Time To Remember - Liberation 1944 - Reel 2 (1944)

Pathe have rights to clips in Time to Remember programmes but not to commentary or whole programme as screened. Reel 2. 01:35:00 Allied troops in trucks and tanks drive past the Colosseum in liberated Rome, Italy. Crowds cheer and wave. Collaborators kicked and forced out of doorway. High angle shot of American tanks travelling through crowded street. Eiffel Tower in Paris, France two German soldiers reading a newspaper. CU Swastika on flag as it flutters in the wind. 01:35:52 View of St Paul’s cathedral in London. People queue to buy newspapers. Headlines announce the Allied invasion of France. VS people reading newspapers. French resistance forces hand out weapons. Rifles and machine guns are removed from hiding place. CU woman with sten gun. Resistance fighters off carrying French tricolour flag. 01:36:35 Naval bombardment of Normandy coastline. Navy warships fire guns. General Dwight D. Eisenhower with naval commander. Allies go ashore from landing craft. D-day landings have begun. Vehicl