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Allied Forces advance from France and Belgium to cross the Rhein River at Remagen during World War II

Film starts showing animated map of American forces driving East from France and British forces.including the 53rd Infantry Division, from Belgium toward the Rhein (Rhine) River in Germany. Allied infantry and armor gathering on a street in France. Closeups of some soldiers in berets mingling with American troops. Left shoulder of a soldier with Engineers patch. Another with white cross in white circle. American troops entering Bad Godesburg, where many white flags are displayed. An M4A3 Sherman tank moves along a street. "Adolf Schmitz" written on building in background U.S. infantry and armor moving through the town cautiously subject to lingering sniper fire. Views of signs identifying shops and commercial establishments in the town. U.S. soldiers silhouetted looking out of an upper story of a building where they are firing a machine gun towards a sniper's nest. German soldier surrendering and being searched briefly. A wounded person being carried on a litter by two civilian men, accompanied by a woman wearing a Red Cross armband. Scene shifts to road in countryside, clogged with long line of German prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard. Closeups of some of the prisoners and guards. Views of the Rhein river with many bridges destroyed by retreating German forces. Closeup of an American tank crew in their M4A3 Sherman tank. The Bridge at Remagen, with a sign on it reading: "Cross the Rhine with dry feet courtesy of the 9th ARMD Div." American soldiers guarding the bridge against air attack man an M33 twin mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. Another gun crew firing an M45 quad mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun at attacking German aircraft attempting to destroy the Remagen bridge. Another antiaircraft gun defending the bridge. View from some distance of bomb bursting near the bridge, raising a geyser of water. Back at the bridge, itself, American infantry and vehicles continue to pour across it. Closeups of some and of soldiers in the vehicles. An M4A3 Sherman tank completing the crossing and moving on the German side of the river. Infantry walking along the roadside.

Location: Rhineland Germany
Date: 1945, March
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058758
Harry S. Truman and others at the dedication of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Dedication ceremony of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Former President of United States Harry S. Truman at the dedication ceremony of the library. Dignitaries including Chief Justice Earl Warren, Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt at the ceremony. Ten thousand people gather for the Masonic rites of dedication. Republican Senate leader William Fife Knowland receives a deed on behalf of the government. Interiors of the library that houses 3 ½ million documents of Truman's seven-year term. At the Truman Museum pictures of Truman with former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Another picture of Truman after winning the presidential election of 1944.

Location: Independence Missouri USA
Date: 1957, July 8
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058821
A demonstration of various explosive devices used to clear obstacles at a beach in Florida, United States.

A demonstration of explosive devices used to clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A Conger, a British canvas hose device. The hose is filled with liquid explosives being laid out by a rocket and detonated. An explosion occurs. A rocket propelled M-3 being driven towards the beachhead. A project line charge being fired by a rocket and climbs up as smoke rises. A progress report of JANET ( Joint Army Navy Experimental and Testing ) Board. (World War II period).

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058865
Lieutenant General Brereton with U.S. paratroopers leaving RAF Greenham Common, England to invade Normandy in World War II

U.S. paratroopers depart England, the evening before D-day, to be airdropped over Normandy France, in World War 2. U.S. Lieutenant General Louis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, converses with two other officers as they stand by a staff car on RAF Greenham Common airfield, England. He waves a riding crop as he steps into the staff car, which carries three stars on a bumper plate. Scene shifts to the flight line where General Brereton is smoking a cigarette as he converses with American and British officers, standing beside C-47 aircraft number 43-15296. Brereton chats with two paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and shakes hands with one. The C-47, named, "That's All...Brother," taxis forward, along with several others, toward the active runway. Many aircraft are then seen taking off, one at a time, in the dusk, with their wingtip lights on.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058880
LCIs underway towards Normandy and an LST unloads heavy equipment at a beach in Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. Four LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway. A dim coastline in the background. Sea gulls fly overhead. A British cruiser of the Country Class underway and smoke rises from its stacks. A steel barge being loaded down with heavy gear. An LCT ( Landing Craft Tank ) and an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ) near Normandy beachhead as barrage balloons fly overhead. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) on the beach as it unloads heavy equipment. Rough sea breaks over the wreckage at the beach. A cargo ship anchored off the coast of Normandy with a rough sea in the foreground.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058882
A breakwater made up of sunken ships at Normandy, France as barrage balloons fly overhead during World War II..

Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A man picks up a shrapnel out of an ammunition ready box. He examines the piece of shrapnel and one of the holes made in the ready box by the shrapnel. A port hole in the conning tower of an Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) as a piece of shrapnel lies on it. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) tries to tow a British landing craft that has been turned upside down. A transport ship in the background. The breakwater at Normandy beach made up of sunken ships. Barrage balloons fly in the sky. A broken LCVP. Two LCTs ( Landing Craft Tank ) beached in the background.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058892
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