A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium. An aerial view of the port of Antwerp and the vicinity. Ships are loaded in harbor areas. Barges move across a canal. (World War II period).
German newsreel showing bomb damage in Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Bomb damaged city of Antwerp. View of damaged buildings and debris strewn on the ground. A group of Belgian civilians among the debris. A few men cleaning the debris. Women refugees collecting their belongings. Men loading their belongings into a truck. Several damaged buildings and the view of the debris scattered on the ground.
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh in Antwerp, Belgium after his trans-Atlantic flight. View of the Spirit of St. Louis. The plane takes off. Lindbergh at an airport in Belgium. People gather at the airport. The plane lands and bystanders watch. Lindbergh is greeted. People gather at a palace. The plane lands in London Croydon Airport (Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ). People gather upon the arrival of the Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh poses with United States Ambassador to Great Britain Alanson B. Houghton. Lindbergh addresses the people.
Allied troops set off for the final drive of the Liberation of France and Belgium in World War II. La Havre: Intensive bombing by Allied bombers at the 2nd port of France. Allied planes in flight, drop bombs. Smoke from the explosions. German positions are covered by Allied target indicators. Soldiers and tanks advance through fields. Smoke and fire from destroyed vehicles and bombardment. The first Allied platoon enters the town. Destroyed buildings and ruins. The dock area, reduced to a complete rubble. Surrendered German soldiers are marched in the streets. Antwerp: Liberation of Antwerp. A convoy of tanks. Allied troops cross a Bailey bridge over the Albert Canal. British Second Army enters the city. Tanks and soldiers. Machine gun fire. The dock side railway head is captured. Civilians welcome the troops. Belgian Forces of Interior and civilians celebrate. Planes drop arms and supplies for the Belgian Army. Soldiers collect the supplies and load it into a cart. Brussels: Members of the Belgian Government lay wreaths at the Brussels war Memorial in tribute to the capital's liberation. Soldiers march. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery is given a grand reception. The Field Marshal in a convertible. He greets the people from a hotel balcony. Lyon: The U.S. Seventh Army liberates Lyon. German snipers fire into crowded streets from a hospital on the banks of Rhone. Soldiers fire back at them. Civilians crouch and take cover. Hospital patients removed to safety. Nurses tend to a wounded man. French and U.S. troops drive through the city. Civilians shake hands with the soldiers. Nazi collaborators are disgraced and paraded on the streets. People cheer and celebrate.
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium. Smoke from chimneys of factories in the background. A boat moves across a waterway. A bridge over the waterway. Men at work on the bridge. Buildings in the background. (World War II period).
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Belgian civilians and soldiers search the ruins of V-2 bombed buildings. Bodies are removed from the wreckage. Rubbled houses and buildings in the area.
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