USMC 104661: ""Act and Fact," Two Issues

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104661: ""Act and Fact," Two Issues Citation information USMC 104661: ""Act and Fact,"" Two Issues. (Misc. 1099; 00132.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 04/887 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers Misc. 1099; 00132 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104661 Decade 1940 Description Act and Fact issue No. 3: ""Road to Paris."" British-focused narrative of the Allied push from Normandy to Paris. Combat footage of the FFI documents the uprising against German occupation. Many scenes of troops and civilians celebrating as well as de Gaulle's march down the Champs-�lyse�s and the subsequent fire fight near Notre Dame cathedral. In ""Battle of Germany"" coverage focuses on the progress of British and Canadian ground troops. U. S. 1st Army troops enter Cologne--urban armor combat. Ninth Armored Division troops capture a bridge at Remagen. Allied forces make an amphibious assault across the Rhine. Note: portions of a third item (source uncertain) covering the end of the war in Europe completes the reel. This includes coverage of concentration camps. Personalities featured: Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, General Dempsey, Montgomery, General Eisenhower, General Patton, Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov, U.S. Major General Rienhardt. General CR Hoover, German Colonel General Heinrich von Vietinghoff Location(s) France; Germany. Camera crew British Information Services Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Informational Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 1000 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public domain. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 04/28/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 26:04 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II