glane with dead bodies on ground and lined up on streets VO, the Germans slaughtered 11,000 out of the 12,000 population 01:33:43:00 B W 1945 Battle for Caen - advance at night, infantry and tanks in silhouette as they move Bombers in sky, bombs drop, AVs of explosions Tanks drive through the destroyed streets of Caen, fires still burning Soldiers under fire run through streets, civilians climb over rubble Advance across fields and through the ruins of St Lo German POWs lined up against wall Explosions, wall of building falls, soldiers cautiously make their way along streets - dead bodies on ground POWs marched through streets, injured man winces in pain, refugees walk carrying children and belongings 01:38:05:00 B W 1945 Black tank division takes break, sitting on ground smoking cigarettes French people wave as tanks speed by VS celebrations as Allies reach Rennes 01:39:55:00 B W 1945 VS battle at Mortain, tank on fire, soldiers sit in ditch, explosion on road, injured evacuated, bombers fly over VS uncovering artillery guns, CU soldiers faces, black and white men, waiting for battle Ferocious battle leaves much destruction VS dead bodies including charred corpse in tank German POWs hold white flags of surrender CUs of German POWs Tanks advancing through streets, pass road sign for Paris French army, with support of Americans, enter Paris VS Parisian street scenes with disturbances as Germans begin to flee Snipers shoot from windows, nurses and doctors run along street to treat wounded French army cheered through streets of Paris General Charles deGaulle waves as he walks through crowd 01:50:42:00 B W 1945 British army tanks driving through to Brussels, people on streets cheer them Allied troops walk across fields into Germany Soldier wearing top hat walks through street with umbrella Montage of advance into Germany Advance comes to a halt because of lack of supplies AV, Brest harbor and destruction Shots of Calais, Le Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne, Dunkirk (TC skips 6-7 mins) 02:01:56:00 B W 1945 AV Siegfried Line, tank drives through Soldiers fire at pillboxes Paratroopers jump en masse from airplanes, sky full of parachutes Road sign for Arnhem Plane falls from sky and crashes in BG VS of tired and dirty soldiers VS battle to open up Antwerp harbor for supplies includes combat and mine sweeping at sea VS supplies unloaded and transported from Antwerp, black truck driver Filthy and tired soldiers get to shower, rest, see movie, and are given new clothes Soldiers shave, write letters, play darts and eat 02:09:03:00 B W 1944 VS 1944 winter campaign (Battle of the Ardennes BATTLE OF THE BULGE) with soldiers marching through snow, tanks driving in snow, firing mortars, soldier in trench blows on his hands, men covered in blankets, crawling across snow, brutal conditions 02:10:40:00 B W 1945 German offensive, bombs explode, fire, Allied soldiers run for cover, good German commander, von Rundstedt, brief Battle of the Bulge - street fighting, wounded soldier crawls along road, soldiers run through snow in streets, lots of wounded and dead Street battles, tanks, machine guns, mortars, fires Soldiers advance through snow December 24, air forces attack 02:14:03:00 B W 1945 Rockets launched, good Churchill, FDR and Stalin at Yalta conference, FDR looks very ill Battle montage with rockets, POWs, fires, bombs exploding, advancing through destroyed cities Entering Cologne, cathedral spires in BG Soldier's leg blown off - he's conscious and moving, smoke coming from leg AVs of the Rhine, destroyed bridges Allied troops drive across intact bridge, sign, CROSS THE RHINE WITH DRY FEET COURTESY OF 9th ARM'D DIV German POWs Allied paratroopers fill sky with parachutes as they land Planes fly low across German city Allies take the Rhur 02:21:36:00 B W 1945 Allied POW camp liberated Prisoners run towards CAM cheering with arms raised high Newspaper headline, FDR DEAD 02:22:15:00 B W 1945 displaced people, slave workers, walk along country road, VS 02:22:35:00 B W 1945 VS liberating Belsen concentration camp - women shout at camp warden VS dead bodies, mass graves, emaciated inmates, disease Person moving on ground among dead bodies CU women crying, woman on ground kisses hand of soldier Women and men behind barbed wire fences CU young man talking and many other faces People crowd around horse and cart full of potatoes Russians in Berlin Russian and American soldiers meet at the Elb river, hug and kiss each other Destruction and fighting in Hamburg Allies occupy Germany, post sign on public notice board, Law No 5 Dissolution of Nazi Party Nazi officers sign surrender 02:28:12:00 B W 1945 VS soldiers graves and cemeteries CU high ranking Nazi officials under arrest includes Goering, von Rundstedt (?) Lone soldier walks past dead bodies (rigor mortis) and rubble in city
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