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FROM SFAX TO THE MOUNTAINS - NO SOUND
There was a joyous welcome in Sfax for the liberating Eighth Army and the arrival of General Montgomery was cause for further rejoicing. The Allies continue their push across the Western desert forcing back the Germans and Italians....
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THE MOSQUITO -
The ""DH98"" or ""Mosquito"" has been one of the success stories of the war. Its construction of lightweight wood gives it the advantage of speed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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BRITISH TROOPS IN GREECE -
The liberation of Greece began with British destroyers operating the Aegean, they were ordered to intercept and destroy enemy shipping trying to evacuate German troops from Crete and the Aegean Islands. The British first landed on the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE ROAD TO MANDALAY -
The campaign in Burma has been gaining impetus with the capture of important centres like Kalewa and Shwebo. The conditions for the troops are difficult, the climate is very exhausting and they have to move heavy equipment for miles over...
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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...
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ATROCITIES - THE EVIDENCE -
A British delegation of ten members of Parliament, including Mrs Mavis Tate, saw the indescribable horrors of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Clare Booth Luce, American Congresswoman, describes what she has seen in the Camps. Typhus and...
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GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL RUINS -
RAF films show the damage that Allied bombing has done to such places as Hanover, Duisburg etc. The Krupps armament factory at Essen now lies in ruins. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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BURNING OF BELSEN -
More pictures of the atrocity camp at Belsen where people are still dying at a rate of 40 a day. As the huts become vacant they are demolished and burnt to obliterate filth and pestilence. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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SECOND SUBALTERN PRINCESS ELIZABETH -
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Princess Elizabeth has joined the ATS and has been on a three week course of...
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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...
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P.IPE - L.INE - U.NDER - T.HE - O.CEAN
""Operation Pluto"" is another of those ""top secrets"" which can only now be revealed. The pipe line was laid under the Channel to carry petroleum to the Allied Forces landing on D-Day and to keep the supply going for the drive across...
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IN THE BAG -
Many prominent Nazi leaders are now in Allied custody. Admiral Horthy, ex-Regent of Hungary, was found by the Americans near Marnbach. Field-Marshal Kesselring, Field Marshal von Rundstedt, Field Marshal von Kleist are all imprisoned....
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INTO WESTPHALIA -
After his crossing of the Rhine Winston Churchill received a great welcome from the troops. The fighting around Wesel, scene of paratroop landings, had been fierce, but objectives had been taken and the move forward continued. In towns...
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REPORT FROM BURMA
General Slim, Commander of the 14th Army, has some heartening news of the war against Japan. At the Victory Parade in Rangoon Lord Louis Mountbatten took the salute. Another heartening sign of the times is the return of the Governor, Sir...
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COLLAPSE OF THE BRIDGE -
The bridge at Remagen, so useful in the crossing of the Rhine, has collapsed. Despite the repair work carried out by the Americans enemy shelling is presumed to have weakened the bridge. Men working on it at the time of the collapse were...
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DON AND NEVA BATTLES - NO SOUND
The Russians continue to push the Germans back in the South-West, but the most important victory of the winter campaign was the lifting of the siege of Leningrad. The men of the Volkov front linked up with the gallant defenders of...
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A screen column of World Figures in News of Today.
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Naval Exercises.
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RAF CO-OPERATION EXERCISES -
Co-operation between the Army and RAF with Lysanders. 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...
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NAVY STORMS NARVIK FJORD -
Authentic pictures taken during the storming of Narvik by the Royal Navy. British destroyers sink every Nazi ship in sight. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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OUR YOUNG ARMY TRAINS
Recruits learning how to handle a rifle. 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 not...