Other locations
After the capture of the Reichswald and Kleve, as well as the strategically important Goch-Weeze-Uedem triangle, film footage of the Rhineland offensive from 2 March 1945 onwards became rarer.
The following footage has been discovered and identified so far:
Tank columns on Amsterdamer Straße and Hauptstraße, view of the basilica, shot-up town sign, military vehicles on Weezer Straße.
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Shots British Troops (1944)
Länge: 2:55 Minuten, ohne Ton
On 4 March 1945, British and American soldiers meet for the first time near Geldern-Veert. The film clapperboard shows the information several times: 4 Mar 45 - 9 Army - We Contact British
Soldiers crossing the footbridge over the Niers Canal, soldiers talking to each other, military vehicles along the road.
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes (1945)
Länge: 2:20 Minuten, ohne Ton
Abandoned positions, scenes from the town centre, civilian population forced to gather on the market square, destroyed Seydlitz monument, market square with town hall, Hochwald battlefield
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes Europe (1945)
Länge: 1:40 Minuten, ohne Ton
Quelle: youtube.com / The War Amps / Canadian Army Newsreel
Originaltitel: Canadian Army Newsreel No 63
Länge: 1:31 Minuten (Ausschnitt), mit Ton
Armoured columns crossing Uedemerbruch, soldiers' lives, Sonsbeck town sign, armoured columns in destroyed Sonsbeck.
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes Europe: British Troops (1940-1949)
Länge: 3:40 Minuten, ohne Ton
View from the Sonsbeck Heights in southern direction to the village with churches and the hull of the Gomman mill. Firing tanks.
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes Europe (1944)
Länge: 1:23 Minuten, ohne Ton
From Sonsbeck on the way to Xanten, Xanten with cathedral and Klever Tor, view of the Rhine with the destroyed Rheinbabenbrücke.
Quelle: youtube.com / The War Amps / Canadian Army Newsreel
Originaltitel: Canadian Army Newsreeel No. 64
Länge: 1:30 Minuten (Ausschnitt), mit Ton
Scenes from 9 March 1945: evacuation of the civilian population, destruction in the city centre and at the cathedral, Klever Tor
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes - Europe (1945)
Länge: 1:42 Minuten, ohne Ton
Construction of Bailey bridges in the Xanten-Wardt-Bislich area, Buffalos crossing the Rhine, ferries transporting military vehicles, waiting columns of tanks and vehicles, soldiers marching through the rubble of houses
Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes Europe (1945)
Länge: 7:27 Minuten, ohne Ton
"Waterloo Bridge" in Rees, built by the 18 GHQ Engineers, construction started on 25 April 1945, armoured bombardment of Emmerich.
Quelle: youtube.com / The War Amps / Canadian Army Newsreel
Originaltitel: Canadian Army Newsreel No 67
Länge: 0:56 Minuten (Ausschnitt), mit Ton