Western Front

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

208

Date Released

30 Apr 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News from England
2. 2British Fleet in the Pacific
3. 3Western Front

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

The British Second Army joins up with US Ninth Army to break into Westphalian Plain. Nazi prisoners. German rockets are used against the men who left them behind in retreat. Munster is stormed by the Allies. German newsreel (footage from "Baptism of Fire" shows bombing of Warsaw by Germans. The bombing of Coventry, Canterbury and Plymouth. The bombing of London. The massacre of Poles at Lublin Castle - shots of the dead. German prisoners. The commentary her is very bitter.

Keywords

Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Prisoners of war; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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