Description
Object description
II. "Battle for the Salient." Captured German film shows German infantry advancing in the Rundstedt Salient. The German push is now reported to be held on all sides. Outside Bastogne, US Military Police check the identity papers of civilians and also GIs, on account of reports that Germans may be using GI uniforms. US troops evacuate civilians from the devastation of Malmédy, now retaken but with fires still blazing. Colonel Hogan's men are seen after their night escape from Bastogne, with their faces still blackened. They were supplied by aerial drops from Dakotas. The intensive aerial harassment continues, with Mitchells and Bostons bombing enemy positions in the snow and Lancasters carrying out a daylight raid on Mönchengladbach.
Object description
I. "Blighty Leave." Soldiers of the British Second Army draw lots from an urn to decide who can return to Britain on leave, the first leave granted since D-Day, 7 months before. The achievements of the 2nd Army since that date are proudly recalled. At a London Station friends and relatives crowd the platform as a train pulls in and the soldiers get off.
Full description
I. "Blighty Leave." Soldiers of the British Second Army draw lots from an urn to decide who can return to Britain on leave, the first leave granted since D-Day, 7 months before. The achievements of the 2nd Army since that date are proudly recalled. At a London Station friends and relatives crowd the platform as a train pulls in and the soldiers get off.
Full description
II. "Battle for the Salient." Captured German film shows German infantry advancing in the Rundstedt Salient. The German push is now reported to be held on all sides. Outside Bastogne, US Military Police check the identity papers of civilians and also GIs, on account of reports that Germans may be using GI uniforms. US troops evacuate civilians from the devastation of Malmédy, now retaken but with fires still blazing. Colonel Hogan's men are seen after their night escape from Bastogne, with their faces still blackened. They were supplied by aerial drops from Dakotas. The intensive aerial harassment continues, with Mitchells and Bostons bombing enemy positions in the snow and Lancasters carrying out a daylight raid on Mönchengladbach.
Physical description
35mm