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

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