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Construction of a bridge on the Rhine River and men working on it in Wiesbaden, Germany

Germany ten years after World War II. Construction of a bridge on the Rhine River in Wiesbaden, Germany.Men heat rivets. An air hammer is used in riveting. A worker rakes a red hot rivet from the fire with a pair of tongs. He places it on the ground to clean it. Men place a large girder into position using a crane. A man uses an acetylene torch for cutting. A man uses a drill. A forge is used to heat the rivets. A worker changes an automatic wrench. Piers to which the bridge will be connected. Men work around.

Date: 1954, June 16
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031784
German workers construct a bridge across the Rhine River and a crane in operation in Mainz, Germany.

Germany ten years after World War II. German workers in Mainz, Germany. A factory and smoke stacks. German workers construct a bridge across the Rhine River. The bridge under construction. Railroad tracks. A crane in operation knocks down and picks up rubble of a bomb damaged building. Men stand and watch the operation.

Date: 1954, June 16
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031789
Allies defeat Nazi Germany in World War II

Invasion of Germany by Allied forces during World War and unconditional surrender by Germany during World War 2. At TC: 00:19 thru 00: 21, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, Commander of Axis forces in Italy, is seen outside a building in the mountains. Rear view of the war-damaged Reichtag building and View of the Brandenburg Gate as Soviet troops occupy Berlin. General Dwight D. Eisenhower conferring with an unidentified General. Lieutenant Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley are with him. Soviet soldiers waving to Americans on opposite sides of the Elbe River. American soldiers paddling an inflated boat across the river. U.S. 69th Infantry division and Russian 58th Guard Division troops under Major General Rusakov embracing meet at the Elbe River in Torgau Germany on April 26, 1945. Several succeeding views of American and Soviet soldiers celebrating together. A group of American and Soviet soldiers posing for pictures atop a concrete foundation with a banner across it reading: "Our Greeting to the Heroes Army of United States of America." A battery of tanks firing their guns. Two British soldiers with one pointing in a direction. A Soviet IS-2 tank moving past a burning building. Destroyed street sign pointing at Hamburg. Local citizens waving white flags. Allied armor crossing a bridge over the Rhine River. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery and German General Eberhard Kinzel sign a document of surrender at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945. Civilians moving about on streets of Berlin after Germany surrenders in World War 2. A British soldier posts an announcement from Allied occupying forces declaring the dissolution of the Nazi Party. Closeup of German citizens looking at the announcement. Local people standing amidst rubble near damaged buildings. A British Cromwell tank moving past the camera. Glimpse of a German family. Sherman tanks moving along a roadway. American Lieutenant Generals Leonard T. Gerow and William Simpson in Berlin. Trucks and tanks driving past fires. A long line of German prisoners of war marching beside a field under guard. German General Alfred Jodl and others leaving a car and entering General Eisenhower's Headquarters in Reims, France, May 7, 1945, where General Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff in the German High Command, signs a document of unconditional surrender. Admiral Von Friedeburg of the German Navy, and Major Wilhelm Oxenius of the German General Staff sit beside him.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060116
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
Aerial view of the river Rhine with a bridge on it destroyed by Allied bombers during World War II.

Aerial view of the river Rhine, shortly after close of WWII in Europe. The channel of water and banks of the river. A destroyed bridge on the river, from bombing by the Allied bombers during World War II. Roads and farmlands near the banks of the river.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036119
Newspaper headlines as Allies cross Rhine, dead concentration camp victims, German prisoners near end of World War II in Europe

Views of various newspaper headlines during world war 2. Headline announces that the Allies have crossed the Rhine River in Germany. View of U.S. Army soldiers in jeeps and trucks crossing a bridge over the Rhine. Dead Bodies of concentration camp victims in a camp following liberation by the Allies. German Army prisoners running in formation with their hands up, under guard by the Allies. Large group of Germany military prisoners in a queue. A young German soldier (only a boy) is seen weeping. Flag with swastika mark of Nazis is on fire and seen burning.

Date: 1945
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032958