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AD - B 14 Geallieerde acties First action picture of the British Airborne Forces in Holland. When the 1st Allied Airborne army was dropped in Holland, photographers of the Army Film and Photographic Unit were with them. This is one of the photographers writes in a letter dated 20th September 'this is the fourth day of fighting and camera work is almost out of the question. All day we have been under ...

'Push Push' leads the push A Marine dive bomber, named 'Push Push' wheels over Bougainville Island as Navy destroyers shell Jap installations (right) before the Marines landed. The 'Push Push' dove on the island to drop smoke bombs to mark landing spots on the beach directly behind the small island of Puruata (directly beneath plane). At the left are destroyers and troop-ships with landing barges starting ...

De begrafenis van Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, Nederlands ondernemer en directeur van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij (KNPM) en van Koninklijke Shell. Detering is in de vooroorlogse jaren een supporter van Mussolini en geeft financiële steun aan het opkomende nazi-Duitsland, waarschijnlijk vanwege een haat tegen sovjet-communisten. Op 2 februari 1939 overlijd Deterding op ...

Prins Bernhard, zijn adjudant en genodigden brengen de groet tijdens het door de Paradecommandant bevolen muziekstuk SLUIT DE BAN De Ban is de tijd waarin een Koninklijk Besluit wordt voorgelezen. Voorafgaande aan het voorlezen van het Koninklijk Besluit door de adjudant van Prins Bernhard heeft de Paradecommandant GEEFT ACHT, PRESENTEERT GEWEER en MUZIEK - OPEN DE BAN bevolen. Om deze ceremonie te ...

These pictures of men of the Wels guards are interesting in as much as they show them in training at a spot where their fathers, who served in the regiment, fought in the last war. The ruins are of a building which was partially destroyed by shell fire in the last war. The rugged walls of the building make a fine observation post.

War is over, killing goes on. Thick smoke pouring from damaged farm building, temporarily left by the owners, indicates another playingground of the nice little kiddies. Many buildings, woods and other valuable properties have been damaged by this reckless play. In Limburg boys found a canon in a small copse of wood, apparently overlooked when the battlefield was cleared. The gun was loaded, they fired ...

AD B 2 Bevrijding When the 1st Allied Airborne Army was dropped in Holland, photographers of the Army Film and Photographic Unit were with them. this is one of the first photographs received back of them. One of them writes in a letter dated 20th September 'This is the fourth day of fighting and camera work is almost out of the question. All day we have been under shell, mortar, and machinegun fire.' ...