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Street scenes, Antwerp, Belgium at end of WW2.
Street scenes in Antwerp Belgium at end of World War II show the façade of Antwerp Central Station (Antwerpen-Centraal, Koningin Astridplein 27, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium). The Boerentoren, or “Farmer’s Tower” (Boerentoren, Schoenmarkt 35 2000 Antwerp Belgium), in Antwerp city center. Trams on the street. Pedestrians pass by the Hôtel Métropole ( Leysstraat 27/29, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium). A streetlight in front of the Hôtel Métropole. The Het Steen (Steenplein 1, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium) medieval fortress of Antwerp. Belgian civilians visit a park. A horse-drawn cart and some automobiles move on the road in Antwerp city center. The two uneven gothic towers of the Cathedral of Our Lady (Groenplaats 21, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium) are seen in the background.
Men and women refugees prepare to leave bomb damaged city of Antwerp in Belgium during World War II.
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.
V-1 rockets damage the city of Antwerp; United States troops fight the advancing German army during the Battle of the Bulge (WW2)
United States soldiers defend the city of Antwerp during World War II. A United States anti aircraft gunner soldier stacks shells in crates together. A group of artillery gunners huddle around a small bonfire during winter. A soldier rubs his hands from the cold. Cold feet shaking off dirt from muddy ground. View of damaged Antwerp, Belgium. Smoke rises out of a building hit by a V-1 rocket. A storefront on fire. Civilians watch the damage caused by V-1 and V-2 rockets in Antwerp. A Belgian woman crying. Two children peer from a window. Three boys inspect a rocket fragment from a blast site. A woman fixes a girl’s hair after a blast. An anti-aircraft gun tilted towards the sky. Man pulls out shells. German soldiers advance. Commander of the German 5th Panzer Army, General Hasso von Manteuffel, conversing with officer of the 116th Panzer Division. Other German officers confer as well. German motorized infantry mobilizes to Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. German soldiers sit on top of a moving Panzer IV tank covered with camouflage. German infantry troops walk alongside burning American vehicles. German and United States soldiers firing rifles from behind small hill. Artillery crew load more shells into howitzer. Anti-aircraft guns firing into enemy positions. Belgian civilians work to repair damaged infrastructure in Antwerp Port after German defeat. Bags of flour are unloaded at Antwerp Port. Dock workers working in Antwerp Port. United States Army trucks transport materiel from Antwerp Port to the Western Front. Military Police personnel direct traffic on a street.
Belgian refugees evacuate Antwerp after the place is destroyed due to World War II
Damage due to bombardment in Antwerp, Belgium. Destroyed buildings and houses. Rubble on the street. Soldiers dig out the rubble. People watch. Belgian refugees flee during World War II. They load their luggage in the trucks. Interior of a destroyed church.
Battle of the Ardennes and Battle of the Bulge, in World War II
Film starts showing silhouettes of British tanks on the move, including one with a bulldozer blade. View from Allied warplane as bombs explode on the ground below. In November, 1944, infantry of the First Canadian Army, with Polish and British units fire Bren guns as they advance in Belgium and secure the Scheldt Estuary, to open a shipping route to Antwerp for the Allies. They traverse a river and cross rail lines while advancing. View of destroyed steel bridge across the Maas (Meuse) river with several British troops wading in water nearby. Silhouettes of German prisoners of war marching single file. View from rear of German prisoners walking under guard with hands resting on their heads. British troops running beside the Scheldt river at Antwerp on September 4, 1944, as huge explosions occur in the river behind them. A column of British troops, marching on tree-lined road, enters outskirts of Antwerp, as local people cheer them. Views of the troops being greeted in the city itself. Columns of Belgian refugees are seen returning to their homes. One,injured, is carried by friends in a wooden cart. A contingent of British troops marching in the city. Glimpses of derricks in the Antwerp port and a ship under construction in a shipyard. An animated map shows German counter offensive through Belgium and Luxemburg on September 4, 1944. Refugees leaving again, ahead of the returning German forces. View of a road sign reading: "Bastogne." American military police checking credentials of some refugees as they leave. American soldiers jammed together atop a Sherman tank parked at a checkpoint. After delaying further German advance, through the Ardennes, on September 16th, American troops are forced back and seen leaving , in trucks and Sherman tanks, from Bastogne, past a road leading to Martelange. As weather cleared on September 22nd, a formation of British Hawker Typhoon ground attack aircraft are seen in flight and diving to attack lines of communication with machine gun fire and rockets. Several different views of the aircraft firing and smoke rising from the ground. Animated map of German advance depicts the so-called "Bulge" extending 60 miles into Allied territory. Captured German films show German troops,one carrying a rifle and another a Sig 44 machine gun, as they pass columns of burning Allied trucks, other vehicles and armor. Closeup of German soldier waving to others to follow him, as he runs ahead past burning Allied equipment. Several German soldiers hunker under a knocked out Allied tank, as a German Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer light tank destroyer passes their position. Closeup of German soldier smoking captured American cigarette. German infantry, walk past barrel of destroyed Allied tank. Several gather and smoke American cigarettes. One of them, with a belt of ammunition around his neck, is Hans Tragarsky aka Walter Armbrusch. (This image is well known but his identity is subject to debate.) Glimpse of German officer walking with a soldier at the front, with background engulfed in flames.. Scene shifts to a formation of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport planes seen, in flight, dropping food and ammunition to beleaguered American troops caught in the Battle of the Bulge. Change of scene to German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer moving; Panzer IV tanks firing 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 guns; and troops riding on a Tiger tank ( Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B). German soldiers riding in a streamlined Volkswagen Kübelwagen. German soldier in an open single seat courier car spattered with mud. Close-ups of him smoking a cigar. German soldiers looking at formation of American C-47 aircraft overhead. A U.S. Army Air Corps B-25 bomber in flight. View from Allied bomber dropping bombs that strike ground with many explosions. View from above of a B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. View on ground of shells and bombs exploding in wooded area and low level black flak clouds. Captured 88mm gun being fired by Allied forces. British soldiers in a Landing Vehicle Tracked, cross a stream and climb up a steep bank. View from British "Wasp" flame-throwing Bren-gun carrier, as it fires and resulting inferno of fires. Views from a long distance of other flame-throwers firing across the stream. Closeup view of one firing with fires burning on the opposite shore.
Allied forces clear German forces from control of the Scheldt River and open the Port of Antwerp in World War II
Map sketching positions of German forces at Alcheren and Arnhem separated by Allied forces at Antwerp and Numegen, Belgium, during World War 2. Views of the port at Antwerp silent and unusable due to German control of the Scheldt River downstream. British forces attacking those German forces at Walcheren, as Canadian, and Polish forces secure the South bank of the river. Royal Navy and Marines and Norwegians operating in the river itself. British minesweepers in the Scheldt River. View from the mine sweeper as mines are destroyed raising large plumes of water. The first supply ship arriving at port of Antwerp after Allied forces secured the river to the sea. The restored derricks and port facilities busy handling Allied ships and supplies. American Army trucks carrying supplies from the Port of Antwerp to Allied forces. Closeup of an African American soldier driving a truck. Supply trucks maneuvering around obstacles in a town. British soldier directing truck convoy traffic. Allied artillery barrage at night.
