The battle of Arnhem and the important Rhine crossing there has been fought again - and won. Film taken under fire in Arnhem tells its own story of street fighting among blazing buildings - of house-to-house searches and of mopping up....

Gunther (Holland) defeats Wright in Diamond Sculls. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and...

A new independent airline - linking the East Midlands and Holland - gets a champagne launching at Norwich. The weekday service to Amsterdam is scheduled to start next January. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....

The Dutch flag again flies over Enschede, 50 miles north east of Arnhem, was liberated by part of the Guard's Armoured Division. Tens of thousands of German prisoners are being taken by the day. Paul Wyand of Movietone visited one of...

Units of the British Second Army held a ballot to decide who would go on home leave. At the London station there was a large crowd to cheer the men, on the first official leave since D-Day. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

The British 2nd Army has been steadily reducing a comparatively small ""bulge"" in the German line, at the same time closing up to the River Roer. Patrols have been wearing white as camouflage in the freezing conditions, even tanks...

The Allies have closed up to the Rhine all the way from Arnhem to within a mile of Coblenz. This has involved very heavy fighting by part of the Canadian and United Kingdom troops driving the Germans back from their Wesel bridgehead....

The push into Germany by United Kingdom and Canadian troops was preceded by a ""Monty"" barrage. Foot soldiers followed behind flail tanks on the move forward. Canadians advanced across flood waters in amphibious vehicles. Thousands of...

British troops have been entering village after village in Germany but the move forward has been hampered by mines. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...

The Dutch flag again flies over Enschede, 50 miles north east of Arnhem, was liberated by part of the Guard's Armoured Division. Tens of thousands of German prisoners are being taken by the day. Paul Wyand of Movietone visited one of...

Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies...

Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies...

The campaigns of 1944 were planned at the Tehran Conference, with the meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. ® ® The Russians continued to sweep forward, liberating city after city, they reached the borders of Poland and moved...

Troops from the United Kingdom fighting their way into Hertogenbosch made steady progress. Flame-throwers have been proving their worth during the winkling out and mopping up process at the approaches to Hertogenbosch. Disclaimer:...

Troops on the Western Front this Christmas are battling with wintry conditions of flood and cold. In Holland some of the hospitals have introduced the Christmas spirit for the wounded with trees and decorations. Parties have been...

The King recently spent five days touring the Western front, where he visited United Kingdom, Canadian and American troops. Everywhere in Belgium and Holland he received a great ovation from the local people. Disclaimer: British...

Units of the British Second Army held a ballot to decide who would go on home leave. At the London station there was a large crowd to cheer the men, on the first official leave since D-Day. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

For the moment the focal point of the war is the British 2nd Army's advance to link up with the airborne forces at Arnhem. Valkenswaard was the first place to be freed and it was then onto Eindhoven. Whilst the Dutch rejoiced in...

The Allied Army of the Air which crossed into Holland was mostly borne in gliders and there were many crashes and bad landings. These are the first pictures to be received from the area of Oosterbeek and Arnhem itself. They were taken...

The Siegfried Line has been breached and the first German town to fall was Roetgen. United Kingdom troops have crossed the Escaut Canal, this was the beginning of the drive to Nijmegen to link up with the airborne forces. The airborne...

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The Imperial Conference, led at St. James's Palace, was attended by members of the Cabinet, representatives of the British Empire and all of the Allies. The King also attended and conversed with many of them. Mr Churchill made a...

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Just a week after the disastrous floods in Holland, where over thirteen hundred are known to have lost their lives, a day of prayer was proclaimed. The national mourning was led by Queen Juliana, who broadcast to her people. Throughout...