Rent D-Day to VE-Day: From Paris to the Rhine (1946)
0h 55min
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- Synopsis:
Witness momentous World War Two events! We've delved into the archives of the famous Imperial War Museum in London to bring you the story of the conquest of Europe as it was actually reported in the cinemas of the day. Filmed by frontline cameramen, many of whom became casualties themselves, these newsreels are a fascinating record of how World War Two was fought, and of how the war was being depicted on the home front. The celebrations in newly freed France contrasts starkly with the grim events of autumn and winter 1944-45, as the German Reich convulses in its final death throws. The invasion forces can now be counted in their millions, closing in from Russia in the east, Italy and France in the south and from Belgium and Holland in the west.
Here's What You Will See:
- The British advance through Belgium
- US 3rd Army's advance to the Moselle
- The miraculous Pluto fuel line
- US 1st Army's assault on Aachen
- The "Anvil" landings in the South of France
- Airborne assaults at Graves, Nijmegen and Arnhem
- Churchill in Paris and De Gaulle in Moscow
- The Russians crossing into Poland
- The hideous first discovery of the concentration camps
- The Warsaw uprising
- War in Italy and the Balkans
- The work of the Italian Partisans
- The panicked preparations for German civil defence
- The Battle of the Bulge
- The first plans for peace at Yalta- Actors:
- Colin Wills
- Narrated By:
- Colin Wills
- Writers:
- Roland Loewe
- Studio:
- Pegasus
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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