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Belgium surrenders during the Battle of Dunkirk (WW2)
Captured Belgium troops crowd both sides of road as German convoy accepts their surrender early in World War II. Military officials talking in front of a building as part of surrender negotiations. German soldiers and civilians talking in Dunkirk. Belgium prisoners of war cheerfully smile and wave as they leave. Animated map demonstrates how the German forces closed in on British and French forces at Dunkirk. British troops in front of a blockade. A British soldier sets off a bomb. Smoke rises from bomb explosion at Dunkirk.
United States troops control crowds as Vichy French officers board a military truck in Oran after Darlan Agreement
A street crowded with military personnel and in Oran, Algeria, shortly after the fall of Algeria in Operation Torch. United States Military vehicles on the road. American, British and French flags on the street. Added street signs shows distances to London, Paris, San Francisco and Kansas City. American soldiers hold back French civilian crowds in city street, keeping a protected area open in the middle of the street. Crowd smiles and cheers and shows the 'V' sign for victory with their hands. Next, Vichy French military officers are seen walking into the guarded zone of the street and loading their luggage and themselves into a waiting truck. They appear serious and disappointed. One officer simply holds his face in his hands. This is likely the evacuation or detention of Vichy-aligned French military staff that were reassigned, interned, or removed from command following the Darlan Agreement. The officers board a military truck. Some light cigarettes to smoke as they wait for the truck to depart. Scene changes again to show British soldiers in formation on a deserted street. They conduct a ceremony at attention.
General Mark Clark and other Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca Morocco.
Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. United States Army General Mark Clark, American, British, French Army and Navy officers attend the ceremony. Allied troops march on the road. Soldiers with the French flag. Soldiers with rifles. United States General Mark Clark salutes the troops as they march by. Soldiers with the folded American flag. Allied officers salute during the ceremony. The American and British flags. (World War II period).
Dover and Calais after various attacks by Germany in World War II.
Dover, United Kingdom: The town of Dover in Kent. Men, women and children move to underground shelters. Women play cards and knit. German artillery fired. British soldiers amid ruins. Scene changes to Calais, France: Calais under the liberating Canadian soldiers. Man cleans a room. Destroyed bridges. Canadian soldiers evacuate French civilians across the Calais Canal. Men, women, children, and wounded civilians helped across the canal by soldiers. Wounded lifted into military ambulances. A woman holds her wounded child. Allied airplanes drop bombs over enemy territory. Explosion and smoke due to bombardment. British and Canadian Army soldiers examine German artillery and coastal guns. A white flag put up at a surrendered German post.
Allied troops liberate Le Havre, Lyon, Brussels and Antwerp (WW2)
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. Allied aircraft drop arms and supplies attached to parachutes for use by the Belgian Army. A low flying British Short Stirling bomber dropping supplies. 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 in elevated position in the Hotel Dieu, beside the Rhone River, fire into crowded streets from the hospital. Soldiers fire back at them. Smoke and fire coming from the German firing position. 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. Some men and mostly women collaborationists, accused of working with the Germans, are disgraced and paraded on the streets with their hands behind their heads. FrenchpPeople cheer and celebrate.
Dignitaries aboard ships arrive at the New York harbor.
Dignitaries arrive at the New York harbor. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer aboard the Superliner ship SS United States. Closeup of Chancellor Adenauer as he waves. He and his daughter talk to the press aboard the ship, as they arrive for a two week visit in the United States. Photographers take pictures and record the event. Next scene is a wide view of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth. British producer and director Sir Michael Balcon and his wife Lady Balcon aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Windsor returns from the funeral of his mother, British monarch Queen Mary. The Duke talks to the press. People aboard the ship.
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