Description: I. "The Battle of France": Liberation of Troyes and Dieppe. The Canadian heroes receive warm welcome.
II. "Allied Advance": Members of Hitler's "press-gang" army are captured. Scenes of liberation in the American Sector of Brittany, St Malo, Chartres. The Maquis came out into the open. Liberation of Marseilles, of Brussels. Discovery of Nazi torture chamber. Le Havre is retaken: tanks and infantry advance towards the dock. Liberation of Luxembourg, of Leuven (Louvain), Belgium. Allied 7th Army enter Lyon; Germans hold out in a hospital, but the patients are brought to safety. Collaborators are rounded up. A plane drops arms to the Belgian White Army. Liberation of Antwerp; German rear guard mopped up by the British 2nd Army; Jews are released from the concentration camp.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 454
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1944-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont British (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1252 ft; Running time: 14 mins
