Dresden Blasted
Creator(s): Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. 12, 17, 19429, 15, 1945 Series: Motion Picture Films from United News Newsreels, 1942 1945 Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 1951 Production Date: 1945 Scope Content: Part 1, hordes of British and 8th Air Force planes bomb Dresden by day and night. Part 2, Paris and other French towns are flooded. Part 3, Gen. de Gaulle decorates French and U. S. soldiers, including Generals Devers and Patch, in celebration of the triumph at Colmar. Part 4 shows Churchill and Field Marshall Alexander in Athens. Part 5, allied troops advance in Germany. Soldiers cross a river under a smoke screen. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 207406001 Phone: 3018373540, Fax: 3018373620, Email: mopixnara.
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