East Meets West

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

211

Date Released

21 May 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1East Meets West
2. 2Germans Capitulate
3. 3Mass German Surrender
4. 4This is the Moment: Montgomery

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Advance units of American and Soviet Armies meet on the banks of the Elbe river. The Russians are commanded by General Rusakov and the Americans by Major General Rheinart. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 10 min sd, B&W, 35 mm Russian and US troops embrace as units meet near the Elbe River. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Occupied territories; 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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