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Belgium in WWI
220743 02:18:29
- 02:25:16 1913 Belgium B/W SIL WWI - Grandes Maneuvres in
Belgium
French Army units
arrive at the banks of the Meuse & cross river in boats to town on other
side; build pontoon bridge w/ wood planks secured to boats moved into place;
run across it; officers lead horses across bridge, others walk w/
bicycles. People line far shore
watching.
02:20:45 Infantry charge a Belgian
village across a field as artillery units take positions. Troops run across field; horse teams
pulling caissons past camera, one soldier w/ bicycle. Artillery set up & fired.
02:22:43 Machine guns & small
artillery are set up in defensive positions - dogs pulling guns, men wearing
metal top hats.
02:23:23 Men prepare meal in
kettle over fire as kids & others watch; serve & eating chow. Various officers. Belgian? officers view cavalry parade
in Temploux.
220598 05:05:00
- 05:09:04 1914
- 1918 France ? Belgium ? b/w Si World
War One - Various
dismantling ?
05:06:49 - 05:07:23 Belgium - funeral parade with wreaths
220408 01:29:50
- 01:32:22 1914
- 1918 Belgium Germany b/w Si World
War One - Belgium ( Excerpt from Fighting for the Fatherland ? ) Poor quality
in parts.
Explosions - troops run across
open field - explosions.
Intertitle At Liege, Antwerp, Mons and Meuse, Belgium amazes the World by her
resistance. Explosion - field gun firing - Soldiers stand face to face with
each other firing guns - before trenches. Explosions. Troops run towards camera and into trench. Troops forward on
stomachs across field
220635 14:23:21
- 14:26:30 1914
- 1918 France ? Belgium ? B/W SIL In The Second Line Trenches -
WWI
Troops leaning against stone wall taking aim with guns.
14:23:33 Belgian Sharpshooters - Troops on horseback ride towards camera line abreast across field
carrying scimitar type swords. Troops running through sand dunes in undergrowth. Soldiers tying planks to large sacks.
??
14:25:04 In the Belgian trenches -
troops in wide trench - troops against stone wall - two soldiers in
lean-to. Soldiers get letters.
Soldier using periscope.
220738 20:00:24
- 20:13:20 1914
- 1918 France ?
Belgium B/W SIL WWI - German War Film 1914 -
1918
German troops in grassy trench firing machine guns. Troops carry guns up
incline.
20:02:16 - 20:03:46 Belgian
peasants in a captured town are forced to turn their cattle over to the German
authorities. Town square, old women with cows. Old women leave in donkey cart. Street market with locals
220741 00:18:42 - 00:22:45 1914 - 1918 Belgium B/W SIL [WWI - Newsreel Excerpts] (titles
are flash titles)
View in French front line trenches, soldiers relaxing & looking over
top. Good shots troops in trenches
smoking and relaxing.
00:19:22 Supply wagons thru
mud toward camera w/ line of trucks on road behind headed in opposite
direction.
00:20:01 Good shot large
battleship w/ camouflage steaming towards & past camera. Same ship w/ two open metal towers
makes pass from other direction.
00:20:45 Title: Belgian Armoured Cars. Many of these cars have been sent to
Russia and assist in holding back the Germans.
Men standing next to armored car w/ mounted guns. Men stop & dismount, salute. Car backed up (nitrate decomp).
00:21:17 Title: Belgian Motor Cycle Corp.
Troops w/ rifles & motorcycles on brick road, possibly bridge stand
beside & sit on motorcycles.
00:21:37 Title: Joffre. Animation - cartoon using the letters of the name Joffre,
turns it into caricature of Joffre rolling up sleeves to beat the Germans.
220691 03:20:02
- 03:35:17 1914
- 1918 - 1920s? England Germany
Belgium
? - B/W SIL World
War One - Two reels
03:20:02 - 03:22:30 King Albert
& Foch at Mercier funeral. Very large parade through streets for funeral ceremony
Ecole
Edith Cavell + march aux fleurs
220883 22:07:44
- 22:10:33 1920 Belgium B/W SIL Belgian Babies Get Tender Care
at Ecole Edith Cavell Part One
Shows Exterior building, Cavell monument, Mothers and babies leaving building.
Young children with men leaving building. Nuns attending small children in open
air nursery school. American tourists visit hospital - sailor holding two babies.
Toddler taking first steps.
22:09:53 Brussels flower market, war widows selling flowers. Woman shoe-shine.
221031 04:48:03
- 04:49:44 1930 Belgium B/W SIL Royalty Present At Baptism
Ceremony of Heir Presumptive
EXT Palace of Belgian Royal Family; coach and horses out of gates; crowds in
street w/ umbrellas follow procession. Queen Astrid ? out of carriage w/ baby Prince Baudouin ? and into
cathedral. Policemen w/
crowd. Queen out of church holding
baby, down steps into carriage, altar boys hold awning over her. Other Royals down steps inc. King
Leopold III ? LS carriage departs.
221106 14:55:32
- 14:56:27 1930 Belgium B/W SIL Giants Parade To Celebrate
Annual Mid-Summer Revels
Huge costumed effigies paraded through streets of Brussels past crowds - people
on giant horse float - medieval / Crusades theme.
Festivals. Celebrations. Oddities. Very contrasty
Paul
Van Zeeland et Leon Degrelle
221207 22:40:38
- 22:44:23 1930s Belgium B/W SD/SI [Paul van Zeeland Speaking in English; Leon Degrelle Speaking
in French]
MCU SOF in English.
22:40:52 Wall of election &
other posters w/ good 1930s graphics. Large square & parade of large paper mache figures of Lenin &
van Zeeland w/ large life-size hand-puppets. Men driving small cars w/ election posters for Van
Zeeland. Street scenes. Catholic priest walks past. Men voting. Ballots stamped. Crowded street scenes. Woman shouting. Two men
fighting on cobblestone street.
22:41:40 Leon Degrelle speaks
(SOF) in French. Leader of Rexist
Party (Fascist) supported by Mussolini & Hitler.
22:42:39 People listen to him on
balcony (MOS).
22:42:48 1937 van Zeeland outside home (very large
mansion). Speaks & reads to
camera in English (SOF) says Belgium has overcome the Depression...
Politics; Elections; 1930s;
220785 00:41:05
- 00:51:40 1944 Germany Russia Italy B/W SD German
News No. 107 - Reel 2
Deutsche Wochenschau
00:42:07 - Hitler receives generals who fought in Kharkov, Russia and awards
Ritterkreuz (Gold Cross?) to Schutzsstaffel Leon Degrelle (foreign volunteer in
Waffen SS, founder of Belgian Rexist Party and head of Division Wallonie which
fought for the Germans) and two other officers.00:42:56
WWII
/ Seconde guerre mondiale en Belgique
220790 07:53:23
- 07:54:40 1939
? Belgium, b/w Sd [WWII
- Flanders Hitler Youth Ceremony]
Buglers on parapets of castle. Large Swastikas flags carried by youth group and uniformed youth in front of
castle. Flag flying & military
officers watch. 'Male & female
units of the Flanders Hitler Youth presents flags to Eastern front volunteers
in a ceremony at Ghent, Belgium.'
180299 03:16:10
- 03:28:14 1940 Belgium B/W si [Dutch Refugees
Arrive In England]
03:18:30 Fall of Belgium, Refugees
in Belgium 03:19:59
221082 06:10:55
- 06:11:18 1940 belgium B/W SD Die Deutsche
Wochenschau [utw 508/ 23, 1940]
German troops enter deserted city of Antwerp - vars shots empty streets with
German troops loitering. River w/
column of smoke rising in distance. Part-submerged damaged canal boat.
WWII. Western Front -
Belgium.
220617 16:17:22
- 16:18:20 1940 Belgium B/W si Belgium - Refugees
Flee German Air War
Car through border post - hand points out bullet holes. Refugees with bundles
of belongings. Man putting up poster and people in street reading news re
Belgium. Woman talking to soldier. Two women packing car to leave. Refugees
walking along road, many pushing prams. Refugees in fields - CU old woman -
sleeping children
221085 11:46:13
- 11:49:20 1940 Belgium; Netherlands B/W SD [Invasion
of Belgium and the Netherlands - 10May40]
Extract from The Nazi Plan. Soldiers run across bridge & cross borders. Tanks, trucks, troop carriers. Firing machine guns, advancing
along road. Nazi Tri-motor planes
take off. Aerials from planes as
they drop parachuted troops over Holland.
11:47:33 Troops through grass,
soldier walks across bridge with white flag. Tanks firing. Flag of surrender in Rotterdam. German officers. Planes
bombing & explosions seen from ground with ship burning in harbor. PoV through streets - burning buildings
at night or late in day.
WWII. Also on 220275
LN
400-245 15:07:49 - 15:16:22 1941 France; Belgium; Germany; Italy;
Romania; 15:08:06 - 15:08:29 Brussels - first Flemish volunteers leaving for front. Train Legion Flandres leaving
station.
220298 22:16:42
- 22:19:00 1944 Belgium b/w Sd Belgium
- WWII
Winter - US troops walking down roads - Military vehicles. Army burn US supply dumps as pulling
back. Firing artillery from forest dugouts. Commentary talks of valiant American units surrounded and
cut off. Dusk or fog - shots Anti
Aircraft fire - Ack Ack guns. Soldiers firing rifles - commentary talks of cooks, bakers and
quatermaster units fighting against Nazis. Ground to air shots US and Nazi planes in dogfight. Tanks
and artillery firing. Two soldiers in dugout drink coffee - snow covered fields
and trees. Soldiers walking through snowy forest. Incomplete
Battle of Bulge Dubbed
from SN 501-013 At TV Set
221009 01:13:40
- 01:14:48 1944 Belgium b/w Si First
Barge Through Albert Canal, Belgium
221009 01:27:13
- 01:28:23 1944 Belgium b/w Si US
Medic Ice-skating with Women & Children, Belgium
220584 09:21:46
- 09:31:42 1944 Belgium b/w Si Bombing
of Bastogne (LIB 1767) 29th and 30th December 1944 (Battle of the Bulge)
101st Airborne, 10th Armoured Division dig in bombed buildings. Repairing
damaged military vehicles. Jeep under rubble. Destroyed military trucks etc.
Body under blanket
220591 18:00:08
- 18:10:37 1944 Belgium B/W Si Belgium - Dock Area
and Flying Bomb damage in Antwerp
Tracking shots through dock / port area - cargo ships - cranes - bridges.
Smoking factory .
18:04:34 AVs Dock areas
18:05:45 People clearing rubble - searching in bomb damaged buildings. Troops
helping.
18:06:46 Aerial tracking shots along docks - warehouses and cargo ships
18:08:52 Clearing rubble of demolished houses - troops helping. Survivor carried out on stretcher.
220894 13:28:53
- 13:37:18 1944 Belgium B/W SIL Patrol On Belgium Border, Ligneuville?,
Belgium
18Dec1944 German Battle from
German Side, Battle of Bulge.
German Waffen SS & Fallschirmjager troops past burning US convoy. German soldiers under wrecked US
armoured car smoke US cigarettes. Various German tanks past US vehicles blocking road. Signs along road: 202nd Ordnance Dept. Malmedy-St. Vith.
Sign taken down by German. German
soldier driving US jeep and smoking cigars. German officers study map and look through binoculars. More burning US equipment.
Battle of the Bulge
221027 00:27:50
- 00:33:26 1944 Belgium B/W SIL Snowball Fight on the Western
Front
LIB 547 04-09Nov44 American troops relax by having
snowball fight in snowy forest - probably Huertgen.
00:28:56 Two US soldiers get into
snow-covered jeep. Soldier up telegraph
pole repairing phone lines. Two
soldiers have fun with sledge in thick snow near church. Artillery post, gun raised. Chow - men getting hot food in open
air. Soldiers moving around in
blizzard - foxholes.
00:31:10 Jeep and truck travel
along snowy road under destroyed bridge. Wiremen repair communications lines. Man going into medical post. VS men clearing snow from windscreen and signs inc. Aid
Station and Photo Team. Good
material for showing extreme weather conditions.
Battle of the Bulge.
221028 01:00:05
- 01:08:27 1944
- 1945 Belgium - France - Burma B/W SIL [Winter
1944-1945 - Belgium - France - Burma]
LIB 1921 (M-1147) Salvacourt, Belgium 05Jan45. Security Road
Block, Soldiers on outskirts of village stop vehicles to get countersigns from
drivers.
01:01:03 LIB 1922 (M-1147) Devantave, Belgium 06Jan45. Foxholes in snow-covered field. Soldiers in long line cross
snow-covered field, pass through wooded area and march on road. Battle of the Bulge.
01:02:11 LIB 1929 (M-1147) Near Ancomont, Belgium, 05Jan45. Gen. James M. Gavin at Front, 82nd AB
Div. Commander, steps out of jeep at 325th Glider Rgt. German 20mm AA gun painted with US star. Gen. Gavin decorates Lt. Joseph Hall w/
silver star. Gen. Gavin walks on
snow covered road. 01:03:20
220982 17:41:15
- 17:52:00 1944
- 1945 Germany; Belgium; France B/W SD The Enemy Strikes
17:45:54 Malmedy bodies inspected
- frozen w/ hands & ankles bound; bodies of Belgian civilians frozen solid
buried in mass grave inc. child - atrocity. Germans Smoking US cigarettes. US troops retreating & burning supplies. US tanks & artillery firing; AA
guns fired at tanks. Air Force
contrails & dog fight. Tanks
& guns in snow; men in foxholes; advancing through forest. 17:49:54
220839 12:24:23
- 12: 34:20 1944? Belgium COL SIL Miscellaneous
War Film - Film roll 5 - Part One
- Good colour
Jeep driving through muddy streets of severely bombed out town. Civilian digging through rubble with
crowbar. Women in winter coats walking down street. People in front Red Cross centre? GI gives wrapped gift to little Belgian
girl. Stevens in front of Toluca
jeep gives present to little Belgian girl. Truck pulls into muddy road of completely devastated town -
razed to ground. Sign Keep
rollin Malmady N23, Vielsalm. Cathedral and frozen river. Bombed out town late at night. Military Police load wounded man in white sheet into truck.
12:27:18 Jeep Toluca through muddy road. Vapour trails in sky.
Sign Bastogne - Touffalize N23 N27 Information in front of destroyed
buildings. Stevens and
other.
12:28:22 GIs in uniforms on
airfield. Silver B-26 taxies on runway and takes off. Jeep alongside DC-3 Destroyed German plane. CU German
markings on plane.
Aerial shots from DC-3. Men
unloading camera boxes and supplies from DC-3. P-38s fly overhead. Twin-engine fighter bomber
Little Audrey lands.
12:31:13 DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE
FROM ABOVE - Men with SHAEF insignias at 35mm Mitchell camera. Capt. William Mellor. Two-star general greets them
(Terry Allen? or General Gavin?).
12:31:54 Aerial from plane with
bomb craters visible. Men aboard
plane. Aerials town and river.
NB Use of this footage requires a
credit as follows:
Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of
Congress Use of this footage
requires a credit as follows:
Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of
Congress
221245 01:09:46 - 01:20:05 1944 Belgium & France B/W Si [WWII Belgium Fighting, ca 07Sep44]
Slate: INV 1780 Tanks up Meuse River bank &
crossing on pontoon bridge w/ Liege in background. CU of tracks onto bridge, 09Sep44. View across river w/ bridge in distance. Half track loaded w/ soldiers down
riverbank as townspeople watch, jeeps follow, POV of vehicle crossing looking
back at truck following & town behind.
01:11:42 Slate: INV 1781 09Sep44 60th
Rgt. activity near Sprimont, Belgium. Soldiers walking across field w/ farm buildings beyond & town on
hill. Burning German truck on town
street, CU tires burning. Tank up
road toward camera. Spaniel dog
barking. Jeeps passing tanks
loaded w/ GIs on street, townspeople watch, pass camera. People wave.
01:12:49 Slate: 60th Rgt Activity. Tank & bulldozer across large
wooden bridge w/ town behind. Pedestrians walking alongside. Sign: Trooz 12 km,
Dolembreux 6 km. Tanks past,
people watching, women waving. Soldiers stopped in rural road watching ahead w/ binoculars. Soldiers stopped alongside gravel road,
single file along both sides.
01:13:55 Slate: INV 1782 08Aug44 Tanks
at Saizerais. Shote by 166th
Signal Corps Photo Co. Prisoners
marched thru field w/ hands above head. Tank parked by hedgerow; tanks across field. Men on top smoking. Bodies under tarps on stretchers in field. Group of German prisoners marched across field followed by
jeep & tank.
01:15:05 Slate: INV 1783 View along dirt road w/ tanks alongside firing, dust
blowing.
01:15:32 Slate: INV 1784 Men & women standing in front of heavily damaged
buildings as US tanks & GIs past. Soldiers along streets in doorways & fighting. Given orders. Civilians carry wounded civilian. Soldier waves truck to stop; tanks welcomed into village by
women & kids waving; hand shaking. One woman holds US flag & waves to soldiers on jeeps & in
trucks.
01:17:48 Slate: INV 1785 7th Armored Division, Gravelotte, France 07Sep44 (could be
09Jul44) Rainbow in distance
beyond tanks & trucks parked in field w/ medical truck. Wounded tended on ground by ruined
jeep, put on stretcher, carried off. Another badly wounded treated.
220521 17:39:21
- 17:41:32 1945 Belgium B/W si War Manpower
Commission Visit Belgium
09-10Jan45. Men in military coats
& helmets into building. Outdoors - Man giving oath & taking oath & being decorated with General's
star as others watch. Officers shaking hands, saluting. Men out of building. Stand about jeeps & view chart held
by two GIs. Views of river behind. Touring interior of large factory or
warehouse. More outside w/ chart.
220521 17:20:07
- 17:24:30 1945 Belgium B/W si WWII - Belgium -
03Jan45 Winter w/ GIs & Tanks
Gun carrier through snowy street w/ GIs riding on top. Destruction by road. Troops marching on frozen road. GI on field phone. Men running, fog & haze. Tanks down road into town & GIs
running w/ mine detector. Silhouetted GI looking w/ binocs out of bldg. Tanks down road past camera. Jeep past GIs on edge of town, tanks off road & back
between bldgs. GI on phone. Tanks
& vehicles past camera on road, snowing. Dead body frozen by roadside. Patch on sleeve of ??
Battle of the Bulge
220521 17:24:31
- 17:26:46 1945 Belgium B/W si WWII - Belgium, 2nd
Bn & 82nd AB Div in Foxholes 6Jan1945
Men at machine gun post in snow. GIs dug in along road; MCU of bearded GI, others move up w/ammo. GI cleaning rifle. Tank by barn. Spotter w/binoculars. Men
on tank watching. Co E, 2nd Bn,
325th Glider Regt, 82nd AB Div in foxholes & at 50 cal machine guns
Battle of the Bulge
cont.
220521 17:28:46
- 17:30:12 1945 Belgium B/W si WWII - Belgium -
Winter - GIs Advance in Fresh Snow 6Jan1945
Snowy field, rifle & helmet. Men march toward camera through fresh snow along narrow road w/ woods
behind. Downed trees. Replacements for I Co, 333rd Inf Regt,
445th Inf. Div.
Battle of the Bulge
Cont.
220521 17:30:13
- 17:32:27 1945 Belgium B/W si Traffic on snow
covered highway, Belgium - 703rd Tank Destroyer
04Jan45. (03 per slate for till tank). Traffic on foggy, slushy road moving both directions. Tanks moving
forward, stops, men off & talk then back on & uncover machine gun. Turret turning. 2 men back into tank & close
hatches. 2 men man 2 machine guns
on top.
Battle of the Bulge
Cont
220521 17:32:27
- 17:33:20 1945 Belgium B/W si LIB 1876 (Maj. Gen.
Taylor & staff; decorating officers)
03Jan45. Maj. Gen. Taylor at desk
in front of staff sitting with maps. Dark room with windows behind men. Ext. Men lined up for medal
presentation. Maj. Gen. Taylor
decorating men with Silver & Bronze Stars. Salutes.
Battle of the Bulge
Cont.
220521 17:33:32
- 17:39:20 1945 Belgium B/W si LIB 2149 (Belgium
3rd Armored Div through battle; taking POWs)
13 Jan 45. Troops move up past destroyed tanks; infantry onto snow-covered
tanks & move ahead past other infantry & camera. POV from inside
tank. Smoking tank by roadside
& men out. POV with tank
ahead, body (?) beside road. View
across valley. 2 tank men standing
pointing; explosions on opposite hillside. Tanks move ahead past camera & tank by road. Shells exploding in field nearby. More tanks moving on snowy road, white
canvas hanging for camouflage. LS
of tank moving through snowy field w/ infantry close by. Medics carrying stretchers along
road. POV on tank through snowy
brush. German tanks beneath trees,
medics treating man. View of road
strewn w/ dead. POV from tank past
tank off road. Line of tanks
alongside trees (German?). Troops by tanks. Men in tank turret. Cold, snowy, battle. 703rd per slat
Battle of the Bulge
221009 01:23:50
- 01:27:04 1945 Belgium b/w Si Laying
Wire Across Country in Snow, Belgium
LIB ?899 05Jan45 Heavy gun firing [v short]. Shed w/ soldiers loading Weasel (M-29)
with wire reels. Leave and down
snow covered road, directed by soldier to turn off into woods. Laying wire through trees and across
open ground from reel on back of Weasel - soldiers follow and put it under
trees etc.
Western Front. Battle of the
Bulge.
221009 01:31:35
- 01:33:48 1945 Belgium b/w Si Evacuation
of Wounded by Sleds, Belgium
LIB 2244 Slate: 1st Div Attacks Nr
Sourbrodt. Two horse-drawn sleighs
with wounded on stretchers toward camera & wounded unloaded by medics. MCU of wounded. Bloody leg shown. CU wounded smoking. Jeep through snow with stretchers on
and chains on all wheels. CUs
Wounded PoWs standing & talking, smiling. Smoking wounded lying on stretcher on ground in snow. Loaded onto M-29 Weasel with
camouflage.
Western Front. Battle of the
Bulge.
221009 01:50:24
- 01:51:37 1945 Belgium b/w Si German
Prisoners Taken by 2nd Div Troops, Belgium
Tank bulldozing snow towards camera, army stills photographer takes picture and
moves out of way. German prisoner
w/ hands in air into building followed by medic and soldiers.
01:50:43 MCU German PoW w/ Nazi
officers hat and Red Cross vest over uniform; questioned by Black soldier;
other German PoWs [not in full uniform?] standing in line & interrogated by
Black soldier. Pan across
prisoners standing with hands up in snow; CU of one man.
Western Front. Battle of the
Bulge.
220469 04:20:18
- 04:21:57 1945 USA? Belgium? B/W SD Eisenhower Hails Hero
Division of Bastogne
101st Airborne Division awarded presidential citation just before drive into
Germany. Ike speech congratulating. Troops review.
Battle of the Bulge / Ardennes
220470 05:34:21
05:35:05 1945 Belgium B/W SD British Capture Important
Port of Antwerp
Street fighting. British tanks.
POWs.
Antwerp liberation with tanks through streets and people cheering.
220471 08:33:20
- 08:34:12 1945 France ? Belgium? B/W SD Winter Fighting On The
Western Front
Jan45
Firing big guns in snowy countryside. Burning vehicle. Wounded
evacuated. US troops through small
village. Soldiers rest and eat in
snow.
220480 03:28:48
- 03:30:14 1945 Belgium B/W SD General De Gaulle Visits
Belgium As Crisis Grips Nation
De Gaulle in horse-drawn carriage gets ovation from Belgian crowd. Stands at balcony. Crowds cheering
below.
Riot in Brussels: street dispute over return of King Leopold:
Angry crowd. Women shout abuse. Men fight with canes. British soldiers sit on roof above brawl laughing holding camera. Man kicked to ground.
bar fight
221027 00:18:14
- 00:25:44 1945 Belgium B/W SIL 703rd and 3rd Armoured Divisions
in Belgium
LIB 1950 04-05Jan45 Destroyed M-4 tank, smoke from burning
military equipment. Snow covered
countryside. Tank crossing snowy
field, CU tracks slipping.
00:19:29 US troops advance through
snow covered forest. Landmines
removed from pathway. Tanks
covered in snow advance. Men repairing telephone lines. Troops and military vehicles parked up
in small town. Dead German in
snow. Pan round snow covered
fields with advancing troops. Black soldier on field radio. Tanks moving up.
00:22:48 LIB 1951 LS smoke rising from artillery shells
aimed at small town [Besqueville?] and church - operation to destroy German
artillery. Birds fly from church
steeple. Men of 334th FA Btn.,
87th Div. watch artillery fire from woods.
Battle of the Bulge. Western
Front. Weather.
221027 00:34:24 - 00:38:33 1945 Belgium B/W SIL Collection Point for the Dead,
Bastogne
LIB 2171 [M-1186] 13Jan45 US medic trying to identify remains in
snow, looking at dog tags. Frozen
body thrown on truck, next body carried to truck on stretcher. Further bodies moved - frozen solid.
00:35:34 Aerials of snow covered
countryside, troop movements can barely be seen.
00:36:40 LIB 2226 [M-1186] Identification of bodies at Malmedy -
bodies frozen into contorted positions removed from transport trucks by White
and Black soldiers, into building; man w/ notepad, another attempting to remove personal
belongings. Slate refers to
atrocities - unclear.
00:37:40 Line of jeeps and
military vehicles along snowy road. George Stevens holds wire up to cameraman filming. Trucks moving; troops waiting.
WWII. Battle of the Bulge. Weather.
221028 01:08:29
- 01:14:43 1945 Belgium B/W SIL [Winter 1944-45 - US Troops In
Belgium]
14-16Jan45 LIB 2213 Aerials of Malmedy under snow; St. Vith
Road, Belgium.
01:09:31 LIB 2214 334th Infantry Co. M moving up in snow
near Dadrin & Beresmenil, Belgium.
01:10:38 LIB 2215 Couillet, Belgium - Soldiers examine
burned-out house.
01:11:50 LIB 2216 House on fire in Lemre, Belgium.
01:12:57 LIB 2217 Air activity, Ardimont, Belgium - plane
markings in sky.
01:13:19 Snowing - soldier finds
frozen corpse in snow. Troops advance
near houses.
01:13:58 LIB 2219 Infantry in woods outside Couillet,
Belgium.
Western Front. Battle of the
Bulge.
221028 01:14:47
- 01:22:14 1945 BELGIUM B/W SIL [Belgium Jan45 - Task Air Force,
Langlair (?) & Ski Plane, Jevroument (?)]
LIB 2142 13Jan45 Refugees on snowy road - old women and
men with belongings on cart with US army vehicles nearby. GI picks up tiny puppy. Corpses on ground w/o boots. Sign Spearhead Omaha. Troops on road past frozen corpses. GI standing by German corpse looks at
Nazi SS officers Soldbuch - paybook? or ID book? - throws booklet back on
corpse.
01:16:57 German war cemetery with
swastikas and SS symbols on graves. German? soldiers carrying corpse. Frozen corpse in ditch. German POWs with hands up followed by GI pointing gun. Wrecked vehicle. Shattered house with gunshot
marks. Battle near houses in
distance. Red Cross workers. Abandoned German equipment and
vehicles? on fire.
01:20:17 LIB 2143 USAF ski plane, Jevroument (?),
Belgium. Pilot into plane and
plane landing on snow. Setting off
propellers and takeoff.
Snow. Winter. Western Front. Battle of the Bulge
221028 01:22:15
- 01:31:46 1945 Luxembourg; BELGIUM B/W SIL [Awards To 101st Airborne
Division, Bastogne, Belgium]
Troops advance on Western Front. Sign Bastogne - Bastion of the Battered Bastards of the 101st. MP jeeps and convoy through town. GIs talking with civilian man - mayor
of Bastogne?
VS Awards ceremony in town square 18Jan45 - soldiers decorated. CU humorous Memorandum Receipt:
Received from the 101st Airborne Div, the town of Bastogne, Luxembourg
Province, Belgium. Condition: used but serviceable, Kraut disinfected. Parade with military band. Medals lined up. FNI flag. Mayor of Bastogne? speech to American troops and gives them
flag. Bastogne civilians look
on.
Winter. Snow. Battle of the Bulge.
221028 01:41:48
- 01:48:51 1945 Belgium B/W SIL [Troop Movement, Lavaux(?),
Belgium - Troops Build Bridge Near Stavelot, Belgium]
LIB 2289 18Jan45 Blowing up landmines? on snowy
field. Troops advance on
road. Troops advance with horses
pulling sleds and riding horse bareback. Laying landmines? in field. Good CUs soldiers faces.
01:46:39 LIB 2290 Troops in snow by small village;
unchaining sled-pulling horses; building pontoon bridge?
Western Front. Battle of the
Bulge.
Belgium
joins NATO / Prsentation de la Belgique lOTAN
220545 05:50:33
- 06:00:48 1950s Belgium B/W SD The Atlantic Community
- Introducing Belgium Pt 1 of 2
The Atlantic Community
Flags NATO countries with name of each country superimposed: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany,
France, Greece, Iceland, Itfaly, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey; United Kingdom, United States & NATO
flag.
05:51:35 Brussels - Kongreskolom; other unid. monuments
& statues. Woman w/
pigeons. Fountain. King Baudoin swears Oath of Allegiance
to Parliament (SOF). Animated map
shows Belgium within Europe.
Brussels Grande Place; flower market & shops on square. Mannekin Piss. Street names in both French &
Flemish. Street scenes & cafe
terraces. Traffic & trams;
people past newspaper kiosk; cigar vendor. Fruit stand. Crowd in shopping street.
05:54:54 Brussels
helicopter passenger service flies over city. Heliport w/ sign Sarma. Sabena helicopter lands & passengers exit. Signs w/ distance to European
cities.
05:56:35 Antwerp - City
square, cathedral & harbor. Street scenes w/ traffic, pedestrians & streetcars.
Beurs Diamonds Exchange (Beurs Voor Diamanthandel) exterior &
interior. Inspecting diamonds;
craftsmen cutting & polishing. Antwerp shipyard & shipbuilding. Cargo ships unloading at harbor docks - shipments from Congo. Locomotives manufactured in Belgium,
loaded for export. Locomotive
factory. Locomotives on rail
tracks. Train past bridges. Electric trains.
Good quality - well shot.
220545 06:00:49
- 06:11:14 1950s Belgium B/W SD The Atlantic Community
- Introducing Belgium Pt 2 of 2
The Atlantic Community
Bruges - canals &
pretty old houses. Cathedral. Flemish art, oil paintings.
06:02:02 Ghent buildings
& monuments. Street scenes
& market scenes (GOOD). Tram
past old fortress (Gravensteen?). Port scenes & activities - unloading goods - cotton. Cotton goods manufacture, industrial
looms. Hydroelectric dam. Lion statues.
06:04:38 War
memorials. Military cemetery.
Tanks. British supply base near
Antwerp. Supplies sent to British
in Germany. Anti-aircraft school
operating NATO anti-aircraft gun; radar. Belgian troops using Belgian-made FN rifles.
06:07:05 Liege - Gun manufacture; women workers &
traditional design on handle. Archers in traditional costume drinking beer. Archery contest (incl. women). Liege steel mill. GVs city of Liege w/ smoking factory chimneys. Street scenes. Religious icon in street. Roads around Liege. Helicopter take off.
06:10:08 Brussels -
Heliport, helicopter takes off. Montage: signs, Brussels traffic, street scenes &
monuments.
Good quality - well shot.
World
Expo / Expo de 1958
220305 06:52:12
- 06:53:13 1958 Belgium B/W Sd Brussels World Fair -
Newest Arena for East-West Rally
Aerial views Fair site - ground shots different areas - lagoon and fountains.
Mini train carrying tourists - flamingos - Thailand Pavilion - Russian Pavilion
- American pavilion all exteriors
220808 13:11:44
- 13:12:36 1958 Belgium B/W SD News In Brief - Brussels
Worlds Fair
Brussels World Fair buildings construction in run-up to opening.
General Motors transportation of the future Man - Wheel World exhibit - model
of Belgian countryside; Technician triggers switches and motorways appear!
Atom sculpture.
221416 06:06:32 -
06:13:04 Jan
1959 Sd B/W
Universal International News -
News Review Of 1958
INCLUDING:
06:09:02 Brussels Fair & large pavillions; women w/ flags. Fountains. Large USSR hall (brief). Ext. of US pavillion.
06:09:19
See
also LN 501-572 in Belgian Royalty section below
Georges
Pire recoit le Prix Nobel de la paix
220758 23:21:10
- 23:21:40 1958 Belgium B/W SD News in Brief - Belgium
Dominican priest Reverend George Pire wins Nobel Peace Prize for work on
displaced persons.
Exterior building - signs in French re displaced persons. Pire in robes standing at desk reading
congratulation letters.
Belgian
Royalty / Royaut Belge
220741 00:49:59
- 00:50:25 1912
? Belgium B/W SIL WWI - Newsreel Excerpts
Belgian royals leaving building. King and Queen?
221031 04:48:03
- 04:49:44 1930 belgium B/W SIL Royalty Present At Baptism
Ceremony of Heir Presumptive
EXT Palace of Belgian Royal Family; coach and horses out of gates; crowds in
street w/ umbrellas follow procession. Queen Astrid ? out of carriage w/ baby Prince Boudouin? and into
cathedral. Policemen w/
crowd. Queen out of church holding
baby, down steps into carriage, altar boys hold awning over her. Other Royals down steps inc. King
Leopold III ? LS carriage departs.
221089 18:11:13
- 18:13:19 1934 Belgium B/W SIL Entire World Shocked By King
Alberts Death In Fall From Mountain
Obituary film. WWI - King Albert
reviews troops? Troops march in
silhouette w/ bayonet rifles. Albert with Wilson reviewing troops. Albert at ceremony with US flag. Reviewing troops. Albert at wedding of son Leopold III or daughter Marie-Jose
?
European Royalty.
220480 03:28:48
- 03:30:14 1945 Belgium B/W SD General De Gaulle Visits
Belgium As Crisis Grips Nation
De Gaulle in horse-drawn carriage gets ovation from Belgian crowd. Stands at balcony. Crowds cheering
below.
Riot in Brussels: street dispute over return of King Leopold:
Angry crowd. Women shout abuse. Men fight with canes. British soldiers sit on roof above brawl laughing holding camera. Man kicked to ground.
bar fight
221485-10 15:12:55
- 15:14:16 1960 Belgium B/W Sd Belgium - Royal Wedding -
King of Belgium marries Spanish Dona Fabiola. Interior shots civil ceremony followed by church ceremony,
Princess Margaret present. Bride
and groom kneeling.
220919 02:38:35
- 02:44:03 1960 02:42:09: Belgiums King Baudoin
marries Spanish bride 02:42:17:
221403 04:02:23 - 04:03:43 Jan1964 TOKYO B/W SD Korea (Robert Kennedy & wife visit
troops)
Attorney General Bobby Kennedy & wife walking w/ military VIP,
shaking hands w/ officers in receiving line.
04:02:47 With wife meeting
Korean VIPs including Park Chung Hee. Posing. Photographers.
04:03:05 Title: Tokyo
Flags at airport & Emporer Hirohito greeting King Baudouin aka
Baudoin, & Queen Fabiola of Belgium, getting off airplane for state
visit. Shaking hands w/ Japanese
Crown Prince Akihito & Princess Michiko. Walking & formal military. Motorcade leaving.
LN
501-572 09:39:09 - 09:39:49 1967 Belgium B/W SD News In Brief [Belgium
Royalty at Expo 67]
Belgium Day at Exposition as Prince Albert & Princess Paola of Liege. Visiting Belgium Pavilion. Folklore dancers performing. Crowd applauding.
Royalty; Worlds Fair;
Paul-Henri Spaak
220294 14:09:48
- 14:11:06 1963 Belgium B/W Sd Common Market - De Gaulle
Vetoes Britains Entry (EEC)
Meeting of Common Market Commission - various European country name plates on
table - Belgiums representative Paul Henri Spaak through doors and surrounded
by press. General milling about in
conference room as delegates take seats. Dubbed
from SN 901-008 At TV Set
Eddy
Merckx
LN 501-572 09:56:26 - 09:57:17 1967 Holland; Netherlands; B/W SD Bicycle
racers beginning World Bicycle Championship. Riding in packs, along highway lined w/ spectators. Led by motorcycle police & followed
by cars w/ bicycles. POV along
road. Winner Eddy Merckx across
finish line; with flowers on winners stand.
Professional Sports; Bike racing;
Miscellaneous events / Faits Divers
221088 15:01:52
- 15:02:40 1967 Belgium B/W SD Fire: Hundreds Dead In
Brussels Store
Department store engulfed in flames; firefighters tackling blaze; building
collapses into pile of rubble. 400
dead or missing. VO re threats
made by pro-Chinese Communists.
Terrorism / Terrorist Attacks. Disasters. Belgium. 1960s.
220272 03:56:45 - 03:57:42 1961 Belgium B/W Sd Air Tragedy in Belgium
73 die in crash as it is landing. Firemen put out burning wreckage hosing down wreckage, smoke and
burning. CU of sifting through
wreckage, carrying off bodies and picking up blankets. Large pieces. All killed including 18 members of US Figure Skating team.
Air disaster; commercial aviation plane crash.
221088 15:35:47
- 15:36:23 1967 Belgium B/W SD News In Brief: Belgium
Destruction in village near Antwerp following powerful tornado - collapsed
church, trees fallen on buildings, overturned cars etc.
Natural Disasters - Hurricanes. 1960s.
220603 11:14:02
- 11:14:50 1967 Belgium b/w Sd News
In Brief - Brussels
International Inventors Exhibition - Robber with gun into office - desk
closes its drawers. New cordless telephone. Model sip demonstrating anti-seasick seats. Thumb sized sewing machine. Convertable
occasional table which separates into several tables.
Gags / inventions
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