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Firefighters try to put off fire on burning gasoline tanks in Rotterdam, South Holland in the Netherlands.
An oil fire in Rotterdam, South Holland in the Netherlands. A gasoline tank on fire. Thick black smoke rises from the burning tank. Firefighters try to douse the blazing fire.
Strafing of troop concentrations, railways, warehouses, depots, and other German-held targets by the U.S. Army 8th Air Force over Holland
Strafing of German targets by the U.S. 8th Air Force on Western front, especially northern Holland, Netherlands. Air Force plane in tactical operations. Gun camera footage of U.S. Army Air Force fighter planes out of Strasbourg strafing German held targets in northern Holland including railroad lines and trains. Explosion rises from a hit target. Another large explosion erupts from a target, possibly ammunition depot. Wing is shot and breaks off of incoming German airplane. More scenes of dramatic explosions as targets on ground are hit by American aircraft. Another German plane is hit and is seen falling from the sky. A parachute is seen ejecting one of the crew from the German aircraft. Enemy German held warehouses and other targets are hit by American aircraft strafing. Compelling and dramatic views of explosions including some where debris flies up in air toward attacking U.S. aircraft. (World War II period).
American soldiers and medics working to rescue soldiers trapped under a wrecked glider in Holland.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division invades Holland, Netherlands during World War 2. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains and gliders in flight overhead. Aerial view of flooded lands in Holland. The gliders come in for a landing on a field. A glider tips forward hard and crashes while landing. U.S. Army soldiers and medics work to free men from the wreckage. A soldier chops a part of the glider to rescue a soldier trapped underneath. An injured man crawls out as the rescuers lift up a nose section of glider with name "Jessie" written on front. A jeep is unloaded from a glider.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington D.C as he condemns Nazi invasion on Netherlands.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington D.C. President Roosevelt strongly condemns the Nazi invasion of Holland and Belgium. He tells the 8th American Scientific Congress that the Americans are shocked by Hitler's attack. He talks about the Germans surrendering. Members of the Congress clap during President's speech. President Roosevelt promises aid to Belgium and Holland. (World War II period).
Queen Juliana opens the Velser tunnel to the public in the Netherlands
The Velser tunnel, a river crossing tunnel under the North Sea Canal in IJmuiden (part of the municipality of Velsen), North Holland, is inaugurated by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana boards a train with Dutch officials. The train crosses the two-lane Velser tunnel to the other side. School children wave the Dutch flag upon the arrival of Queen Juliana’s train. Queen Juliana cuts the ribbon to open the Velser tunnel to the public. Vehicles begin to cross the Velser tunnel after the inauguration.
Allied troops advance and secure territory in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Arnhem: Fleet of Allied planes in flight. The 1st Allied Airborne Corps troops descend and land near Arnhem, Netherlands. Ground forces march ahead. Members of the Allied corps from the American 82nd Airborne Division capture and cross the 2km long bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen. Dead German soldiers on the bridge. Landing of allied paratroopers near the town of Grave, targeting the bridges over the Maas. Scenes of the Glider Pilot Regiment landing in Holland near Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, including point of view shots from glider in flight under rope tow, and of many paratoopers filling sky during drop. Soldier in jeep being unloaded. A wrecked glider. Allied soldiers take German prisoners. Wounded soldiers. Dutch Resistance Movement officers reveal German troop movements to Allies. A member with an 'ORANJE' insignia on his uniform sleeve. View of German Garrison commander Major General Fridriech Kussin, dead, his body half fallen from his Citroen automobile as Allied troops march by. A bungalow used by the resistance as their headquarters. British soldiers attempting to defend their position near the Arnhem road bridge over the Lower Rhine (now the John Frost Bridge, named after the British Commander who led the forces that defended their position there for 9 days, and subject of the 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"). Wounded soldiers on stretchers, from fighting against the German 9th SS and 10th SS Panzer divisions. Views of supplies being dropped to the British forces and the soldiers retrieving dropped supplies. Allied Target Indicators go off at dusk. British soldier communicating on radio as they await arrival of British XXX Corps (who never arrive). Remaining British troops withdrawing after 9 days of battle. British Soldiers retire and walk on streets. Soldiers in military jeeps. The Nijmegen bridge over the Waal River protected by the Allied soldiers. In total 10,600 Allied airborne soldiers landed at Arnhem; 1500 were killed and all but 2398 were captured (World War II period).
