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British Royal Air Force aircraft conduct 700-airplane bombing raid over Cologne during World War II

Narrator states that on March 2, 1945, during World War 2, 700 Lancaster and Halifax bombers of the British Royal Air Force fly over Cologne, Germany, to bomb roads and bridges leading across the Rhine River. Closeup aerial view of a British Halifax bomber with H7 painted on its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to No.346 Squadron RAF. (This is a Free French bomber squadron incorporated into the Royal Air Force and operating out of RAF Station Elvington.) View from one of the aircraft looking down on the city below as bombs fall from the plane. Narrator refers to U.S. 1st Army attacking Cologne and this bombing to strike German forces fleeing the city. Heavy smoke seen rising from bomb explosions below. A huge black cloud is seen in the air as a German scarecrow bomb hits a Lancaster bomber and destroys it (Narrator calls it a scarecrow bomb. Later analysis concluded that "scarecrow" bombs may have been attacks by Luftwaffe aircraft equipped with upward facing cannons, or so called "Schräge Musik" attacks.) Smoke rising from the city. Narrator emphasizes that the Cologne Cathedral is not touched.

Date: 1945, March 2
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037778
Views of Wiesbaden and Mainz, Germany, at end of World War II in Europe. German soldiers being relocated.

Opening slate reads April 17, 1945, Wiesbaden, Germany. A brick building in Wiesbaden with large arrow pointing downstairs, labeled "LSR"meaning Luftschutzraum (Air-raid room). Signpost in front of a building with damaged roof, reads,"Radfahr-weg" (bicycle path). Below it an American army sign reads "WP-Water Point." U.S. soldier directs military vehicles, carrying surrendered German soldiers, as they cross the Rhein (Rhine) river, from Wiesbaden to Mainz on a pontoon bridge. The dome of Christuskirche (Christ Church) across the river, dominates the skyline

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064584
American troops fight against the Germans as American aircraft bomb Germany during World War II.

Allied operations in Germany during World War II. A map of Germany. A headline in a newspaper reads 'Russians strike Berlin'. People stand on a bridge in Cologne. View of Cologne cathedral. Past events show Nazi troops during a parade in March, 1936, crossing the River Rhine during rearmament of Germany. U.S. soldiers in advance in Germany in 1945, in combat from house to house in a German town. The German soldiers being taken as prisoners of war. Scenes with Nazi German soldiers with their hands up in the air. A large group of German Prisoners of War being marched on a road under guard by American soldiers. Allied aircraft bombard German towns. P-38 aircraft taking off and gun camera footage while strafing a target. P-38 landing on a snow covered airfield. An American single-propeller fighter aircraft crash lands with difficulty and slides into another parked aircraft on the snow. Aerial views of B-24 and B-17 aircraft in formation flight. Bombs being dropped in night bombing raids and day bombing raids over Berlin, Germany. Smoke rises. Aircraft in flight as they leave behind vapor trails. United States soldiers on the ground in combat with enemy Germans in a German town. Infantrymen fire rifles and advance house to house. Wounded Americans being carried on litters for medical care. Germans fire at the wounded Americans.Sergeant Peter Di Guiseppi, from Pennsylvania, of 1st Armored Division, being interviewed. Private Pat Brady of Hollywood California narrates an incident where a gunner aboard a tank fired fiercely at the enemy. He talks about tanks getting caught in a fire and the following rescue efforts.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078194
U.S. troops capture and defend the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River in Remagen, Germany during World War II.

View of the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine River, at Remagen, Germany. An American soldier crossing the bridge on a pedestrian walkway. Captured German prisoners. A jeep approaches the bridge to cross. U.S. antiaircraft guns fire at German planes attempting to bomb the bridge. German bombs seen splashing into the river near the bridge. U.S. army vehicles line street and cross the bridge. A sign posted on the bridge reads 'Cross the Rhine with dry feet courtesy 9th Armored Division'. U.S. Infantry men march across the bridge. U.S. forces arriving on the East bank, from the bridge. Large numbers of German prisoners march along a road, guarded by U.S. Army soldiers. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1945, March 7
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072903
Tourist attractions along the Rhine River in Germany

Tourist destinations and architecture along the Rhine River in Germany. A bridge on the Rhine. The famous spa town of Wiesbaden alongside the river Rhine. A ship under a bridge. View of the Lorelei Rock and Gutenfels Castle (Schlossweg 26, 56349 Kaub, Germany) along the Rhine. Women work in a vineyard on the sloping banks of the river. A ship reaches the bank of the river.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055446
Damaged and twisted Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, during World War 2; American flag flying atop as Allies cross Rhine

The American flag fluttering in the breeze from one of the towers of the Ludendorff Bridge, over the Rhine River, in Germany, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Cross the Rhine with Dry Feet, Courtesy of 9th Armed Div.' Several views of wrecked bridge over Rhine River. Bomb damaged buildings and rubble seen on the other side of the bridge, where U.S. Army trucks and ambulance are seen passing by. Dramatic clouds passing by overhead as trucks roll by past rubble of buildings in Remagen. Final sequence shows several trucks, filled with U.S. Army troops, proceeding further into Germany through the city of Remagen.

Date: 1945, March 30
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040699