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Military trucks cross the first American Bailey bridge across the Rhine River in Remagen, Germany.

Activities at a Bailey bridge across the Rhine River in Remagen, Germany during World War II. The first American Bailey bridge across the Rhine River. Military trucks cross the bridge. Buildings in the background. A sign board near the bridge reads "This bridge is constructed by 148th Engineer Bn."

Date: 1945, March 22
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056114
Two new bridges being inspected by U.S. General Joseph Taggart McNarney across the Rhine river in Germany.

U.S. General Joseph Taggart McNarney rides across two new bridges over the Rhine in Germany. Two bridges over river Rhine. One bridge for automobile traffic. General arrives by car and crosses the bridge. Board reads 'General George C Marshall Bridge, constructed by Engineer Special Service Regiment'. General arrives as officers greet him. Train arrives and leaves. New railroad being observed by General and other officers.

Date: 1946
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046675
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.

Date: 1945, March
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058758
A crane carries a plank for a bridge and soldiers nail the flooring of the Rhine Rail Road Bridge in Wesel, Germany.

Construction of the Crocodile Highway Pile Bridge in Wesel, Germany during World War II. Soldiers carry a plank for bridge flooring by a crane. The crane places the plank over the floor of the newly constructed bridge. The soldiers inspect the plank as it is placed over the floor of the bridge. A driver operates the crane as it carries the plank. The soldiers nail the plank. A van with soldiers. A board reads 'Rhine Rail Road Bridge, 1056 Engineer Group'. The newly constructed rail road bridge is laid.

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065307
A bridge spans the Rhine River and a ship passes under the bridge in Mainz, Germany

Germany ten years after World War II. A bridge over the Rhine River in Mainz, Germany. The bridge spans the river. A ship passes under the bridge

Date: 1954, June 16
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031786
German civilians cross the General Leslie J McNair bridge on river Rhine to enter Cologne, Germany after World War II ends.

Wrecked entrance gate of the General Leslie J McNair bridge on river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. Civilians return to the city after World War II. People on cycles, motorbikes and pedestrians enter with their luggageĀ loaded on trucks, wagons and pulling carts. Wrecked building near the bridge. A signboard at the entrance reads the name of the bridge on Rhine river.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056420