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0:00:00 - Inside The Reich: Germany has been defeated, but not yet occupied. While the Red Army is already on the Oder, the Allies in the West are making slow progress. Only when Cologne is conquered and the bridge at Remagen falls into the hands of the Americans does the Wehrmacht's will to defend itself weaken. Now American camera teams are also allowed into the areas liberated by the Nazis. The first destination is the bridge at Remagen, which has already become a legend. The evacuated inhabitants of Cologne return to their destroyed city. Impressive colour photographs show the faces of the defeated. Other teams of the "Special Film Project 186" and the Hollywood director George Stevens follow the US troops on their way through the Westerwald towards Thuringia.
0:44:41 - The Americans At The Elbe: Journey through the dramatic final weeks of World War 2 in Europe with rare color footage shot by Hollywood director George Stevens. This powerful documentary captures the American advance into Germany, the shocking liberation of concentration camps, and the historic first link-up with Soviet forces on the Elbe River. Witness the collapse of Nazi Germany and the dawn of a new era, all in incredible detail.
1:29:36 - Visions Of Hell: Nuremberg, Hitler's "city of the Reich Party Rallies" has capitulated after a bloody house battle. At the end of April, the city and its surroundings are a preferred operational area for the camera teams of the "Special Film Project 186". Meanwhile, Hollywood director George Stevens is heading south. In Dachau concentration camp, his team documents the horrors of National Socialist extermination policies. They also film one of the evacuation transports from the death camps in the East. Stevens: "It was as if we were walking through Dante's visions of hell". At the beginning of May the photojournalists reach Obersalzberg, Hitler's private refuge in the Alps.
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0:00:00 - Inside The Reich: Germany has been defeated, but not yet occupied. While the Red Army is already on the Oder, the Allies in the West are making slow progress. Only when Cologne is conquered and the bridge at Remagen falls into the hands of the Americans does the Wehrmacht's will to defend itself weaken. Now American camera teams are also allowed into the areas liberated by the Nazis. The first destination is the bridge at Remagen, which has already become a legend. The evacuated inhabitants of Cologne return to their destroyed city. Impressive colour photographs show the faces of the defeated. Other teams of the "Special Film Project 186" and the Hollywood director George Stevens follow the US troops on their way through the Westerwald towards Thuringia.
0:44:41 - The Americans At The Elbe: Journey through the dramatic final weeks of World War 2 in Europe with rare color footage shot by Hollywood director George Stevens. This powerful documentary captures the American advance into Germany, the shocking liberation of concentration camps, and the historic first link-up with Soviet forces on the Elbe River. Witness the collapse of Nazi Germany and the dawn of a new era, all in incredible detail.
1:29:36 - Visions Of Hell: Nuremberg, Hitler's "city of the Reich Party Rallies" has capitulated after a bloody house battle. At the end of April, the city and its surroundings are a preferred operational area for the camera teams of the "Special Film Project 186". Meanwhile, Hollywood director George Stevens is heading south. In Dachau concentration camp, his team documents the horrors of National Socialist extermination policies. They also film one of the evacuation transports from the death camps in the East. Stevens: "It was as if we were walking through Dante's visions of hell". At the beginning of May the photojournalists reach Obersalzberg, Hitler's private refuge in the Alps.
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