Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - YouTube footage https://www.backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:40:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Long road to Delfzijl https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213797-long-road-to-delfzijl.html

Na de slag om Groningen hopen de Canadezen dat de bevrijding van Delfzijl een ‘walk in the park’ wordt.

Op weg naar de meest noordelijke haven van Nederland liggen slechts een paar gehuchten.

De oorlog loopt op zijn einde, dus de Duitse troepen zullen niet meer zo fanatiek zijn, zo redeneren de soldaten. Het loopt anders.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:32:03 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213797-long-road-to-delfzijl.html
Paul Wile (93) telling about his encounters with the Dutch people https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213796-paul-wile-93-telling-about-his-encounters-with-the-dutch-people.html

Van dorp naar dorp, van bunker naar bunker, zo herinnert veteraan Paul Wile (93) zich de bevrijding van Nederland. Vaak weet hij helemaal niet waar hij is. Contact met de lokale bevolking is er nauwelijks, maar de ontmoetingen die wel plaatsvinden, maken veel indruk op hem.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:23:49 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213796-paul-wile-93-telling-about-his-encounters-with-the-dutch-people.html
Bunkers and guns near Nansum https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213795-bunkers-and-guns-near-nansum.html

De bunkers en versterkingen bij Nansum maken onderdeel uit van de Atlantik Wall en moeten de Duitse havenstad Emden beschermen, maar voor de slag om Delfzijl draaien de Duitsers hun luchtafweergeschut richting de naderende Canadese troepen.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:20:09 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213795-bunkers-and-guns-near-nansum.html
With 45 people in the shelter https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213794-with-45-people-in-the-shelter.html

Terwijl de Canadezen en Duitsers met hun bommen en kogels kraters slaan in de gebouwen van Delfzijl schuilt Willie Henssen-Brouwers met haar familie onder een kazerne.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:15:34 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213794-with-45-people-in-the-shelter.html
Canadian veteran Paul Wile (93) single handedly disarmed 79 Germans https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213793-canadian-veteran-paul-wile-93-single-handedly-disarmed-79-germans.html

De Canadese veteraan Paul Wile (93) kan nog levendig vertellen over de dag dat hij ‘single handedly’ 79 Duitse soldaten gevangen nam in Delfzijl.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:11:31 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213793-canadian-veteran-paul-wile-93-single-handedly-disarmed-79-germans.html
Liberation of Appingedam https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213792-liberation-of-appingedam.html

De Canadezen maken grote indruk op de dames Trui Buining en Willie Henssen-Brouwers.

Zo herinnert Trui zich nog heel goed haar eerste stukje chocolade, het lekkerste ooit, maar dat weerhoudt haar niet om ook heel hard weg te rennen voor de fluitende soldaten.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:05:18 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213792-liberation-of-appingedam.html
Battle for Appingedam https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213791-battle-for-appingedam.html

Trui Buining woont tijdens de oorlog met haar ouders midden in het gebied dat de Duitsers onder water hebben gezet om de invasie tegen te werken.

Vanaf het erf zien ze de Duitsers met hun luchtafweergeschut vuren op de Canadezen en de boerderijen om hun heen.

Bram Buining woont midden in het dorp.

Vlakbij zijn ouderlijk huis verschuilen Duitsers zich voor de Canadezen.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:01:48 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213791-battle-for-appingedam.html
Battle of Groningen - Grote Markt https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213790-battle-of-groningen-grote-markt.html

Voor het aanzien van de stad hebben de hevige gevechten grote gevolgen. In totaal worden ongeveer 270 gebouwen verwoest of beschadigd.

Gids Joël Stoppels laat in de binnenstad de overblijfselen van de slag om de stad Groningen zien. 

110 Civilians dead 

43 Canadian dead

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:57:29 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213790-battle-of-groningen-grote-markt.html
Battle of Groningen house to house fighting https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213789-battle-of-groningen-house-to-house-fighting.html

Vanuit zijn ouderlijk huis aan de Radesingel maakt Klaas Bouman de verschrikkingen van de oorlog van heel dichtbij mee.

De Duitse militairen bieden hevig weerstand tegen de oprukkende Canadezen. Huis voor huis wordt de stad gezuiverd van de bezetters.

Om elke meter wordt gevochten en vele huizen storten ineen of gaan in vlammen op.

Wanneer de rook opklaart, ziet Bouman vele gesneuvelde Duitsers in het gras liggen.

Dutch language

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:50:20 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213789-battle-of-groningen-house-to-house-fighting.html
Fred Butterworth first casualty battke of Groningen https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213788-fred-butterworth-first-casualty-battke-of-groningen.html

Fred en zijn twee jaar jongere broer Stanley Butterworth groeien op in het Canadese Winnipeg. Ze zijn onafscheidelijk. In 1939 besluiten ze om samen vrijwillig het leger in te gaan en te vechten voor de bevrijding van West-Europa. In de stad Groningen komt echter abrupt een einde aan hun innige band.

Een panzerfaust van de Duitsers treft de tank van Fred. Het voertuig komt tot stilstand tegen een aantal woningen aan de Paterswoldseweg.

Butterworth overleeft de aanval niet en wordt het eerste slachtoffer van de bevrijding van Groningen.

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:41:58 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213788-fred-butterworth-first-casualty-battke-of-groningen.html
Beginning of the Battle of Groningen https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213787-beginning-of-the-battle-of-groningen.html

De Canadezen beginnen op 13 april aan de bevrijding van Groningen. De Duitsers zijn echter vastberaden om de stad zo lang mogelijk in handen te houden. Zo hopen ze de evacuatie van duizenden Duitse troepen via Delfzijl over de Eemsmond te beschermen. Hierdoor wordt de slag om Groningen een van de zwaarste stadsgevechten van de oorlog voor de Canadezen.

Dutch language

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fredvogels Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:32:48 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213787-beginning-of-the-battle-of-groningen.html
The Negro Soldier, 1944 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213770-the-negro-soldier-1944.html

This War Department enlistment film aims to recruit African Americans in its World War II engagement.

The documentary has as its framework a black minister's explanation to his congregation of the reasons they should join the armed forces to fight the Nazis. The viewer sees historical re-enactments of African Americans as valued participants in U.S. armed conflicts dating from the American Revolution. Scenes also detail Black accomplishments in the country's history, with footage of Blacks as they served as judges and school teachers, conducted orchestras, played football, and served the U.S. Army in World Ward II.

Footage is included of Jesse Owens and other Blacks as they competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. "The Negro Soldier" was produced by Frank Capra and directed by Stuart Heisler, with music by Dimitri Tiomkin.

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fredvogels Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:19:56 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213770-the-negro-soldier-1944.html
Why Japan wanted to conquer the world https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213769-why-japan-wanted-to-conquer-the-world.html

Scope & Content (Historic): Documentary: Reviews its history, and philosophical and religious concepts. Reel 1 describes its history and descent of its emperor; importance of Shintoism; rise of Shogun and their Bushido code; isolationism; and trade agreement made by Comdr. Matthew Calbraith Perry; and government reorganization. Reel 2 traces its modernization through World War II.

Government control of education; social and economic distinctions; invasion of Formosa, 1894, and Korea, 1910; Russo-Japanese War, 1904; World Wars I & II; bombings of Pearl Harbor and Japan. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright's surrender; Japanese atrocities; Manila's destruction; battles of Corregidor and Okinawa; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to Philippines.

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fredvogels Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:14:00 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213769-why-japan-wanted-to-conquer-the-world.html
Battle of San Pietro https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213768-battle-of-san-pietro.html

Battle of  San Pietro

Department of Defense 1945 -

PIN 20377 - DOCUMENTARY ON GREAT BATTLE LEADING TO ALLIED CAPTURE OF SAN PIETRO DURING WORLD WAR II ITALIAN CAMPAIGN-- INTRODUCTION BY GENERAL MARK CLARK.

The Battle of San Pietro Infine (commonly referred to as the "Battle of San Pietro") was a major engagement from 8–17 December 1943, in the Italian Campaign of World War II involving Allied forces attacking from the south against heavily fortified positions of the German "Winter Line" in and around the town of San Pietro Infine, just south of Monte Cassino about halfway between Naples and Rome. The eventual Allied victory in the battle was crucial in the ultimate drive to the north to liberate Rome.

The battle is also remembered as the first in which the troops of the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito) fought as co-belligerents of the Allies following the armistice with Italy.

The original town of San Pietro Infine was destroyed in the battle; the modern, rebuilt town of the same name is located a few hundred meters awayCoordinates: 41°26′40″N 13°57′31″E.

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fredvogels Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:54:19 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/213768-battle-of-san-pietro.html
The Battle for Falaise Caen https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/188902-the-battle-for-falaise-caen.html

The Battle for Falaise Caen

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fredvogels Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:54:32 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/188902-the-battle-for-falaise-caen.html
RAF Raid Holland In Daylight (1942), Operation Oyster. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/187156-raf-raid-holland-in-daylight-1942.html

RAF Raid Holland In Daylight (1942)

To see all the records about this flight follow this link

Bomber Command launches a daring low-level daylight raid on the Phillips radio valve factory at Eindhoven. The raid is filmed from the Mosquito of Sqn Ldr Charles Patterson, who describes the attack in detail.

Another film about this raid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD4Yxbw79wM

Dec 6th 1942 - RAF Bomber Command flies Operation OYSTER, a special raid carried out by all of the operational day-bomber squadrons in No. 2 Group. Their targets are the Philips radio and valve (electron tube) factories in the town of Eindhoven. Ninety three aircraft take part in the raid, 47 (PV-1) Venturas Mk. Is of RAF No. 21, RAAF No. 464 and RNZAF No. 487 Squadrons, 36 (A-20) Boston IIIs of Nos. 88, 107, and 226 Squadrons and ten Mosquito Mk. IVs of No.105 and No.139 Squadrons; 83 aircraft actually bomb.One of the Mosquitos is a photographic.

Another film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZzgDkFvHbI

 

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fredvogels Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:20:35 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/187156-raf-raid-holland-in-daylight-1942.html
Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (UK) after D-day https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126208-womens-army-auxiliary-corps-uk-after-d-day.html

Units: Navy / Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (UK) / 101 Airborne Division (USA)

Date: June 6, 1944 / 12 June 1944

Locations: Gold Beach (?) / Carentan / Calvados / handle characters: (unknown)

Themes: United States Navy / LCT / a Blockship / paratrooper

Storm at the beaches.

Duration: 08:24 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:48:09 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126208-womens-army-auxiliary-corps-uk-after-d-day.html
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont on D-day 1944-06-06 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126207-sainte-marie-du-mont-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html

Units: 7 US Corps / 101 Airborne Division / 326 Medic Company / 4 Infantry Division / 9 Infantry Division / 82 Airborne Division

Date: 06-June-44

Locations: Hiesville / Audouville-la-Hubert / Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Manche / Stanhoe / England

Characters: Collins / Eddy / Roosevelt

Topics: Field hospital Colombière / Asian soldiers in german unfiforms / hospital Brécourt / injured / paratrooper / german prisoners / Jeep / flower / corpse

Duration: 9:19 min

Cameraman: Ridgel

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:13:15 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126207-sainte-marie-du-mont-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html
Audouville-la-Hubert on D-day 1944-06-06 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126206-audouville-la-hubert-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html

Units: 7 US Corps / 101 Airborne Division / 326 Medic Company / 4 Infantry Division / 9 Infantry Division / 82 Airborne Division

Date: 06-June-44

Locations: Hiesville / Audouville-la-Hubert / Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Manche / Stanhoe / England

Characters: Collins / Eddy / Roosevelt

Topics: Field hospital Colombière / Asian soldiers in german unfiforms / hospital Brécourt / injured / paratrooper / german prisoners / Jeep / flower / corpse

Duration: 9:19 min

Cameraman: Ridgel

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:10:46 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126206-audouville-la-hubert-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html
Hiesville on D-day 1944-06-06 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126205-hiesville-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html

Units: 7 US Corps / 101 Airborne Division / 326 Medic Company / 4 Infantry Division / 9 Infantry Division / 82 Airborne Division

Date: 06-June-44

Locations: Hiesville / Audouville-la-Hubert / Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Manche / Stanhoe / England

Characters: Collins / Eddy / Roosevelt

Topics: Field hospital Colombière / Asian soldiers in german unfiforms / hospital Brécourt / injured / paratrooper / german prisoners / Jeep / flower / corpse

Duration: 9:19 min

Cameraman: Ridgel

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:58:47 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126205-hiesville-on-d-day-1944-06-06.html
Eisenhower and Churchill visit to 101 Airborne Division (USA) https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126203-eisenhower-and-churchill-visit-to-101-airborne-division-usa.html

Unit: 101 Airborne Division

Date: 23-March-44 Locations: England, Newbury (Greenham Lodge)

Characters: Churchill / Eisenhower / Taylor / Pratt / McAuliffe

Themes: parachute / glider / parachute

Duration: 7:38 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:07:59 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126203-eisenhower-and-churchill-visit-to-101-airborne-division-usa.html
Footages Invasion on D-day, Utah - Gold -, Juno Beach, Caen and more https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126202-footages-invasion-on-d-day-utah-gold-juno-beach-caen-and-more.html

Date: 06-June-44

Short description: Departure of the gliders, the invasion fleet bombing the coast, reinforments landings, air force attacks, 

Locations: Utah Beach / Gold Beach / Juno Beach / Caen / England

Characters: Churchill / Eisenhower / Montgomery / Bradley / Marshall

Themes: News / landing / B-26 / bombing / glider / C-47

Duration: 10:27 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

Units: (unknown)

 

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fredvogels Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:35:44 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126202-footages-invasion-on-d-day-utah-gold-juno-beach-caen-and-more.html
French resistance or armed civilians marching in Chartres 1944-08-18 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126180-french-resistance-or-armed-civilians-marching-in-chartres-1944-08-18.html

French resistance or armed civilians marching in Chartres 1944-08-18. Army wating outside Chartres in the fields. 

Fieldhospital. No censure on the private parts of a wounded soldier

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fredvogels Sun, 18 Oct 2015 09:26:08 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126180-french-resistance-or-armed-civilians-marching-in-chartres-1944-08-18.html
Spectaculair landing of Gliders https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126178-spectaculair-landing-of-gliders.html

Spectaculair landing of Gliders starting at 4:00.

Propably at Paulushoef, North of Woensel. Using an ax to free one of the soldiers from the wooden construction of the glider.

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Date 1944-09-17 (?)

Also some footage of the tanks of the XXX Corps

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fredvogels Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:46:04 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126178-spectaculair-landing-of-gliders.html
Churchill visiting Cherbourg https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126176-churchill-visiting-cherbourg.html

Duration: 4:16 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

Units: HQ ETOUSA (European Theatre of Operations)

Date: 20-Jul.-44

Locations: Cherbourg / Brécourt /

Characters: Churchill

Themes: Inspection / Fort du Roule / Terminal / Base V1

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fredvogels Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:20:56 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126176-churchill-visiting-cherbourg.html
Juno Beach, Bernières-sur-Mer, Sainte-Mère-Eglise 1944-06-08 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126172-juno-beach-bernieres-sur-mer-sainte-mere-eglise-1944-06-08.html

Advanced Beach Group Head Quarters

Juno Beach and Canadian units.

Returning wounded to the UK

Units: 1 st Infantry Division / 82nd Airborne Division / 4th Infantry Division

Date: 08-June-44

Location: Juno Beach / Bernières-sur-Mer / Sainte-Mere-Eglise / Calvados / Manche / England

Characters: Gen Theodore Roosevelt, Jr / McIlvoy

Themes: Beach Group / Beach / prisoners / Canadian / injured / LST / DUCKW / Char

Duration: 8:40 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

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fredvogels Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:57:07 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126172-juno-beach-bernieres-sur-mer-sainte-mere-eglise-1944-06-08.html
Scene at the harbor, a remakble cargo ship. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126170-scene-at-the-harbor-a-remakble-cargo-ship.html

Scene at the harbor, a remakble cargo ship.

Duration: 5:05 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

Units: Engineers Date: 29-Jul.-44

Locations: Cherbourg 

Characters: (unknown)

Themes: Train / Port

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fredvogels Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:19:45 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126170-scene-at-the-harbor-a-remakble-cargo-ship.html
Engineers rebuilding bridge, clearing mines https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126168-engineers-rebuilding-bridge-clearing-mines.html

Engineers rebuilding bridge, clearing mines. Footage of a V1 base

 

Duration: 07:56 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

Units: Engineers

Date: June / July 1944 Locations: Cherbourg / Brix 

Characters: (unknown)

Themes: maritime station / ruin / Fort Central / Base V1 / wreck / Engineer

Duration: 07:56 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

 

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fredvogels Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:52:31 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126168-engineers-rebuilding-bridge-clearing-mines.html
Preparation 101 Airborne, 506 PIR in Exeter (UK) https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126131-preparation-101-airborne-506-pir-in-exeter-uk.html

Duration: 7:08 min

Cameraman: (unknown)

Units: 101 Airborne Division / 506 PIR / 326 Airborne Engineer Battalion

Date: 04-June-44

Locations: England / Exeter

Characters: Bobuck / Wolverton / McNiece

Themes: parachutist / C-47 / preparation / airfield / Filthy Thirteen

 

Note: 1LT Alex Bobuck (POW till June 8, 1944)

LTC Robert Lee Wolverton (3rd BN CO;) KIA D - Day) of 3/506th at 2'47 "and 5'24 ''

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fredvogels Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:02:56 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126131-preparation-101-airborne-506-pir-in-exeter-uk.html
Cherbourg / La Fossardière / Manche / Calvados https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126130-cherbourg-la-fossardiere-manche-calvados.html

Duration: 5:30 min

Cameraman: Calvano

Units: 7th US Corps / 3rd Armored Division

Date: 27-June-44

Locations: Cherbourg / La Fossardière / Manche / Calvados

Characters: (unknown)

Themes: Medic / injured / char / hedge / halftrack

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fredvogels Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:50:02 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126130-cherbourg-la-fossardiere-manche-calvados.html
Cuves / Manche, beachhead until Chérencé-le-Roussel https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126129-cuves-manche-beachhead-until-cherence-le-roussel.html

CUVES, Manche. At the end of the month of July, the municipality is fighting from tanks.

On 3 August, after the breakthrough of Avranches, general Barton pushes its 4th U.S. division south of la Mancha, made him work around Saint – peas and cross the EES to tanks.

With blinds attached to him the next day, his soldiers back River and reinforce the beachhead until Chérencé-le-Roussel, allowing them to firmly resist the German counterattack on Mortain and towards Avranches from 6 to the 12 August. The real liberation takes place after August 10 when the Germans are definitively repulsed.

Duration: 02:39 Cameraman: (unknown) units: 3rd Armored Division Date: August 44 locations: tanks / handle characters: (unknown) Themes: Char / prisoner

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fredvogels Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:44:15 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126129-cuves-manche-beachhead-until-cherence-le-roussel.html
Sainte-Mère-Eglise / Manche July 14 1944 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126128-sainte-mere-eglise-manche-july-14-1944.html

Duration: 08:58 min
Cameraman: Shelton
Units: 4th Infantry Division
Date: 14-juil.-44
Locations: Sainte-Mère-Eglise / Manche
Persons: Collins / Bradley / Patton / Roosevelt / Quentin Roosevelt Jr. /
Themes: Funeral / Coffin / Provisional cemetery n°2 / Flowers / Standard / Ceremony

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fredvogels Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:14:21 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126128-sainte-mere-eglise-manche-july-14-1944.html
Omaha Beach / Colleville-sur-Mer / Blosville / Carquebut / Manche / Calvados https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126127-omaha-beach-colleville-sur-mer-blosville-carquebut-manche-calvados.html

A beautiful short footage about life just behind the frontlines

Duration: 11:46 min

Cameraman: Lee / Weiner / Tampone

Units: 5 Engineer Special Brigade / 1 Army

Date: 7 june 1944 / 8 june 1944 / 9 june 1944

Locations: Omaha Beach / Colleville-sur-Mer / Blosville / Carquebut / Manche / Calvados

People: unknown

Themes: Prisoners / LST / Beach / Horsa / Temporary Cemetery / Rest / Cart / Grave / Bodies

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fredvogels Wed, 14 Oct 2015 07:41:19 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/126127-omaha-beach-colleville-sur-mer-blosville-carquebut-manche-calvados.html
Jannes Priem tells his story about his deportation from Putten (NL) https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/124955-jannes-priem-tell-about-his-deportation-from-putten.html

On the night of September 30, 1944, a group of Dutch resistance fighters ambushed four German soldiers near the small Dutch village of Putten. The attack went wrong and three of the soldiers escaped to raise the alarm, the fourth being kept hostage.

The German commander of the area, General Heinz Helmuth von Wuhlisch, ordered a reprisal raid on the village. Most of the male population (602) were arrested and deported to various concentration camps and the village to be burned down. Thirty nine were arrested immediately and lined up on the square. Hoping to save the 39 men, the resistance group released the hostage, Lt. Eggert. It made no difference, all the other men in the village were rounded up and together with the 38 men on the square, forced to board a train bound for the Reich. In all, 589 men from the village were transported to Germany for forced labour. Only 48 of these deportees were alive at the end of the war. Luckily, of the 600 or so houses in Putten, 'only' 87 were actually burned down. On October 1, 1949, Oueen Juliana unvieled a monument to the 660 victims and a Statue 'Lady Of Putten' in the Memorial Garden.

Nederlandse docu: Voor een groep van zo'n veertig mensen uit de omgeving van Putten vertelt Jannes Priem zijn verhaal aan Michel in het stationsgebouw van Putten. Jannes bezoekt deze beladen plek voor het eerst sinds lange tijd. Vanaf deze plek werden ruim 660 mannen afgevoerd door Duitse soldaten op 2 oktober 1944, een wraakactie voor een aanslag op Duitse militairen. Deze gebeurtenis is bekend geworden als de Razzia van Putten. Eén van de meest compleet geregistreerde interviews die Jannes Priem gegeven heeft. Met dank aan TV Putten (Peter) voor het afstaan van de beelden.

 

 

 

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fredvogels Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:09:16 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/124955-jannes-priem-tell-about-his-deportation-from-putten.html
Target for Tonight https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/124953-target-for-tonight.html

Target for Tonight.

Description of a Bomber Command raid on Germany, showing the general preparations beforehand, the raid itself from the viewpoint of "F For Freddie" and the mounting anxiety at the station when the plane, a Wellington, fails to return on time.

 

Target mentioned in the film Freihausen.

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fredvogels Sat, 01 Aug 2015 09:08:24 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/124953-target-for-tonight.html
The Time of My Life, a story about the D-Day Landings https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100972-the-time-of-my-life-a-story-about-the-d-day-landings.html

Ken Smith 

The Time of My Life about the D-Day Landings, a film from 1998 about a young girl asking a D-Day veteran about what happened during the Normandy Landings. A British marine-man who brought American soldiers to the beaches

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fredvogels Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:28:52 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100972-the-time-of-my-life-a-story-about-the-d-day-landings.html
Eder Dam https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100899-eder-dam.html

Top secret film made from a german soldier during his vacation risking his life. Filmed at the early morning of May 17th 1943 from the north bound of the dam.

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fredvogels Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:22:29 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100899-eder-dam.html
The salvage of the Wellington HF544 part 2 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100896-the-salvage-of-the-wellington-hf544-part-2.html

Deze film is geknipt uit een documentaire van Omroep Flevoland met vooral de delen die over de berging zelf gaan en het commentaar van bergingsofficier Arie Kappert. Een onderzoek naar de HF544

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fredvogels Thu, 29 May 2014 12:10:35 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100896-the-salvage-of-the-wellington-hf544-part-2.html
Sister of O'Hara (Stirling Mk.I - BF353) visits crash location https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100895-sister-of-ohara-stirling-mki-bf353-visits-crash-location-.html

At the date of 16-09-1942, time: not known, the aircraft type Stirling has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: IJsselmeer (10 km NW Harderwijk). The unit of crew and plane is: 15 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Pilot Officer, name: L.W. O'Hara. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.

See the film where the sister of O'Hara (92) visits the crashplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg1VDM6TK0s

112290 - P/O - Pilot - L. W. O'Hara - RAFVR - Age 24 - Runnymede Memorial - Panel 71 - MIA

528664 - Sgt. - Flt. Engineer - L. Cowen - RAFVR - Age .. - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery - KIA

655837 - Sgt. - .......... - R. J. Mumford - RAFVR - Age 26 - Runnymede Memorial - Panel 90 - MIA

1332202 - Sgt. - Observer - T. C. F. Orr - RAFVR - Age 28 - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery - KIA

1286192 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - R. E. Evans - RAFVR - Age 22 - Harderwijk General Cemetery - KIA

985822 - Sgt. - Air Gunner - K. Forster - RAFVR - Age 24 - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery - KIA

R/84435 - Sgt. - .......... - W. E. Johnson - RCAF - Age 29 - Runnymede Memorial - Panel 104 - MIA

L. W. O'Hara

 

 

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fredvogels Mon, 26 May 2014 15:13:25 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100895-sister-of-ohara-stirling-mki-bf353-visits-crash-location-.html
The flight for the Sky https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100894-the-flight-for-the-sky.html

ARC Identifier 63894 / Local Identifier 342-SFP-157. The fight for the Sky: Our fighter pilots versus the Luftwaffe in Western Europe, 1945. On the activities of the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in Europe. Shows a base near East Anglia, England. General Doolittle discusses a mission.

Pilots are briefed for an escort mission over Germany. P-47's are relieved in flight by P-51's. German pilots rush to intercept U.S. planes. U.S. bombers and many German fighters are downed. Shows Gen. Kepner. Fighters destroy enemy planes, transportation and communication. Montage a series of still photos of U.S. fliers killed in action.

Date is choosen when the alied approaches the German border

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fredvogels Mon, 26 May 2014 11:00:56 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/youtube-footage/100894-the-flight-for-the-sky.html