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00:01:52 0.2
RETURN TO DUNKIRK
ALLIED ADVANCE CONTINUES AS GERMAN ARMY BEGINS
TO COLLAPSE. BRITISH EVEN SCORE AND RETURN TO
DUNKIRK. MONTAGE BRITISH FIRE HUGE NEW CANNON INTO
DUNKIRK. CU HANDS OF BRITISH ARTILLERY MEN SCREW
ON FUSE TO SHELL OF BIG GUN. 4 MEN CARRY 200 POUND
SHELL AND PLACE IT INTO BREECH OF CANNON
00:02:32 40.2
3 BRITISH TOMMIES HAVE TO DRIVE HOME CHARGE INTO
THE BARREL BEFORE FIRING.
00:02:54 62.2
TALL CANADIAN MAJOR SPEAKS TO SHORT GERMAN
COMMANDER, SPORTING HITLER MUSTACHE, AFTER TRUCE
WHICH BOTH AGREE WILL ALLOW EVACUATION OF
DUNKIRK'S CIVILIAN POPULATION BEFORE ONSLAUGHT
00:03:00 68.2
MONTAGE PEOPLE LEAVE ON HORSE AND CART, BICYCLE
AND ON FOOT. CREDENTIALS ARE EXAMINED. BRITISH
SOLDIERS HELP THE ELDERLY.
00:04:15 143.2
OLD FILM SHOWS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS LINING DUNKIRK
BEACH, ABANDONED VEHICLES, RUBBER BOATS & BRITISH
SOLDIERS HELMET HALF BURIED IN SAND, ALL REMAINS
OF BRITISH DEFEAT AND EVACUATION
00:04:29 157.2
ADVANCE IN LOW COUNTRIES
PAN OF CONCENTRATION CAMP IN TOWN OF BELSDORF,
BELGIUM, WHERE NAZIS KEPT BELGIAN PRISONERS.
00:04:45 173.2
PEOPLE MARCH IN PROCESSION AS THEY PAY TRIBUTE TO
THOSE WHO WERE TORTURED TO DEATH IN CAMP. BELGIAN
FLAG IS RAISED OVER CAMP. TOWNSPEOPLE LAY WREATHS
AT GRAVE MARKERS.
00:05:11 199.2
TOWNSPEOPLE SOLEMNLY PASS BY MARKERS, SOME WEEP.
00:05:37 225.2
MONTAGE FLOOD OF REFUGEES CLOG ROADS AS GERMANS
USE THIS TACTIC TO HOLD UP ADVANCING BRITISH.
00:05:56 244.2
MONTAGE BRITISH BOMBARD GERMANS WITH HEAVY AND
LIGHT ARTILLERY. WHITE FLAG HANGS FROM BUILDING.
TANKS LADEN WITH BRITISH TROOPS ROLL INTO TOWN.
00:06:31 279.2
BRITISH TROOPS THAT BRAVELY FOUGHT TO CONTAIN
GERMANS IN ARNHEM POSE FOR GROUP PHOTO. CU FACES
OF SOME OF THE MEN.
00:06:58 306.2
GENERAL ERFHART, WHO COMMANDED THE MEN AT ARNHEM,
EXITS PLANE.
00:07:13 321.2
ALLIES CLEAR FRENCH PORTS
LOW FLYING BRITISH FIGHTER-BOMBERS FLY OVER
ENGLISH CHANNEL AND ATTACK GERMAN SHIPPING. AERIAL
INTENSE STRAFING AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERAS.
00:08:56 424.2
AERIAL STRAFING OF GROUND TARGETS IN BELGIUM, AS
SEEN FROM FIGHTER PLANES.
00:09:33 461.2
MONTAGE FIREMEN FIGHT SMOKING RUINS IN CALAIS.
00:10:00 488.2
AERIAL RUINS OF BREST WHERE NAZI SUBMARINE BASES
ONCE STOOD. MONTAGE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS IN BREST INCLUDE THE "IMPREGNABLE"
SUBMARINE PENS. PAN
00:10:38 526.2
MONTAGE GERMAN PRISONERS, 35,000 STRONG, MARCH TO
REAR IN ENDLESS COLUMNS.
00:11:01 549.2
CU MUSTACHED FACE OF GERMAN PRISONER. CU SMILING
PRISONER.
00:11:26 574.2
DAMAGED SUBMARINE BERTHS ARE SHOWN INSIDE & OUT.
AERIAL BOMBS FALLING ON THE SUB BASES AT AN
EARLIER TIME.
00:12:34 642.2
ROLL# 1022
00:13:13 681.2
MEDALS FOR HEROES
AERIAL PAN OF 2600 U.S. AIRMEN LINE UP AT AIRFIELD
TO RECEIVE MEDALS FOR NORMANDY LANDINGS. OFFICERS
AND MEN STAND AT ATTENTION. PAN
00:13:29 697.2
CU PAN BOXES FULL OF MEDALS ARE STACKED AT SITE.
MEN WALK SINGLE FILE AND PICK UP THEIR MEDALS FROM
MAJOR GENERAL PAUL WILLIAMS.
00:13:50 718.2
GENERAL BRERINGTON, COMMANDER OF 1ST ALLIED ARMY
PASSES OUT MEDALS TO THE OFFICERS.
00:14:33 761.2
ANTWERP FALLS
UNDERGROUND FILM SEES GERMAN MECHANIZED VEHICLES
RUSHING OUT OF ANTWERP. ANTWERP IS TAKEN
00:14:55 783.2
GERMAN SOLDIERS CHECK ENGINE ON THEIR STALLED CAR.
GERMAN SOLDIERS PUSH THEIR VEHICLE THROUGH STREET.
00:15:10 798.2
BRITISH AND CANADIAN TANKS ENTER CITY. CHEERING
PEOPLE FILL THE STREETS. SOME OF THEM TAKE RIDE
ON TANKS.
00:16:15 863.2
MARSHALL MEETS EISENHOWER
GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL ARRIVES IN PARIS BY PLANE,
IS GREETED BY GENERAL IKE AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
JAMES BYRNE.
00:16:58 906.2
AACHEN CORRIDOR CLOSED
FIRST GERMAN TOWN OF AACHEN IS TAKEN BY AMERICAN
FORCES BOMBS EXPLODE IN 1ST GERMAN TOWN TO BE
COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM THE GERMAN ARMY.
00:17:39 947.2
GI USES AN AXE TO CUT DOWN TREE IN FOREST TO MAKE
WAY FOR TANKS. GI FIRES HIS RIFLE INTO FOREST OF
TREES. SOME OF 9000 GERMANS WHO SURRENDERED WALK
THROUGH FOREST WITH HANDS UP
00:17:56 964.2
MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF GERMAN CIVILIAN REFUGEES LEARN
HOW IT FEELS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE LOADED
ON TRUCKS AND EVACUATED FROM AREA.
00:18:30 998.2
BRITISH LAND IN GREECE
CU WAKE OF BRITISH WARSHIP ON WAY TO ATHENS.
00:19:36 1064.2
GROUP OF GREEK PARTISANS MARCH IN TOWN IN GREECE.
TOWNS PEOPLE AND GREEK ORTHODOX PRIEST APPLAUD.
FACES OF PARTISANS INCLUDE YOUNG BOY.
00:20:09 1097.2
BRITISH FLAG IS DRAPED ON ROOFTOP AS BRITISH
SOLDIERS MARCH INTO TOWN TO CHEER OF THOUSANDS.
EXCITED VOICES OF CROWD ARE HEARD.
00:20:40 1128.2
MONTAGE LEADERS OF RESISTANCE MOVEMENT RIDE IN
MOTORCADE. CRUNCHING CROWD CHEER FEVERISHLY.
MAN USES OLD HORN FROM VINTAGE RECORD PLAYER AS
A MEGAPHONE TO SCREAM THROUGH.
00:21:18 1166.2
GREEK MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HELP BRITISH
SOLDIERS BUILD LANDING STRIP FOR BRITISH PLANES.
WITHIN FEW HOURS PLANES LAND WITH SUPPLIES.
00:21:54 1202.2
GREEK CROWD ALONG THE MOUNTAINOUS SHORE CHEER
BRITISH TROOPS AS THEY LAND ON SHORE.
00:22:15 1223.2
GREEK GIRL PLACES FLORAL WREATH AROUND SOLDIER'S
NECK.
00:22:59 1267.2
REEL# 1023
00:23:29 1297.2
ALLIES SET FOR OFFENSIVE
BRITISH LANCASTER BOMBERS DROP BOMBS AND
INCENDIARIES ON GERMAN CITY. AERIAL MONTAGE GROUND
IS LIT UP BY EXPLOSIONS AND FLAMES. PAN
00:25:00 1388.2
MONTAGE BRITISH TANKS AND TROOPS ADVANCE ACROSS
FIELD IN HOLLAND. TROOPS FIRING MORTARS AND
MACHINE GUNS. SURRENDERING GERMANS WALK OUT OF
RUBBLE WITH HANDS ON THEIR HEADS.
00:25:47 1435.2
INVASION HARBORS
REMARKABLE MAN-MADE HARBOR IS SHIPPED ACROSS
ENGLISH CHANNEL & ASSEMBLED AT FRENCH COASTAL
AREA. AERIAL MAN-MADE PORTABLE HARBOR OFF NORMANDY
STRETCHES 2 MILES IN WIDTH AND A FULL MILE OUT TO
SEA.
00:26:35 1483.2
MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF HUGE CONCRETE CAISSONS ARE
TOWED ON BARGES ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL WHICH ARE
SUNK AT BEACH, TO FORM 3 MILE BREAK-WATER.
00:27:19 1527.2
WORST GALE IN 40 YEARS SMASHES AT MAN-MADE HARBOR
WITH NO AFFECT. SECOND HARBOR, BUILT AT CHERBOURG
IN MORE EXPOSED AREA, CRUMPLES UP.
00:28:58 1626.2
TANKS, JEEPS AND TRUCKS PASS THROUGH MAN-MADE
HARBOR.
00:29:50 1678.2
AMERICANS TAKE AACHEN
AERIAL FRONTIER TOWN OF ACHEN. 1ST GERMAN TOWN
TAKEN BY ALLIES.
00:30:12 1700.2
MONTAGE WITH GERMANS REFUSING TO SURRENDER, AACHEN
IS BOMBED AND SHELLED FOR 12 DAYS BEFORE AMERICAN
1ST ARMY TOOK IT. LONG COLUMN OF GERMAN REFUGEES
LEAVE TOWN.
00:30:36 1724.2
MONTAGE AMERICAN ARTILLERY BOMBARD AACHEN WITH
LONG-RANGE GUNS. GIS MOVE IN AND FIGHT HOUSE TO
HOUSE BATTLE. WHITE FLAG HANGS ON WINDOW OF
BUILDING CONTAINING MANY BULLET AND SHELL HOLES.
00:31:52 1800.2
MONTAGE TANKS FIRE INTO BUILDINGS AT POINT-BLANK
RANGE. STREET TO STREET FIGHTING AS CIVILIANS
CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS THROUGH RUBBLE
00:33:28 1896.2
ROLL# 1024
00:33:58 1926.2
ALLIES BREAK NAZI GRIP ON HOLLAND
MONTAGE BRITISH ARTILLERY FIRES AT RETREATING
NAZIS.
00:34:30 1958.2
BRITISH TOMMIES DIG OUT CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN
COLLAPSED SHELTER. YOUNG GIRL RUNS OUT OF RUBBLE.
WOMAN CLINGS TO SOLDIER AS HE WALKS HER AWAY
FROM RUBBLE.
00:34:52 1980.2
TANK FLAME THROWER POURS FLAMES INTO FOREST. AS
ALLIED TANKS AND TRUCKS SPEED THROUGH BOMBED-OUT
TOWN, PEOPLE STREAM INTO THE STREETS FROM THEIR
SHELTERS.
00:35:13 2001.2
AIR COMMUNIQUE
HUGE BRITISH FLYING BOAT FLIES OVER JUNGLES OF
BURMA. COMES IN FOR LANDING ON RIVER BEHIND
JAPANESE LINES.
00:35:39 2027.2
LONG ENGINE POWERED RAFT MEETS FLYING BOAT IN
MID-RIVER, UNLOADS SUPPLIES AND LOADS ON WOUNDED
SOLDIERS.
00:36:29 2077.2
MONTAGE SHIRTLESS CREWS ON BRITISH CARRIER PUSH
PLANES INTO POSITION FOR TAKE OFF. CREWS LOAD
500 POUND BOMBS UNDER THE WINGS. PLANES TAKE OFF
TO ATTACK JAPANESE SHIPS.
00:37:24 2132.2
RETURNING "CORSAIR" FIGHTER LANDS ON CARRIER.
AERIAL STRAFING OF GROUND TARGETS AND HUGE
SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS. HUGE CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE
CAUSED BY ATTACK. AS SEEN FROM FIGHTER PLANE.
00:38:07 2175.2
MONTAGE NAZI FIGHTERS BEING SHOT DOWN, AS SEEN
FROM ATTACKING PLANES' CAMERAS.
00:38:25 2193.2
ATHENS LIBERATED
ATHENS FALLS, PEOPLE CELEBRATE IN STREETS. MONTAGE
BRITISH TROOPS SEE THE GREEK COAST FROM THEIR
LANDING SHIPS. GREEK PEOPLE APPLAUD AS THE
"TOMMIES" LAND AT PIER AND MARCH INLAND.
00:39:47 2275.2
MONTAGE BRITISH AND POLISH TROOPS MARCH INTO
ATHENS, ARE MET BY JOYOUS CROWDS. SMILING MAN
HOLDS UP DRAWING OF CHURCHILL PUFFING ON CIGAR.
AERIAL CONFETTI FALLS ON HUGE CROWD
00:40:42 2330.2
BRITISH AND POLISH SOLDIERS VISIT THE ANCIENT
ACROPOLIS. THEY VIEW THE PARTHENON WITH ITS
ANCIENT STATUES, BUILT IN 447 B. C.
00:41:14 2362.2
COLORFULLY DRESSED GREEK PARTISANS ARE PART OF
GUARD-OF-HONOR MEETING GREEK PRIME MINISTER
POPANDREO AND BRITISH GENERAL SCOURBY
00:41:52 2400.2
MONTAGE HUGE CROWDS IN STREET AND FROM BALCONIES
GREET GREEK PRIME MINISTER'S MOTORCADE. LONG LINE
OF WOMEN WAVE FLORAL LEAVES.
00:42:38 2446.2
FOUR GIRLS IN NATIVE COSTUME CARRY HUGE NATIONAL
FLAG TO THE PARTHEON FOLLOWED BY THE PRIME
MINISTER AND OTHER OFFICIALS. FLAG IS RAISED
OVER THE RUINS
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Year: 1944  Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II

Description: BRITISH FIGHT VALIANTLY IN ARNHEM BEFORE WITHDRAWING.

Keywords: foot soldier


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