# WWII Newsreel 1944 Mortai, B-29 In CBI, Advances In Europe To Siegfried Line 73832

This WWII newsreel dates to 1944 and includes various segments, including coverage (around 15 minute mark) of Operation Market Garden. The film begins in the Pacific with footage of vehicles being waterproofed with asbestos grease, and then shows the invasion underway. General Douglas MacArthur makes an appearance, inspecting the newly-conquered island. In another segment, B-29s are shown in operation in India against Japanese positions in Sumatra, Japan and China as part of the 20th Bomber Command. The newsreel continues with coverage of the capture of the French port of Boulogne, which fell on the 20th of September, and Le Havre. More than 7,000 German prisoners are shown as the Allied Armies drive on towards Germany. The American 1st Army is shown at Aachen and assaulting the Siegfried Line. German heavy emplacements and pillboxes are shown. The British 2nd Army's drive at Nijmegen and Eindhoven is also shown. During September 1944, the city saw heavy fighting during Operation Market Garden. The objective in Nijmegen was mainly to prevent the Germans from destroying the bridges. Capturing the road bridge allowed the British Army XXX Corps to attempt to reach the 1st British Airborne Division in Arnhem. The bridge was heavily defended by over 300 German troops on both the north and south sides with close to 20 anti-tank guns and two anti-aircraft guns, supported with artillery. The Germans' late attempt to blow the road bridge was probably foiled by a local Dutch…

- Kind: Newsreel
- Genres: War, News, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/73832InvasionOfMortaiIsland)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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