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Putin tries to harness patriotism of Victory Day to hold onto power
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the Victory Day parade in Moscow to harness patriotic zeal to help him win a referendum that would effectively keep him in power for life.
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Russia scales down VE Day commemoration amid pandemic
Instead of a military parade on Moscow's Red Square, Russians mark Victory Day in solitude.
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75th anniversary of Holland’s liberation marked with online tributes
On the 75th anniversary of Canadian forces liberating the Netherlands, COVID-19 has forced some commemorations to go virtual.
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China's Xi joins Putin at Russia's Victory Day parade
President Vladimir Putin was joined by China's Xi Jinping, several dozen other leaders and Russian veterans as they marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War with a major military...
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'The world has not learned very much,' says Auschwitz survivor
Nate Leipciger endured months in the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau and spent years in other camps before the end of the Second World War. He says the hatred toward Jews that led to the Holocaust still exists in the world...
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Holocaust Remembered: Drones Footage of WWII Concentration Camps
Experience a solemn journey through history with drone footage of former Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Dachau, Sachsenhausen, and more, preserving the memory of these sites and their profound significance.
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Sir Keir Starmer visits ‘harrowing’ Auschwitz
Sir Keir Starmer has visited Auschwitz, a place he described as “utterly harrowing”, and said he was determined to fight the “poison of antisemitism”. The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to...
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PM visits Auschwitz before meeting with Poland's leaders
Sir Keir Starmer has visited Auschwitz, a place he described as “utterly harrowing”, and said he was determined to fight the “poison of antisemitism”. The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to...
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Starmer visits ‘harrowing’ Auschwitz and vows renewed fight against antisemitism
Sir Keir Starmer has visited Auschwitz, a place he described as “utterly harrowing”, and said he was determined to fight the “poison of antisemitism”. The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets gather to listen to the radio in their camp. Meetings with officers. France, 1944
Clip 5 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. All cadets are in the Head of School...
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Men leaving their families and moving into work camps. France, 1943
Clip 3 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Men getting their work cards, kissing their...
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Band rehearsal in a big hall at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 2 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. An orchestra rehearses in a big music hall...
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Cadets plan to escape occupation and meet with their director in secret. France, 1944
Clip 7 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The director meets with his cadets, and...
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Cadets take the train to Berlin. France, 1948
Clip 8 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. 1948. The Cadets take the train to occupied...
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Cadets escaping from work camp, France, 1944
Clip 6 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Cadets prepare for escape. They eventually...
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Musicians play for three German officers. France, 1944
Clip 4 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. April 1944. "Rue du Conservatoire" sign....
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Cadets perform in front of a large audience. France, 1940s
Clip 9 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The cadets play a concert in a big hall.
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World War II Modern Dressed Japanese Men Leave Meeting
JAPAN - CIRCA 1942-1944- World War II Modern Dressed Japanese Men Leave Meeting.
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World War II Smoking US Factories
EUROPE - CIRCA 1942-1944 World War II Smoking US Factories.
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Montage of early flight, pioneers and aircraft
Clip from Flight Fighters of the Fifties, a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
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WWII TESTIMONY IN KASTELLORIZO ISLAND, GREECE, 1990
Kastellorizo or Megisti is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese, is the easternmost Greek island and is situated in the Levantine Sea. Afterwards, a resident narrates events and actions of the Germans, the Italians, the...
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They Made News, Part 1 - Cameramen who filmed WW2 battles in Middle East and Iwo Jima. Montage of C20th newsreel footage.
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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Walter Hewel and Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich
Walter Hewel and Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich outside Berghof.
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The Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf 109
Montage of mute rushes for a film about the WW2 competition between Spitfire & Messerschmitt Bf 109