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The Battle of Netherlands and the invasion of Belgium by the Germans during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. An animated map depicts the German campaign to capture Liege (Luttich) and Fort Eben-Amael in Belgium. German troops invade Holland. Soldiers in trucks. Germans cross the Meuse (Maas) in boats. A collapsed bridge over the river. Armed German soldiers on bicycles cycle through a village. Soldiers drag a boat on the road. The Germans capture Fort Eben-Amael using flamethrowers. Soldiers fire guns during street fights. A soldier wades through shallow water while others cross a field amidst explosions. Bomb explosions and bomb damaged buildings. Soldiers take cover in a field. German troops cross the Albert Canal in Belgium. Troops in boats make their way across. They advance with tanks. Soldiers dig fox holes and eat. Soldiers man tanks and fire artillery. German aircraft bomb Allied positions. Bomb damaged buildings and ruins. Black smoke arises due to explosions. German soldiers march Belgian and Dutch prisoners of war on a street.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021738
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).

Date: 1940, May 15
Duration: 6 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044333
Dutch Princess Juliana with her children at their Canadian refuge (WW2)

The Dutch royal family in Montebello during their exile in Canada (World War 2). Dutch Princess Juliana with her children in Château Montebello (392 Rue Notre Dame, Montebello, QC J0V 1L0, Canada). The Dutch royal family fled the Netherlands after Nazi German invasion. Princess Juliana and her children later left England for Ottawa, Canada. Children, Princess Beatrix and an unidentified girl playing near a waterway. Princess Irene inside a playpen. Princess Juliana pushes her two children sitting together on a swing. Princess Beatrix falls off-balance from the swing while Juliana is holding the infant Princess Irene.

Date: 1940, June 19
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046138
German ships underway and a Dutch dive bomber drops torpedoes on ships

German ships underway at a sea in the European Theater. Dutch dive bombers drop torpedoes. Splashes in water. German ships in the background. A flag of Netherlands in the foreground. A submarine and ships underway. Large buildings in the background.

Date: 1940
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675045803
Dwight D Eisenhower reviews Dutch troops and meets Prince Bernhard, Queen Juliana at Soestdijk Palace in Holland.

United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

Date: 1951, May 14
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068340
Flood relief activities in Netherlands. NATO aircraft air drop supplies

NATO assists Netherlands in flood relief operations. Netherlands troops work on dikes. View from inside a U.S. Air Force C-119 aircraft dropping relief supplies, including inflated rafts, over flood threatened areas of Netherlands. Netherlands troops dump material from a truck to reinforce dike. Troops and civilians work on dikes.

Date: 1953, February
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045133