Germany surrenders in World War II May 7, 1945
[GHOC Episode W-08] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Germany Surrenders" with photograph of German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing German WWII instrument of surrender in Berlin / [May 1945] Allied guards escort Reich president Karl Doenitz, Adolf Hitler's successor, into prison courtyard in Flensburg, Germany after World War II; Albert Speer, bareheaded, is with Doenitz and General Alfred Jodl has his back to camera / VS CU Doenitz / VS Soviet soldiers run inside the Reich Chancellery / VS Soviet Army in Berlin / VS British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery meets the German truce delegation at his headquarters in Luneburg Heath; British flag flies on pole in front / Montgomery with Gen./Adm. Hans-Georg von Friedeburg / VS German delegation walks // [5/4/1945] Montgomery meets with German truce delegation at his headquarters in Luneburg Heath concerning German surrender; flashbulbs pop; Montgomery dons eyeglasses, SOT reads statement of German agreement to terms of surrender / von Friedeburg signs terms of surrender in World War II as Montgomery looks on; Montgomery hands pen to German Gen. Eberhard Kinzel, who signs / WS Montgomery's HQ on Luneburg Heath // [5/7/1945, Reims, France] Jodl decars in Reims for official surrender signing ceremony / VS Jodl and German delegation enter room at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force headquarters, take seats / US Gen. Walter Bedell Smith speaks at the meeting / CU Jodl / delegations at table / aide removes copy of German instrument of surrender after Jodl has signed it; he prepares to sign another / Bedell Smith signs / Jodl stands, speaks as he asks for mercy for Germany / ceremony breaks up / tank moves through rubble in Berlin // black / end credits / Note: exact date of compilation not known
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Editorial #:
1280227718
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1960
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:03:21:11
Location:
Reims, France
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004491_01_01
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