PARALLEL is a WWII Then & Now Short Film with the goal to play two films parallel to eachother, creating a bridge between the war in 1945 and 2020.

In the typical French village of Wingen-sur-Moder, the US 70th ‘Trailblazer’ Infantry Division engaged in some of the most intense combat of the Alsace Campaign. Troops of the highly experienced German 6th SS Mountain Division broke through the American lines at Wingen on the night of January 3, 1945.

The US 70th Infantry Division had not seen combat before. The SS troops secured the town, but had to defend it against heavy American resistance for the next four days. Troops of the 70th Infantry Division managed to recapture the town on January 7, 1945. The aftermath was photographed and filmed on January 13, 1945.

Military Historian and Film Maker Joey van Meesen took the original WWII film from the US National Archives and located 50% of the spots. In Parallel you will be taken back to Winge sur Moder of 1945.

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Footage taken from NARA.
Signal Corps Photographs by https://www.trailblazersww2.org/ from NARA.
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