Welt im Film 3/1945 01.06.1945

1st unconditional surrender of Italy: General Vittinghoff and General of the SS Wolf at the signing of the unconditional surrender. Lieutenant General Morgan signed for the allies. German generals in civilian clothes to leave the room.

Surrender of the North Army: General von Friedeburg signed the unconditional surrender. General der Infanterie Kinzel signed. Field marshal Montgomery signed for the allies.

Reims: Marshal Jodl signed the unconditional surrender. General Smith signed for the allies. Eisenhower, laughing, great.

Berlin: 8 May 1945: field marshal Keitel and Marshal Zhukov. Zhukov reads the terms of surrender. General von Friedeburg. General Carl Spaatz of the US air force. Marshal Arthur Tedder of the British air force, de Lattre de Tassigny, France, signed.

Lüneburg: Crowd on the road announcing the surrender.

02. Military Government: German looting of stuff from abandoned houses. Dress bundle carried from homes. U.S. soldiers with "Notice". Weapons, watches and cameras must be delivered. Output of food. Food collected in the depot. Food for farmers be requisitioned. Veal is loaded on wagons. Registration of the population.

Krefeld: Men shoveling coal. E work is repaired. Saboteur is bound in free field at stake and shot 03. Burma: the allies capture Mandalay gunfire. Fires. Bomb strikes. Shelled. Allied soldiers and children in Mandalay. Lord Mountbatton during inspection trip to Burma.

Date of Release:

01.06.1945

Year of Production:

1945

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German