us-005578-irn1004826
type: RecordSet
biographical history: Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler. He was the voice of Movietone News.
date: April-May 1945
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: Silent
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn1004826
note: Consult the Lowell Thomas Collection at the Marist College Archives for more information. The rights do not belong with the Lowell Thomas Estate.
scope and content: US Army and Lowell Thomas in Europe after liberation. Shot by Dick Ham, US Army Signal Corps. Gen. George Patton, a Lieutenant and others come out of Patton's headquarters in Hershfeld, Germany. CUs, Patton and the Major General. This was the first day Patton put on his four stars. Harsh, Barnes, Combs, Gen. Patton, and Howe. CU Patton talking to correspondents. Patton and the Major General walking towards camera, going into HQ. Command car leaving HQ gate with Hershfeld in BG, returning to Eschwege. 01:00:55 CU, sign of Eschwege. According to Lowell Thomas, the town was filled with civilian snipers, and they expected to be shot at any minute. Driving around town. Trucks filled with soldiers. Officers smoking, group in a Timberwolf jeep, CUs. Soldier holds a rifle before a local (or captured?) man leaning against a doorway. Two officers greet a well-dressed civilian couple. Back in Eschwege, soldiers on tanks in the towns' streets."Little Rebe" airplane. Officers gathered around a little white car."Sad Sac" on plane. Instruments of transport, pan up to pilot's window, preparing for return flight to Paris. Aerial view flying over German town, the Rhine, and the city of Koblenz. Pilots talking to each other. Aerial view of Eiffel Tower. GIs in Paris streets. Newspaper headlines,"La Wehrmacht est coupee.." Crowded street corner by the underground. 01:05:58 CU, survivors with striped hats and armbands. Stars and Stripes headline,"Nazis Crack U". Soldiers at an outdoor café. Hotel Scribe. Two officers speaking. CUs, three military men converse on a busy street corner by the"Old Englan". More conversations in the streets with male and female military personnel, some decorated. 01:08:49 Johannes Steele gets onto the plane at the airport in Paris. Aerial view of journey to Marseilles. Howard Barnes, asleep in the p ane. Aerial view of the Rhone Valley and the Mediterranean intercut with shots of Barnes sleeping. The flight lands in Marseilles. Bombed air hangar in BG, and B…
title: Patton and other US Army officers; V-E day