Postwar Antwerp

Identifier
irn562020
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.1970
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States War Department (Producer)
  • Jack Penman

Scope and Content

Misc. film, no. 1286. Reel 1 shows views of Antwerp, its street railways, harbor and dock area, war ruins, burning German vehicles, German POWs, truck convoys, and a V-1 bomb in flight. Planes bomb the city. People cheer as allied tanks enter the city and war material is unloaded from ships.

Subjects

  • FIRES
  • LIBERATION
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • RUINS
  • POWS (GERMAN)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
  • PARADES
  • BOMBINGS
  • BELGIUM
  • DESTRUCTION
  • CIVILIANS

Places

  • Antwerp, Belgium

Genre

  • Documentary.
  • Film
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