A large number of casualties as a result of World War II. War continues with artillery fired in Belgium, a ship underway in Atlantic, a wounded in Pacific Theater and a graveyard.
Film shows map of the Ardennes region of Germany and Belgium. In the dark of night, German artillery and rockets are seen being launched against Allied forces in a counter offensive in the Ardennes during World War 2. In daylight, clouds of dark smoke lay across the horizon partially obscuring the rising sun. A German officer signals for artillery to fire, and a heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. Shells exploding in the distance. German gunners firing an LeFH 18 howitzer hidden under branches of foliage. Rockets launchers (Nebelwerfers) firing. Explosions in the distance. German troops in trenches. Several views of howitzers firing. American prisoners marching past Dragons Teeth antitank barriers at the Ziegfried line (Western Wall). German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers. A half track (Sd.Kfz.251) passing a line of American prisoners walking in the opposite direction at side of muddy road with their hands over their heads. View from the rear of the U.S. soldiers escorted by German soldiers. German infantry advancing single file along the side of a road. Some carry panzerfaust anti tank weapons. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. View from rear of the German infantry entering woods. Dead American soldiers lying in a group in bluff overlooking a body of water. American steel helmets scattered on the ground. More views of dead U.S. soldiers.
A horse carriage comes out of the Royal Palace of Brussels (Rue Brederode 16, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium). The crowd gathers in street amidst heavy rains. Prince Leopold and his wife, Princess Astrid, carrying the baby Prince Baudouin, sit inside the carriage. The carriage arrives at the church, the Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg (Impasse du Borgendael 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium), for Prince Baudouin’s baptism. Man with umbrella moves near the carriage. Princess Astrid and Prince Leopold get down from the carriage and climb the stairs. Prince Baudouin is brought by his attendants. The coachman smiles and the crowd cheers. Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid come out of the church after the baptism. They are escorted to the carriage under a cover to save them from pouring rains. The crowd lined the street under heavy rains to see Prince Baudouin
The appointment of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders as the Regent of Belgium after the liberation of Belgium from German occupation. View of the House of Representatives in Brussels (Place de la Nation 1, 1008 Bruxelles, Belgium). Representatives take their seats inside. Prince Charles, Count of Flanders takes an oath as he is named the Regent of Belgium during the imprisonment of his brother, King Leopold III, in Germany. Prince Charles emerges from the building and is congratulated by officials.
Allied campaign against the Axis powers in 1944 during World War II. People gathered outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy celebrate their liberation from occupation by Nazi Germany. Allied soldiers in trucks move past the cheering crowds. Pope Pius XII addresses the people from a balcony. Victory parade in Paris, France at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) on August 26, 1944. French children clapping. People cheer as they carry banners. In Bucharest, Romania soldiers loaded onto trucks drive past crowds cheering after their liberation. On 3rd of September 1944 people cheer on the streets of Brussels, Belgium as Allied troops enter. A woman sits on top of a moving Jeep. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia on October 20, 1944 people celebrate their liberation. In Athens, Greece women carry a Greek flag and a flag being hoisted after their liberation.
United States 347th Regiment troops re-enter the city of Saint-Hubert in Wallonia, Belgium during World War II. Groups of United States soldiers and trucks move on the snow-covered street. Snow-covered soldiers talk to cheerful women standing at a doorway. A young Belgian woman and her grandmother speaks to a soldier. Soldiers look at a map as one of them points to a direction. Soldiers smiling while looking at the map. Soldier talks on field telephone in the street. A snow-covered Jeep with wagon moves away. Soldiers use a metal detector to look for mines on the street.
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