![]() Animated map of German advance depicts the so-called "Bulge" extending 60 miles into Allied territory. Several different views of the aircraft firing and smoke rising from the ground. ![]() As weather cleared on September 22nd, a formation of British Hawker Typhoon ground attack aircraft are seen in flight and diving to attack lines of communication with machine gun fire and rockets. After delaying further German advance, through the Ardennes, on September 16th, American troops are forced back and seen leaving, in trucks and Sherman tanks, from Bastogne, past a road leading to Martelange. American soldiers jammed together atop a Sherman tank parked at a checkpoint. View of a road sign reading: "Bastogne." American military police checking credentials of some refugees as they leave. Refugees leaving again, ahead of the returning German forces. An animated map shows German counter offensive through Belgium and Luxemburg on September 4, 1944. Glimpses of derricks in the Antwerp port and a ship under construction in a shipyard. A contingent of British troops marching in the city. One,injured, is carried by friends in a wooden cart. ![]() Columns of Belgian refugees are seen returning to their homes. Views of the troops being greeted in the city itself. A column of British troops, marching on tree-lined road, enters outskirts of Antwerp, as local people cheer them. British troops running beside the Scheldt river at Antwerp on September 4, 1944, as huge explosions occur in the river behind them. View from rear of German prisoners walking under guard with hands resting on their heads. Silhouettes of German prisoners of war marching single file. View of destroyed steel bridge across the Maas (Meuse) river with several British troops wading in water nearby. They traverse a river and cross rail lines while advancing. ![]() In November, 1944, infantry of the First Canadian Army, with Polish and British units fire Bren guns as they advance in Belgium and secure the Scheldt Estuary, to open a shipping route to Antwerp for the Allies. View from Allied warplane as bombs explode on the ground below. Film starts showing silhouettes of British tanks on the move, including one with a bulldozer blade. ![]()
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