Hallo,

schöne & interessante Aufnahmen unserer Region freigegeben:

Circa 12Apr45. Silent footage. Fiercely burning tank (?) in clump of trees by farm fields, mountains behind.
Jeeps thru Kronach, Germany w/ heavy smoke from buildings; tanks; trucks. Sign Bayeruth 45 km; Bamberg 59km; heavily burning buildings beyond. Tanks moving slowly past as roof burning w/ flames.
Countryside from ditch, shell explosions on mountain top. Vehicles firing from valley. Railroad yard & fire near road. hose over iron beam. City street & people fighting fires. Well dressed woman follows American soldier cameraman up street; view from beside men w/ fire hoses.
Villagers raise hands as soldiers run past, man tells boy not to whistle. Soldiers into buildings. Old men & women watching, women crying. Man walks up road w/ white flag. Army trucks moving in background.
Troops advancing along road, tank following. Sign Mifwitz 10 km. Tank toward camera, troops across filed. Two German POWs on jeep; medic treating wound in woman's leg standing beside jeep.
LIB 5469 Slate 12Apr45 Tanks & other vehicles parked on road seen from low angle; crossing field; up road past camera. churning mud into field. Men digging holds in field. Sign: Weidhausen. & village beyond.
Bridge w/ collapsed approach, boy crosses on board. Army halftrack fording wide stream as townspeople (Marktzeuln ?, Germany) watch on bank. Tank fording, up bank past camera w/ halftrack following. Half track towing jeep. Vehicles up very muddy bank.
Soldier breaks down house door w/ butt of gun. Tanks past town people standing on wall watching.
Tanks lined up on opposite bank seen past townspeople.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KqgTMQt58

lg
G.H.

Eindrucksvolle Aufnahmen, vielen Dank fürs Ausgraben.

Es gibt auch einen COBURG-FILM wo man auch Panzer am Landesstheater sieht.
Ich finde ihn blos nicht wieder.. auch Michelau-Lichtenfelser Gegend...
man muss nur die us-markierungen der letzten 2Zahlen richtig ändern und
SUCHE eingeben..

ich suchs nochmal..

Zitat von Christian im Beitrag #3

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Auch von mir vielen Dank für die Aufnahmen. So was ich gesehen habe, werden hier die Orte Kronach, Leutendorf, Weidhausen und Marktzeuln gezeigt.

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bei YouTube ist wieder ein Film von 1945 zu sehen, der die Amerikaner in Kronach zeigt.(Obere Stadt)