The Smashing of the Reich
NR
1961
75 minutes
Overview
An unpublished documentary film proposed in restored version. 100 million meters of film viewing, film libraries inventoried 11 countries and 3 years of work were needed to bring these documents. This documentary evokes the destruction of the Nazi war machine with a particular emphasis on air power. The most significant events are recounted as the Normandy landings, the battle of Paris, the last German offensive with the historical siege of Bastogne and the landing on the island of Elba. Also shown are the bombing of German industrial centers, and the liberation of concentration camps.
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Jim Stephens
Narrator
Charles de Gaulle
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Henri Leclerc
Self
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Sallebert
Self
Dietrich von Choltitz
Self
Gerd von Rundstedt
Self