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United News: Leaders visit Western Front [etc]

HD

208-UN-1043

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10:30

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Part 1, Russian generals talk with freed prisoners of war. Winston Churchill, Field Marshalls Montgomery and Brooke, and Gen. Simpson inspect the Siegfried Line; Gens. Eisenhower and Simpson view a battle area. Part 2, an American ship brings lend-lease equipment to LeHavre, France. Part 3 shows a ceremony in a town in Holland where the town square is renamed in honor of the 30th Infantry ("Old Hickory") Division. General Leland S. Hobbs receives a picture of the square. Part 4 shows a 9-year-old blind pianist in Holland whose study in America will be financed by American airmen. Part 5 shows bombing of and street fighting in Cologne, Germany.

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NARA
Office of War Information
208-UN-1043
35mm FGMC
Yes
Newsreel
Black and White
4:3
10:30
25p
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US Gov / Military
1945
Germany; France; Netherlands; Europe
Le Havre; Cologne
WW2
1940 - 1949
Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
16.37 GB
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