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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 7 mins
  • Description: German horsed transport riders leaving Brussels on 21st November 1918. Mayor Max, released from prison, is cheered by the crowd. The King and Queen of Belgium make a state entry on 22nd November. The cathedral at Soissons in April 1917, showing shell damage. An extract is quoted from a captured German artillery officer's diary to the effect that the cathedral was deliberately used as an aiming point. A pan over Maubeuge, which shows some damage.
    English language version of jumbled French official films showing events in Brussels in 1918, and in France in 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Albert I, King of Belgium / Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium / Max, Adolphe / Brussels, Mayor of / German Army / Belgian Army / celebrations, Belgian - liberation / ceremonies, Belgian - state: entry into Brussels (King Albert) / destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment / buildings, French - religious: cathedral & [damaged] / propaganda, French - inflammatory / 01/3(4-15).6 / First World War, Armistice & 21/11/1918=22/11/191 8 / Brussels, Brabant, Belgium / Soissons, Aisne, France / Maubeuge, Nord, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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