Full title reads: "WESTERN FRONT BREVITIES".
France. Air shot of the French village of Bastogne - snow covered roofs, many houses destroyed by bombs and heavy shelling. Several shots of British troops firing captured 88 mm artillery gun.
Holland. Shrapnel bursts in Holland. Buffalo tank crossing a stream. Various shots of tanks using flame throwers - quite spectacular.
United States of America (USA). U.S. rocket firing planes. Long shot of rockets bursting on targets. Pan along Sherman tank hit by rockets. More shots of the rockets being fired from flying planes.
France. Several shots of heavy British transport moving along snow covered roads in Dinant, France. British troops marching along slush covered road.
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery leaving house with aides. Close up shot of Montgomery chatting with British and U.S. officers.
(Mute & Track Negs.)
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 15/01/1945
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 39753
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1145.05
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:55:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:43:00 / 01:09:38:00
- Canister:
- 45/5
- Sort Number:
- 45/005
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jamied says
"Close up shot of Montgomery chatting with British and U.S. officers." - in particular, he's seen chatting with Major General Matthew Ridgway, who was then heading the XVIII Airborne Corps of the U.S. Army.