This person is at the side, presumably at the slightly opened passenger door of the car and closes it at the end of the short scene. In the film images created in this situation, a person can be seen standing by a car on the opposite Christophstraße, i.e. One of them uses the telephoto lens of his camera and films the side still in German hands in close-up. Later in the day, they will be filming the famous tank duel at the cathedral. In the case of the units on Gladbacher Straße, these are the film cameramen Jim Bates and Leon Rosenmann. Still a fairly new tank model, it is the focus of interest for the cameramen advancing with the troops. The Pershing-type tank advancing with the troops. Particularly involved is a Pershing-type tank whose 19-year-old gunner is a young man named Clarence Smoyer. The US troops are also firing across to the German side and in particular the German tank. However, it is now already here, shortly before its actual destination, facing the advancing US troops. This German tank was supposed to drive to the Gereon freight station, after it had come from the other side of the Rhine over the Hohenzollern bridge only in the morning. In the area of Christophstraße, a German Panzer IV is standing at this time and firing in the direction of the advancing US troops.
Standing on Gladbacher Straße, they can already see across Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring to Christophstraße (white arrow) and the church of St.
when the advancing US troops approach the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring and thus the inner city area, coming from the Subbelrather Straße via the Gladbacher Straße. Here you can find a sub-page with a short version of this very detailed page here.Ĭologne, March 6, 1945. Unless otherwise stated, picture source: NARA If the viewer is sensitive to this, this page should not be viewed. Warning, there are photos of dead or injured people on this page.
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