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3rd Division fires rocket barrages and First United States Army Infantry advances through German towns east of Inde River

Activities of First United States Army pressing eastward in Germany during World War 2. U.S. engineers and soldiers build a bridge over the Inde River since all nearby crossings had been destroyed by retreating German forces. Army vehicles cross the completed bridge. Soldiers bring heavy artillery and adjust it. View changes to Mausbach area to the South, where rockets are launched by 3rd Armored Division toward the river. Line of 75 U.S. Army rockets seen being loaded by U.S. soldiers and then fired together. Bright flashes and smoke as rockets are fired. Tanks of the 3rd Division moving out from the town. A U.S. vehicle in the advancing column toward Gressenich is hit by German guns. U.S. Army tanks, lined up like artillery, fire on German forces at Gressenich. Continuous line of 3rd Armored Division tanks, armored vehicles, and 6x6 vehicles come to the front and advance on roads of cities and villages moving eastward, and supporting the U.S. First Army Infantry. 1st Army infantry move through Hurtgen forest near Aachen. Ruined German factory is used as an observtion base by U.S. forces to coordinate attack on Gressenich, which was captured on November 19, 1944. 3rd Armored Division tanks move into open fields to continue offensive toward Werth, with U.S. infantry soldiers staying close to tanks for cover. Soldiers carry the wounded U.S. tank commander after German counter fire hits lead U.S. tank in the column. The wounded soldier is dragged to safety. Men of U.S. Army 1st Division Infantry enter town of Werth under German mortar fire and move from house to house clearing enemy snipers and mopping up in the ruins. U.S. Army soldiers guard a column of German prisoners (POW) who surrendered in Werth. View of ruined and destroyed buildings in German towns like Hamich after defeat. U.S. Army soldiers move through the town on foot with a small church in the background. U.S. Army trucks arrive in a rubbled village with food and ammunition for the offensive drive toward the Ruhr.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044554
Destroyed houses and church in Gressenich, Germany (WW2)

United States Army enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). Sign on post reads “Gressenich”. A road leading to the destroyed village. Streetcar tracks are seen on the left side of the road. United States Army trucks drive in both sides of the road in Gressenich. Destroyed houses along the side of the road. Electrical wires connected to posts in the foreground. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Piles of debris in the ground. A badly destroyed house with a gaping hole from damage. A destroyed attic of a house. The roof is only left with its wooden frame. A destroyed Medieval church with bombed tower and Gothic windows. A ransacked room. Furniture and debris are lying down on the floor. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs sideways next to smashed globe.

Date: 1944, December 14
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080083
U.S. soldiers fire rocket launchers mounted on 3/4 ton trucks at targets in Gressenich, Germany.

U.S. soldiers in Gressenich, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army 3/4 ton trucks with rocket launchers mounted on them arrive in Gressenich. The soldiers load rocket launchers and prepare to fire.

Date: 1944, November 18
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070146
Destroyed houses, piles of debris and electrical wires in Gressenich, Germany (WW2)

United States Army Third Armored Division enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). United States Army trucks and Jeeps drive on both sides of the road. Destroyed houses along both sides of the road. Sign reads “Gressenich”. Destroyed houses in the foreground. Debris on the ground. A road leading to the destroyed village. Piles of debris. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Electrical wires foreground to wrecked buildings A destroyed Medieval church.

Date: 1944, December 14
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080082
A U.S. gun crew fires a 155mm gun mounted on an M12 Gun Motor Carriage at targets in Gressenich, Germany.

U.S. soldiers in Gressenich, Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers work on firing mechanism and generator of a U.S. T-27 rocket gun. A group of soldiers of 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, Company G watch rocket fire in woods. A soldier looks through binoculars. Smoke rises from shells exploding near Hastenrath. A crew fires a 155mm gun mounted on an M12 Gun Motor Carriage.

Date: 1944, November 18
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070145
U.S. infantrymen advance through thick woods in Gressenich, Germany during World War II.

U.S. infantrymen in Gressenich, Germany during World War II. Infantrymen advance through thick woods. Infantrymen move ahead.

Date: 1944, November 18
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075050
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