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SICILIAN VICTORIES -
Report number five from Sicily shows the Generals in conference before the final drive on Etna. The Eighth Army has maintained continuous pressure on the Catania line, whilst the Americans have cleared up in the West and worked round to...
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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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AFTER CHERBOURG - THE 2ND ARMY'S ADVANCE
While the Second Army was at close grips with Rommel's main force near Caen, the Americans were winning a great victory in the Cherbourg peninsular. ® ® Cherbourg, the first big city in France to be liberated, was handed over to the...
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MEN OF ARNHEM -
Major-General Urquhart, the commander of the First Airborne Division has returned home. He had been captured but escaped. The Airborne Forces had put up a terrific fight against heavy odds and withdrawn at night through enemy lines....
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AFTER CHERBOURG - THE 2ND ARMY'S ADVANCE
While the Second Army was at close grips with Rommel's main force near Caen, the Americans were winning a great victory in the Cherbourg peninsular. ® ® Cherbourg, the first big city in France to be liberated, was handed over to the...
British Movietone
AFTER CHERBOURG - THE 2ND ARMY'S ADVANCE
While the Second Army was at close grips with Rommel's main force near Caen, the Americans were winning a great victory in the Cherbourg peninsular. ® ® Cherbourg, the first big city in France to be liberated, was handed over to the...
British Movietone
MEN OF ARNHEM -
Major-General Urquhart, the commander of the First Airborne Division has returned home. He had been captured but escaped. The Airborne Forces had put up a terrific fight against heavy odds and withdrawn at night through enemy lines....
British Movietone
AFTER CHERBOURG - THE 2ND ARMY'S ADVANCE
While the Second Army was at close grips with Rommel's main force near Caen, the Americans were winning a great victory in the Cherbourg peninsular. ® ® Cherbourg, the first big city in France to be liberated, was handed over to 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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PARIS UNDER THE CROOKED CROSS -
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During the occupation of Paris, cameraman Gaston Madru, hid a camera in a bicycle...
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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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BANK HOLIDAY SPORTS
LORD'S - A record crowd attended Lord's for the fourth Victory Test between England and Australia. The weather was not kind but it didn't stop everyone enjoying themselves and the Aussies getting off to a good start making 273 for five....
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LONDON WELCOMES HER NEW CITIZEN
The Allied Commander, General Eisenhower, is given the Freedom of the City of London. Mr and Mrs Churchill greeted him on his arrival at the Guildhall for the ceremony. From the Guildhall General Eisenhower went to the Mansion House and...
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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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BRISTOL FREEDOM FOR PREMIER -
Mr Churchill received the Freedom of Bristol amid joyous scenes. Later as chancellor of the University he handed honorary degrees to Mr Bevin and Mr Alexander. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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PARIS GREETS MONTY -
Field Marshal Montgomery received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour from General de Gaulle during his visit to Paris. At the Arc de Triomphe he laid a wreath to the fallen. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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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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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 U-BOATS COME IN -
German submarines have been surrendering and are being brought into ports around the country. Once in port they are striped of their armaments. A U-boat which had surrendered off Weymouth was brought up the Thames to the heart of London....
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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...