News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/17

Date Released

26 Feb 1945

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Over the Hump
• 2. Pacific Climax
• 3. Rockets and Robots
• 4. Goch Grabbed

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

On February 21st Scottish and Welsh troops fighting with the Canadian First Army, under the Command of General Crerar, completed the occupation of the enemy’s stronghold of Goch, south east of the Reichswald Forest. Three nights previously in a silent assault, men of the Canadian First had broken into the town and after some fierce house-to-house fighting two-thirds of the place was in British hands. The night attack caught the enemy by complete surprise and the Commander of the German Garrison and his staff were captured while asleep in their beds. Film shows tanks and troops in action in the town of Goch and Montgomery in jeep driving towards Goch. Large numbers of German POWs walking along road.

Keywords

Vehicles; Prisoners of war; Military

Locations

Germany; Goch

Length of story (in feet)

180

Story extras:

Film clip

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Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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