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• THE LIBERATION OF NORWAY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  German troops evacuating Trondheim using local horse-drawn transport.

• THE LIBERATION OF NORWAY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  German mountain troops on the road after evacuating Oslo.

• THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP: THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF FORMER BELSEN GUARDS, LUNEBURG, SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit

  The interior of the Court Room under construction in the Town Gymnasium in Lüneburg, ten days before the start of the trials.

• THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP: THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF FORMER BELSEN GUARDS, LUNEBURG, SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit

  The interior of the Court Room under construction in the Town Gymnasium in Lüneburg, ten days before the start of the trials.

• THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP: THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF FORMER BELSEN GUARDS, LUNEBURG, SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit

  The Town Gymnasium at 30 Lindenstrasse, Luneburg, which was converted to a Court of Justice for the purpose of holding the trials, ten days before the trials started.

• THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP: THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF FORMER BELSEN GUARDS, LUNEBURG, SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit

  The interior of the Court Room under construction in the Town Gymnasium in Lüneburg, ten days before the start of the trials.

• THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE, JULY 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Josef Stalin, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Truman with their staffs around the conference table at Potsdam.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Homeless German civilians sleeping in one of Hamburg's large public air raid shelters.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Laing (Sergeant)

  Colonel C H R Halland inspects German police instructors at the first training school of German police to be established in the British Zone of Occupation at Haussbital, near Munster.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  American M24 (Chaffee) Light Tanks drive down the Charlottenburg Chaussee in Berlin during the Four Nations VJ Day parade.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Soviet IS-3 Heavy Tanks pass the saluting base on the Charlottenburg Chaussee in Berlin during the Four Nations VJ Day parade.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  British Sexton self-propelled guns driving down the Charlottenburg Chaussee in Berlin during the Four Nations VJ Day parade.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here a German housewife uses one of the finished helmet saucepans in her kitchen.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A homeless German woman sleeping on a bench in one of Hamburg's large public air raid shelters.

• NORWAY AFTER LIBERATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Jones A H (Sergeant)

  German prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners board boats at Mandal to take them to Germany.

• NORWAY AFTER LIBERATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Jones A H (Sergeant)

  German prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Before leaving the embarkation camp at Mandal a final screening of prisoners was carried out by walking the prisoners past two Gestapo men and one 'Quisling' woman...

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  A pile of salvaged German steel helmets at a factory in Berlin where they will be made into saucepans.

• NORWAY AFTER LIBERATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Jones A H (Sergeant)

  German prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here a boat loaded with prisoners prepares to embark from Mandal for Germany.

• NORWAY AFTER LIBERATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Jones A H (Sergeant)

  German prisoners of war from Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners play cards to pass the time at the embarkation camp at Mandal prior to boarding boats for Germany.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A German policeman with a member of the British Military Police in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Recruits in class at a German police training school in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here a partially completed saucepan is polished.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here the rims of helmets are cut away.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here a workman hammers on the neck protecting part of the helmet to break it away from the main body.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here a hand operated press is used to reshape the crown of a helmet into the flat base of a saucepan.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Christie J (Sergeant)

  Salvaged German steel helmets in a Berlin factory being made into saucepans. Here a welder fixes handles and fills in the air holes in the converted helmet.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Following his graduation from a police training school a German policeman undertakes his duties alone. Here a policeman examines the identity papers of a cart driver in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  German police recruits at a police training school in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia, receive practical instruction in traffic control signals from Company Sergeant Major R T Humphreys of 67 Corps of Military Police (TC) Company.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Lieutenant General B G Horrocks (Commanding 30th Corps), Major General C H A McMillan (Commanding 51st Highland Division) and Major General C H Gerhardt (Commanding US 29th Infantry Division) on the saluting base during the ceremony to mark the handover...

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The pipe band of the 51st Highland Division play during the ceremony to mark the handover of Bremerhaven by British to American forces.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The hoisting of the Stars and Stripes during the ceremony to mark the handover of Bremerhaven by British to American forces.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The hauling down of the Union Jack during the ceremony to mark the handover of Bremerhaven by British to American forces.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A German civil policeman directs traffic under the supervision of a British Military Policeman.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hewitt (Sgt)

  A British soldier (Sgt R S Baker of the Army Film and Photograph Unit) stands in the centre courtyard of the ruined Chancellery building in Berlin.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hewitt (Sgt)

  German women form a chain gang to clear rubble from bomb damaged buildings in Berlin. The women were required to work before they were permitted to apply for a ration card.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Mapham J (Sgt)

  Suspected Nazis fill in a questionnaire about their political activities in a detention centre near Hamburg run by the British Army.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Laing (Sgt)

  A sergeant from British Field Security Police interrogates Clara Lackman, a typist at the Gestapo Headquarters in Lubeck.

• GERMANY UNDER ALLIED OCCUPATION, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  British occupying forces compel the population of the German village of Burgsteinfurt to watch a film showing scenes from the concentration camps at Belsen and Buchenwald. The inhabitants enter the cinema, watched by Military Policemen and German...

• THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP, MAY 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hewitt (Sgt)

  A sign erected by British Forces at the entrance to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany, 29 May 1945. The remains of the camp itself were about to be burnt to the ground by the British occupation forces. A similar sign in German was also erected.

• OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Army Film and Photographic Unit

  Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: Four British paratroopers moving through a shell-damaged house in Oosterbeek to which they had retreated after being driven out of Arnhem.

• OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Army Film and Photographic Unit

  Eindhoven 17 - 18 September 1944: The people of Eindhoven line the streets of the town to watch armoured vehicles of British XXX Corps pass through. The 101st (US) Airborne Division had captured the town on the previous day.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The Battle for Walcheren Island: Men of the 4th Special Service Brigade wade ashore from landing craft near Flushing to complete the occupation of Walcheren.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy, Bert

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: The inhabitants of Brussels greet British and Belgian troops after the liberation of the city.

• THE V2 ROCKET

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Morris (Sgt)

  A German V2 rocket at the moment of launch during Allied tests in Germany, 10 October 1945.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: British soldiers lie on the banks of the Seine, giving their comrades covering fire during the crossing of the river near Vernon.

• DEMOBILISATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy, Bert

  Private Bill Krepper of the Pioneer Corps tries on a pair of civilian shoes at the demobilisation clothing depot, Olympia, London.

• DEMOBILISATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy, Bert

  Private Bill Krepper of the Pioneer Corps is assisted in the selection of his demob suit by a civilian tailor at the demobilisation clothing depot, Olympia, London.

• DEMOBILISATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy, Bert

  Mr Bill Krepper, late of the Pioneer Corps, leaves the demobilisation clothing depot at Olympia, London, as a civilian, wearing his demob suit.

• DEMOBILISATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hardy, Bert

  Private Bill Krepper of the Pioneer Corps enters the demobilisation clothing depot at Olympia in London.

• DEMOBILISATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Lance Corporal E Cowley of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) bids a final farewell to his fellow mess waiters and cooks on his demobilisation. Corporal Cowley was the first man to be demobbed from the British 1st Corps.