- Title: CF921
- Date:1940s
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Summary:
10:00:26-10:04:34
Concrete wall with 'Stindt S-12 April 20' carved onto it. Tanks driving down street towards camera. Soldiers piled onto tank. Rubble on the side of the street, bomb destruction. Dead man lies in the wreckage of a destroyed house. Cathedral seen through an arch, both severely damaged. Busy street scene, Statue in a town square. Kaiser Friedrich Plats street sign on a destroyed wall. Shells of houses that have been damaged by bombing. Completely fallen houses and rubble throughout the streets. Two women walk through the rubble.
10:04:34-10:08:27
Slow pan around the destruction of a bomb ravaged street in Leipzig. Guards line up beside an airplane dressed in full military regalia. Army generals meet at the airport, which has been partly destroyed by war. Guards saluting, brass band playing on the runway. Propellers of the airplane start to turn. Airplane begins to taxi down runway.
10:08:27-10:13:29
Group of German soldiers stand and shake hands with officers. Steel bridge, soldiers look at map and plot a route. Good close ups of soldiers in hats. Pilots in uniform disembark plane and get into a truck. Soldier with one leg missing walks towards camera.
10:13:29-10:18:44
A partially damaged building is razed to the ground by bomb charges - dust cloud blooms out of the windows. German soldier uses leans on crutches and shows his amputated leg, hops into an airplane. Propellers of plane start up
10:18:44-10:21:24
Shell of a building with chimney pipes is demolished, big dust cloud. Two more buildings demolished. - TYPE:
- DATE:1940s
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- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:GERMANY, 1945, WW2, WORLD WAR TWO, DESTRUCTION, POST WAR RECONSTRUCTION
- Master Title:CF921
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- Sound:Silent
