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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.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020675
French Foreign Legionnaires move inland amidst set dummy explosions during practice landings in North Africa.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Africa. French soldiers in Landing Crafts Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Landing Crafts move in the sea towards the beach. Soldiers crouched in the crafts. They get off the crafts and wade through the water towards the beach. A French flag on a craft. Crafts approach beach. The soldiers move inland amidst set dummy explosions. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020872
French Foreign Legionnaires and half tracks unloaded from LCs in North Africa.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Lnding Crafts Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) move off shore. Soldiers climb down landing nets from transport to LC. Soldiers in a craft with a flag. One soldier looks ahead through binoculars. Soldiers wade to the beach. Barbed wire fences on the beach. Two half tracks driven off the LC ramp and aross the beach. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020873
French Foreign Legionnaires march with the band in North Africa (WW2)

French Foreign Legionnaires march with a military band in North Africa during World War II. The military band emerges from a building. They are followed by the troops. They march on the streets as people watch.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020874
French fighter planes swoop low over Landing Crafts carrying Foreign Legionnaires in North Africa.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. French fighter planes swoop low over a beach. Dummy explosions on the beach. Landing Crafts approach the beach. Soldiers get off the crafts and run inland. U.S. Navy and French officers watch the exercise. Black smoke due to the explosions. A LC with a flag approaches the beach. Soldiers wade through the water towards the shore. Planes fly low over Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) off shore. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020875
French Foreign Legionnaires climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft during practice landings.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Soldiers climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft. U.S. Navy sailors and French soldiers in Landing Crafts. Soldiers seated in the crafts. The Landing Crafts head towards the beach. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020876
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