TRUE STORY OF LILI MARLENE Part 4

Description

Summary: Night scenes of British soldiers walking in from the desert and gathering around radio to hear German broadcast of Lili Marlene. Night scenes of heavy artillery fire. British tanks, vehicles, and troops advance across desert. Mass of German and Italian prisoners. Russian artillery fire at Stalingrad. German Gen Friedrich Von Paulus enters office and surrenders to Gen Vasily I Chuikov of the Russian Army. Surrender was on 2 Feb 1943. Mass of German prisoners in Russia. Loli Anderson behind barbed wire in concentration camp. Lucie Mannheim singing Lili Marlene with new lyrics. Miss Mannheim sings of Hitler's crimes and how he should be hanged from the lantern. Night and dawn shots of ships at sea. Convoy of troopships. Men ready for battle. Stands and pushcarts at London docks. Pan to man in door of pub. (background music of Lili Marlene). Shot of British Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities