Official Films News Thrills Yalta Conference Allies Cross Rhine River into Germany 55714 (1945)

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This 1945, black and white film "Official Films New Thrill" briefly recounts the meeting in the Crimea of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill at the Yalta Conference. The movie then quickly moves into the final battle scenes of WWII: the crushing defeat of Germany at the hands of Allied forces, resulting in the crossing of the Rhine and the push towards Berlin. The film was edited by Leslie Winik. Yalta Conference, Feb 4, 1945 – Feb 11, 1945. The Livadia Palace. The palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II and his family in Livadiya, Crimea. The palace housed the apartments for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other members of the American delegation. Joseph Stalin enters the room and sits at a table. Roosevelt is surrounded by his advisors and Churchill joins the meeting at 1:00. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin sit in a garden surrounded by members of their respective delegations 1:23. Battle of Germany 2:06. American bomber aircraft fly overhead 2:08. Ludwigslust. Ludwigslust is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Aerial bombings attack the Nazi transportation network 2:25. Nuremberg. Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich. Bombs are dropped from warplanes and explode below 2:35. Fighters attack Nazi planes on the ground 2:50. The Nazi planes are destroyed on the airfield 3:00. Lüneburg. Lüneburg also called Lunenburg in English, is a town in the…

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9 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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