MRS. HERMANN GOERING AND DAUGHTER Part 2

Description

Summary: MS, train standing at siding of Kesselring's Hq. Mrs Goering with young daughter, Edda, come down steps followed by several US soldiers. Lt Jerome Shapiro, NYC, 36th Div guards the pair while they are seated at a garden table. MCUs, CUs, Mrs Goering and daughter talk with a friend. MEETING OF AMERICAN GENERALS.:Location Unknown: 05/15/1945: CU, horse given to Gen Omar N Bradley by Russian Gen Kanier. Follow shots and HCUs, CUs, US generals leave building and pose for group picture on lawn of Hq bldg. Included in the group are: Lt Gen William H Simpson, Lt Gen George S Patton, Jr, Lt Gen Carl Spaatz, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, Gen 0mar N Bradley, Gen Courtney H Hodges, Maj Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg, Lt Gen Walter B Smith, Gen O P Weyland, Gen Richard Nugent. Three general officers who appear in group cannot be identified. Intimate shots, Gens Simpson and Patton examining the horse; Gens Eisenhower and Bradley doing the same. Short scene, cameramen in action. REMAGEN BRIDGE CAPTORS CELEBRATE VE DAY.: 05/15/1945: Surrounded by troops and tanks, Maj Gen John W Leonard, CG of the 9th Armored Div, announces Germany's collapse The men give three cheers. Col Walter Burnside shakes hands with Gen Leonard. Men and vehicles leave area.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities