British Movietone
BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
British Movietone
BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
British Movietone
BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
British Movietone
BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
British Movietone
THE VALE OF MARTYRDOM -
Tournai in Belgium is a stricken town with fleeting refugees. Arras, once the headquarters of the BEF, is also burning. The British Army has fallen back from Leuven to the Belgian frontier. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
British Movietone
AGONISING PLIGHT OF HOMELESS REFUGEES -
The University of Leuven burns again as it did in the last war. Fleeing refugees take cover in ditches as they are machine-gunned from the air. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
British Movietone
400,000 FINNS TREK TO NEW HOMES -
Following the peace Finns are moving to new homes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do...
British Movietone
LE HAVRE - THE END -
The end of the battle for Le Havre came remarkably swiftly, after a magnificently planned operation lasting some thirty-six hours. The German garrison surrendered after their Commander had been wounded. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
British Movietone
8TH ARMY MOVES INTO FLORENCE -
The Allied Armies have now reached Florence where they had to evict the Germans whilst preserving the historic city. The retreating Nazis had destroyed all the bridges over the Arno except for the Ponte Vecchio. Disclaimer: British...
British Movietone
GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...
British Movietone
CAEN LIBERATED -
Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the mud. The battle for Caen was preceded by a real Montgomery barrage. Everywhere prisoners were taken making the total taken in Normandy by the 5th July over fifty...
British Movietone
VAAGSO RAID -
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
British Movietone
SHELL-FIRE CORNER LIBERATED -
The big guns at Cap Gris Nez have surrendered which is welcome news for the people of Dover, Folkestone, Deal and Ramsgate. The Kentish coast has suffered shelling since August 1940 and towns like Dover have sustained a lot of damage. In...
British Movietone
PACIFIC BATTLEGROUND -
The treacherous attack on America and Britain by Japan has marked a day that will ""live in infamy"". Already firmly established in French Indo-China the Japanese have invaded Malaya and bombed Singapore. Japan bombed the American Naval...
British Movietone
FAMINE IN THE CONGO
Recent reports of the appalling situation in the Congo spoke of 200 deaths a day from starvation. The people most grievously afflicted by the prevailing chaos are among the 300,000 Baluba refugees. They have fled from their own province...
British Movietone
TORNADO AFTERMATH -
When a tornado recently hit the squatters' village of Albertynsville near Johannesburg, it flattened it. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
British Movietone
CANTERBURY BOMB DAMAGE - NO SOUND
The Cathedral and near by houses suffered in the latest bombing raid on Canterbury. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
British Movietone
COUNTER PROTEST
In Vienna, Hungarian refugees protested against the execution of Imre Nagy, Premier during the Hungarian up-rising. And in Moscow, a demonstration took place to counter the world-wide protests against the execution. They marched to the...
British Movietone
GREECE - EARTHQUAKE RAVAGES
King Paul of Greece quickly visited the stricken areas in Thessaly after the recent earthquake in Greece which rendered ten thousand people homeless. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
British Movietone
POZZOULI - A DYING TOWN
A mass evacuation of Pozzouli - the southern Italian town which is rising by one centimetre a day. Throughout it's history, the town has been threatened by volcanic eruptions or earth tremors. Residents flee with their belongings as...
British Movietone
CHERBOURG PENINSULA SECURE -
The Cherbourg Peninsular has been liberated after fierce fighting. Close co-operation between all forces has been a great factor in our success. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
British Movietone
MALAYA - NO SOUND
Troops from Britain, Australia and India have been drafted in to defend Malaya. The over running of Malaya by the Japanese is a grievous blow, among the earliest disasters being the loss of Penang. Singapore, despite air raids is holding...
British Movietone
TIENTSIN FLOODS
The misery of floods is added to those of war in Northern China. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
British Movietone
VAAGSO RAID - NO SOUND
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...