Fall of Berlin, The

Synopsis

A documentary film on the fall of Berlin in 1945, using Russian archive footage. Covers Churchill visiting the Western Front, the American bridgehead on the Elbe at Magdeburg, the Luftwaffe attacking allied bombers over Berlin, and the devastation caused by Allied bombing, and the armed People’s Army and the Hitler Youth building barricades around Berlin, a visit by Hitler to the Eastern Front, the Russian advance along the Oder towards Berlin, the resistance of the German troops under General Heinrici, the capitulation of Berlin, the suicides of Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler, the surrender of Berlin, and the final partition,

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 75 min.

Year of production

1995

Availability

Sale; 1995 sale: £14.99

Subjects

History

Keywords

Berlin; newsreel films; World War II

Distributor

Name

Chronos UK

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

The Big Little Picture Company

Phone

01932 882733

Address

PO Box 264
Walton on Thames
Surrey
KT12 3YR

Notes

Videos also distributed through Education Distribution Service (2005)