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Belgian soldiers and civilians search rubbled houses and buildings after a V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgian.
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Belgian civilians and firemen and British soldiers search the ruins of V-2 bombed buildings. Rubbled houses and buildings in the area.
African unrest in 1960: Anti-apartheid demonstrations, assassination attempt on Verwoerd, and riots and arrest of Lumumba in Congo.
Riots and uneasy conditions in South Africa and Congo during the year 1960. South African natives demonstrate against apartheid racial discrimination and passbook requirements. Protestors at Sharpeville shown burning passbooks. Policemen fire at peaceful demonstrators in what became the Sharpeville massacre of May 31, 1960. Next scene shows attempted assassination of Premier Verwoerd by a white farmer. A photographer takes photos as an aide holds Verwoerd after he is shot. Next scene shows riots in Congo, Africa after elections. Rioters dispersed by local police forces. The United Nations peace keeping forces arrive in Congo. Premiere Patrice Lumumba arrested and policeman ties his hands with ropes. View of Colonel Mobutu Sese Seko in military uniform.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Congo officials during a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York.
United Nations considers Katanga crisis in a meeting at its Headquarters in New York. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold calls for a resolution for speedy withdrawal of Belgium troops from Katanga in Congo. Officials from Congo seated during the meeting. General Dag Hammarskjold asks the Congo officials to settle the issues among themselves as UN will not interfere with the matter.
Fourth Liberty Loan parade and dedication of the Altar of Liberty in Madison Square, New York City.
Fifth Avenue, in New York City, decorated with American flags, Fourth Liberty Loan banners, and flags of Allied nations, from 51st Street to Madison Square. Japanese flags are on buildings. Military units march along 5th Avenue to the Altar of Liberty, designed by Thomas Hastings, that is the focal point for the 4th Liberty Loan Campaign. Flags of the 22 Allied Nations fly on poles at Madison Square. Vice President Thomas Marshall stands on sidewalk by the Altar of Liberty with several officials and an Army chaplain in uniform. A contingent of Belgian Army officers marches followed by U.S. Military officers and diplomats and officials in automobiles. The Belgian officers greet civilian officials. Civilian officials gather and converse. Officials assembled on balcony of the Altar of Liberty. New York Governor, Charles S. Whitman is in center, to right of the Army chaplain. Another view of balcony, with Vice President Marshall present. Map of war zone on the Altar of Liberty, painted by H.T. Schladermundt. (It will be updated daily as the war progresses.) Governor Whitman introduces the Vice President, who looks at his watch and gives his address. The next speaker introduced is Emile De Cartier, Belgian Minister to the U.S. whose country is the first to be honored at the shrine.
United States 1st Army rolls into St. Quentin, France and crosses over to Belgium, in World War II
U.S. 1st Army troops pass an abandoned German pill box near Cambrai, on their way to the Belgian border, during World War 2. U.S. tanks advancing along road to Saint-Quentin on September 1, 1944.Road sign points toward St. Quentin. Some French civilians watch as troops ride into the city aboard military vehicles. American flag is seen at window of a building.September 2nd, lead elements of the 1st Army pass road sign marking boundary between France and Belgium. A road sign on ground at the old formal border reads "Douane Belge." American tanks speed across Belgian fields in pursuit of retreating German soldiers.US units firing tank guns and machine guns at German positions.Smoke rising.Destroyed and burning German artillery, tanks, halftracks, and other vehicles and equipment along side of road.Destroyed civilian automobile and wagons. American troops entering town where Belgian flags fly. German Army Captain, accompanied by U.S. troops, urges his soldiers to surrender.He steps over wire fencing into a field where German soldier are coming forward. View of numerous German prisoners of war being held in a meadow.
German invasion of Belgium, Holland, and France. Fall of Fort Eben Emae during World War II
Animated map depicts German Westward military thrusts into Holland and Belgium and toward France in World War 2. German armor units passing dragons teeth defenses, from behind. German troops riding atop tanks and trucks towing artillery.German Stuka dive bombers. Map showing Albert Canal, Meuse River, and details of Fort Eben Emae. Paratroops dropping from Ju-52 aircraft. Closeup of Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber. German troops using flame thrower. German armed engineer troops cross a road near a bridge and cross Meuse River in inflated boats, as Stukas drop bombs. German troops advance behind battery of flame throwers. German soldier places demolition charge. Huge explosion as it destroys the Fort blockhouse. Allied troops cross French-Belgian border to confront German forces. French Lorraine 37L armored vehicles. Roads filled by Belgian refugees with their belongings. Animated cartoon of German planes bombing Belgian villages, strafing refugees, so they would clog roads and block Allied advance. Views of clogged roads and German bombings. He-111 dropping bombs. Me-109s strafing refugees who take cover in ditches. views from inside German bombers. Montage of destruction by German planes. Wounded child cries out, traumatized, in a hospital bed. Another wounded and bandaged child is seen in a hospital bed. A nun nurse sits by the bed of a wounded child. Montage of refugee children leaving war zones atop piles of belongings in trucks, and children in prams and carts, and in strollers and horsecarts evacuating battle areas. Map shows German plan to attack through Ardennes Forest. German engineers sliding down steep hills, fording rivers, and laying wire for demolitions. German troops setting up machine gun and artillery placements and firing at opposing troops. German tanks and troops going through the Ardennes to the Meuse River, where Stukas dive bomb French positions. German artillery barrage across the Meuse. German troops cross the river with inflated boats. German engineers building pontoon bridges. Shelling by Allies causing explosions beside German troops building bridges. German Armor crossing the bridges and entering France.
