Holland - Battle Of The Scheldt

High Definition: (24-hr. turnaround): HD ProRes -- $235.00
1920 x 1080 23.98p ProRes 422HQ Quicktime; HD PhotoJPEG -- $235.00
1920 x 1080 23.98p PhotoJPEG Quicktime

Preview ** timecode burn-in: (24-hr. turnaround): HD Screener -- $10.00
1920 x 1080 23.98p H.264 Quicktime

keywords: wwii, european theater, scheldt estuary, british troops, canadian troops, bomber raid, port of flushing

Synopsis: British and Canadian troops mount a combat sweep of the Scheldt Estuary Netherlands spearheaded by fleets of Allied bombers while ground troops struggle through mud flats to capture a major objective of the operation the Port of Flushing...(read more)

Date: 1944
Duration: 00:03:29
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Netherlands

Show All WWII Military Newsreels Titles

Holland - Battle Of The Scheldt

Holland - Battle Of The Scheldt

The Allied effort to clear the Scheldt Estuary in the Netherlands. British and Canadian troops descend ladders onto barges for amphibious assault on the South Beverland and Walcheren Islands spearheaded by fleets of Allied bombers. Bombers raid south Beverland and Walcheren Islands.

Allied troops walking through the mud flats at Flushing (Walcheren Island) to reach solid ground, immediate objective is the capture of the Port of Flushing (Vlissingen). After stiff resistance shows Germans surrendering to British troops. Wounded are treated and loaded onto trucks.

Loading and firing of large artillery guns. Tank equipped with a flail device (flail tank) used to explode planted anti-tank mines moving along a road. British troops search houses; Nazis emerge and surrender. A Dutch woman is removed from a burning shelter.