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News Thrills

Item number (ISN):

333087

Series title:

News Thrills

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

333087

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

Accession:

1979-0210

Media:

Film

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1945

Production company:

Official Films

Production credit:

editing, Leslie Winik

Description:

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News events including.~Yalta Conference: The camera records the Yalta Conference held in the Crimea in early 1945 between the United States, Russia and Great Britain. Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt are seated at the round table surrounded by advisors and generals. Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Stalin pose seated in a row with a retinue of army officers behind them.~Battle of Germany: The Allied invasion of Germany takes place. The Allies bomb communication centers relentlessly preceding the great push across the Rhine. Fighters join the attack catching Nazi planes on the ground until every plane on the ground is destroyed. At the German border, British Forces break trhough the northern anchor of Nazi defences in the west. The air force strike continues but it's in difficulty due to winter conditions. Tank formations of the First Canadian army push on. Cologne falls to General Hodges' American First Army. At Remagen, the Ludendorff Bridge, the last remaining across the Rhine, is captures - the American forces cross the bridge. "Ducks, "Alligators" and big barges are rushed to the area of crossing. German aerial attacks on the bridge are repulsed by anti-aircraft fire. There's footage of the bombing of Ludwigslust, of Nurembergand of Luneberg. Shown are sequences of German soldiers being rounded up, of house to house mop up operations in Cologne. A long shot of Cologne's cathedral is shown, a cathedral standing among rubble. A shot of Winston Churchll crossing the Rhine is seen as he speeds in a small naval vessel.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

119051

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8407-0008

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

367989

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7709-1411

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

368238

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7906-1984

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

368241

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7906-1985

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

380806

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2003-03-0029

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

978305

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2003-03-0032

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7709-1345
7906-1984
7709-1601
7706-1041
7706-1042
8220-0049
7301-0873
8412-0259
8603-0199

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8407-0008
V1 2003-03-0029

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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