Germany in Ruins (Universal Newsreel, May 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GERMANY IN RUINS: Air views of LEIPZIG reveal it to be a city of skeleton on buildings and rubble. Industrial MAGDEBURG has been gutted by dive bombers of the U.S. Tactical Air Forces. The huge Krupp tank factory is destroyed as are hundreds of partially finished tanks on the assembly line. The rail center, NUREMBERG, once the seat of Nazi culture, is now a dead city. The huge rallying stadium serves as a parade ground for Yank troops who blast a surmounting stone swastika to bits—then replace it with the Stars and Stripes. 2. "IKE" CITES "G.I. JOE": General Eisenhower credits Allied generals with genius, but states that the real hero of the war is G.I. Joe and his buddies in the other armed services of the Allies. 3. HOSPITAL SHIP ATTACKED: Off Okinawa, the U.S.S. Comfort, a hospital ship, was attacked by a Jap suicide flyer, wounding 31 Yanks and killing 29. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on a Pacific island. 4. THE IWO JIMA FLAG DRIVE: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three of the heroes who raised the Stars and Stripes at Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, hoist the same tattered flag over the U.S. capitol.—7TH WAR LOAN: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sec. of Treasury Morgenthau speaks, telling the urgency of buying War Bonds. 5. "NOW JAPAN": SEATTLE, WA - Spirited Boeing employees celebrate news of victory over Germany by wheeling out a giant B-29 bomber carrying "On To Tokyo" sign.— WASHINGTON AGLOW: When full outdoor illumination is restored to Washington, D.C. the shining dome of the nation’s capital commands the most attention—B'WAY IS "WHITE WAY" AGAIN: When all the lights are turned on again in Times Square, the dazzle and brilliance convinces all Broadwayites that V-E has been achieved.—LIGHTS FOR MISS LIBERTY: New York Harbor returns to its nighttime normalcy as the lights which flood the Statue of Liberty are turned on again. (LOCAL – NEW YORK) MAYOR ?? TO TAKE PART IN AMERICA DAY. (LOCAL – CANADA) 97TH PRIMATE OF ?? (LOCAL – CANADA) WHOLE NATION CELEBRATES VE DAY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library