*English commentary starts after about 2 minutes into the film* (at 02:05). All episodes in this series about the Liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 can be found in this Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLP_6hUsQRi8serTiHGuwlDPnbXmv1SPHe.html
Parents lived in these villages when these films were made, having both struggled throughout the Occupation and War. Would have been a great gift if they could have seen these after they moved to Canada, after the War. Thank you for your noble efforts in preserving history. Well done sir.
Thank you so much for posting this film. My father served with the Seaforth Highlanders in North Africa, Italy, and the Netherlands. He said almost nothing about his experiences, understandably not wanting to revisit those times. However, he did tell me that he was in Sicily, fought at Monte Cassino, and eventually participated in the liberation of Apeldoorn. And now, thanks to you, I can see some of this through his eyes. Or rather, now that I have dried my tears, I will watch it again. Thank you. ❤️ from 🇨🇦
My father was part of the Canadians who liberated Apeldoorn , he said that for him it made all the other fighting he had seen in Europe worth it just to free the Dutch people. He passed in August 4th of 2013 at 88 years.
I grew up in Apeldoorn about two decades ago and back then every four year Canadian veterans were paraded around the city as a token of gratitude. The sacrifice of the Canadian people have not been forgotten.
@@fred3580 - Dad had 2 brothers involved in the liberation. Mom had a nephew involved, my cousin, who did not survive. My dad was in a RCAF a Mosquito squadron. My pipe band from Canada played in Apeldoorn for one anniversary and received a welcome never to be forgotten. Children dressed in garb about to board a train for the camps and a plane dropped poppies out of the sky. There wasn't a dry eye to be seen. Thank you Apeldoorn. 🇳🇱 /🇨🇦
@@susieq9801The Netherlands owes Canada a debt that can never be repaid. We owe you our freedom and while many young people are forgetting that, plenty of others still remember ❤
@@fred3580 - Thank you. I was in Amsterdam again last October and whenever someone noticed my flag pin I heard "I love Canada". Well, we love the Netherlands too.
Excellent.. My uncle is buried in the town cemetry at Uchelen having been shot down in January 1943 as part of a Lancaster bomber crew. I have visited Apeldoorn several times to visit his grave and to attend the liberation ceremonies. I have always been very kindly receieved by the people of the town, and am eternally grateful to the children of the school in Uchelen who tend the graves of the fallen.
The Dutch have a system whereby families, schools, whoever, subscribe to look after and tend to a particular Second World War grave. There used to be a waiting list to look after these graves, but the Waiting List is no more as it is not needed, there are no graves ever left untended. There can be no finer commendation of a nations people.
Really appreciated this film. Thank you. I can imagine my Canadian soldier Dad as he arrived with the liberating army and my Mom (in Hilversum) one of the liberated. Soon after this day, my parents will meet!
My father was a Canadian soldier fighting in Holland. He could never say enough about the Dutch people. I remember accompanying him with my mother on one of the reunions. He was treated like a rockstar. We can never say thank you enough for the way the Dutch people received him. He had a lot of funny stories from the fighting in Holland. One especially funny is they were going through one town clearing out snipers and the locals were coming out with flowers, and water for their canteens. All the while, they were trying to get them off the street less one of the snipers hit them. They were trying to do this without destroying the town. In the end an officer who spoke Dutch came up and got them away from the soldiers and back to safety befiore anyone was hurt,. He always fondly remembered that. Sadly we lost him in 2012,
Great reminder. We should never forget what has happened throughout history.. lest we repeat the mistakes (as it appears we are doing now). Thank you for this picture of the past.
Even though it has been colourized, this has to be one of the best pieces of war footage that I have ever seen. Everything is so well shot and shows a very clear picture of what happened in Apeldoorn that day with a logical progression of scenes. Two thumbs up. It doesn't hurt that the film shows some scenes of the Canadian First Hussars tank regiment liberating the town, as I used to be a member of the regiment in the early 1980s when it was a reserve unit.
My Grandfather was in the Netherlands with the 8th Army ('The Desert Rats'). He served in North Africa, Italy, France, finally Germany. The poor Dutch people suffered so much, with starvation even after the fighting had passed by. To see them liberated is always a joy.
In July 1967 I was hitch-hiking from Malmo in Sweden to Calais. I started out with £5 in my pocket. I got as far as Apeldoorn where two young men gave me a lift. They took me to their house and their mother gave me a meal. Then she gave me a lot of sandwiches to take on my journey and then the two young men took me back to the road where I could continue my journey. I never knew definitely why they were so kind but I have always suspected that it had something to do with the liberation of their town during the war.
@Mike Ryan - I’ve hitched several times from Calais to Malmö, and indeed further on - to Stockholm and Oslo. Every time I encountered incredible kindness from the people who picked me up. All I can say is that the kindness was not an exception: it was almost the rule. People who pick up hitchhikers are nice all over the world. Indeed, I’ve travelled literally tens of thousands kilometres by hitching, and almost everywhere people have been incredibly pleasant. Really restores your faith in humanity! If you have the time and the patience, it’s still a great way to travel.
Should add that the last time I hitched was on Thursday. The local buses where I live are quite rare so people are happy to give you a ride in exchange for some friendly conversation.
From attending the 50th anniversary of the liberation; I can attest to the amazing reverence and respect Canadians are given in the Netherlands. We were given rail passes, billeted in peoples homes, couldn't pay for a drink in a pub, were feted to many free concerts and tours. Everywhere we went people smiled and waved, with the elderly offering personal tales of how Canadians had given each of them some kind of personal help or kindness. Amazing!
0:00 t/m 0:37 Barneveld met de Langstraat en het raadhuis. 3:23 t/m 4:44 Ermelo Putterweg 4:56 t/m 5:07 Harderwijk Adventkerk 5:37 t/m 5:41 Harderwijk Plantagekerk 5:46 t/m 5:54 Harderwijk Smeepoortstraat De rest van de opnames zijn ook in Harderwijk. De Filmer heeft vermoedelijk een rechtstreekse route genomen van Barneveld richting Harderwijk tijdens deze opnames. Hartelijk dank voor deze mooie beelden. Ik heb helaas alleen geen beelden mogen vernemen van Apeldoorn...
Ik meen ook beelden te herkennen van de Voorthuizerstraat Putten ter hoogte van de kruising met de Oude Garderenseweg - Oude Nijkerkerweg, en ook bij het dorp ter hoogte van de Postweg.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I am a Canadian great grand daughter of Wilhelmus & Margaretha Reijns of Den Haag. The footage with accompaning music is wonderful.
As a Canadian this made me feel proud. The Dutch are wonderful people. What makes me sad is that the Russians are claiming that they are liberating the Ukrainian people. They should watch this to see what real liberation looks like.
A) There are those (mainly Russian speaking in the Donbas) who see the Russians as liberators B) The Dutch who supported the Germans during the German Occupation, mainly from the NSB under Anton Mussert, didn't feel liberated at all in 1945, in fact some were legally shot and others killed extrajudiciarily as revenge, including completely innocent Dutch people who were not collaborators.
@@clavichord How can you be a Russian apologist seeing the horrible crimes they are committing. I don't understand why anybody supports such a brutal dictatorship. It's sad.
My father went into Holland with the R.E.M.E. in WW2. He always distrusted most foreigners, but always said the Dutch were fine people. He said while his outfit were in Holland, the locals shared what food they had, and washed clothes for the British Guys. I still have some WW2 Dutch banknotes he collected while he was there, plus a small leaflet printed by the Dutch Underground at the time.
Thank you for posting this. And for giving a nice commentary then letting the scenes speak for themselves. It's also so nice this lovely town was spared the torment of other ones.
I've watched a lot of these old clips from different countries like Japan, England, The Netherlands, and I came to the conclusion that in the past everything was so much more aesthetically pleasing. There was a certain quality to clothing, buildings and the streets that isn't here now. If you look at vintage clothing, it's so well made, even the clothing that wasn't for the rich. Now if you look at any store, it all looks so disposable. Even a lot of the buildings now. Maybe the consumer mentality took over and made everything instead of timeless, disposable, poor quality and quickly outdated.
Todays clothing is not made to last, mainstream clothing is made to last a season and then disposed of to get new one's that are in fashion for the next season. It's sad and not sustainable.
@@mgcarr61camaro91 Don't listen to him, we are forever grateful. It's the thing where people have it so good that they can't imagine anymore how horrible things could have been.
Ik krijg altijd een apart melancholisch gevoel bij het zien van dit soort filmpjes. Een leven met beperkte middelen in vergelijking tot nu, en de omvang van de gebeurtenis an sich. Je krijg er nog net niet een romantisch gevoel bij. De periode wordt herinnert door de extensieve emoties van leed en vreugde, die deze periode zo intens maakte. Het leed van de vernietiging en de vreugde van de verrijzenis.
Before this my dad(Arie Noot) was there with the British special air service(SAS) paratroopers. They liberated Het Loo. He also helped in the fighting in Arnhem.
The musical scores accompanying the film were stunningly beautiful and uplifting! The music matched the joy and happiness seen in the faces of the Dutch citizens of Apeldoorn, so recently liberated from the horror of the Nazi occupation. It almost seems like an original color film, since the color detail seemed too good to be a colorized black and white film, but I might be wrong. Thank you for this!
The friendship between us is still strong! Thank you from the nephew of a tanker who was there, for the care you take of the graves of his friends who didn't come home 🌺🍁🇳🇱🇨🇦🍁🌺
Wow never saw this footage before , wonderful that there was so little fighting at that late point in the war for all involved , also thanks to those that worked so hard to colorize the film
Wonderful to see the joy on these peoples faces. Well done the Canadians. My father served at sea in the Uks Merchant Navy, North Atlantic and Russian convoys.
Prachtige beelden om te zien zo in kleur. Ik denk alleen dat de titel beter bevrijding van Noord-West Veluwe kan heten. Geen enkel beeld van Apeldoorn te zien. Verder super gaaf om te zien.
The fighting all the way up through the Liri valley in Italy with the Canadians crossing not only one, but two German lines designated by Hitler as "hold at all costs with no retreat" and defended by crack German para's. is another bitter campaign all but buried by a glut of Hollywood films depicting the U.S. winning the war all by themselves.
Wonderful and brings tears to my eyes. But: too late for so many people. I hope, people will LEARN from the past events and not constantly turn a blind eye to atrocities, like what happens in China since 20 years. Greetings from Germany.
An interesting point, the video shows some of the British modified Sherman Firefly tanks which had a more powerful 17-pounder gun than the American standard 75mm. The gun made them a much more formidable weapon against the more heavily armored German panzers late in the war.
I believe her glasses are separate from the local head dress with the golden spirals and side flaps that she is wearing. The head dress is part of a traditional costume. I'll try to find out from which town.
More info: They are called "Oorijzers" in Dutch ("Ear irons") and worn around the area of North Veluwe. The spirals are 14 carat gold. Example: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfryin_024ASGkF_pARqSzUd7mN3yUXsEKSw&usqp=CAU
En op vanaf 3:30 is het Ermelo, bij 4:26 zie je een sherman tank voor het huis Putterweg 15 in Ermelo, en de beelden erom heen zijn ook allemaal Ermelo, de geallieerden reden naar Harderwijk. Het pand op 4:04 is Stationsstraat 2 bij de hoek van de Harderwijkerweg, toen gemeente huis, nu zit daar Dutch Hair B.V.
My father, a Signaller in the Cdn Army, was there that day. Queen Margereit (who was born in an Ottawa hospital room temporarily decreed Dutch sovereign territory) just finished a visit here.
Even to this day the Dutch have always shown gratitude and appreciation for the allied troops. Unlike the French who try to make out that they liberated themselves. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇸🇳🇱
@@Paul-md8de they say they 'rose up' and drove the germans out of Paris. Truth is they did nothing until they heard the allies guns on the outskirts of the city. Trying to claw back some honour after what was a shameful performance in the war. It's a quite well documented story.
I would like to see a video about the liberation of Putten. My old dad was a medic with the Canadians that liberated Putten. Long live free Netherlands.
@@Rick88888888 Many thanks for the suggestion. Your videos are really interesting. I wish I had asked my dad more about his experiences in Holland but like most veterans he a bit reluctant to talk about those times.
Posted on another of your excellent videos, but just found this one. This is the place where the father of my best friend fought with the rest of his Canadian Regiment, to help liberate the town - somewhere there is a photo of him in this town sitting on a motorbike (I believe it is a Norton).
Firefly's - the best allied tank of WW2. Turned the adequate sherman, into the one tank the Germans feared most with the English 17pdr capable of destroying any axis armour.
@@runertje550 It had adequate protection but a very fair point to make - i'd also state its spelt "armour" not "armor" but you get told off on here apparently for mentioning The Queens grammar?! -all joking aside this sort of content will be invaluable for future generations to understand what it was like so well done to Rick of the many 8's.
@@paramarky Yeahh adequate it was. Especially for the actual German tanks it went up against, not like the thousands Tigers you would be made believe as a kid. Also, sorry buddy, I’m not English (or American), so I just used the American variant of the word. I usually just do whatever feels easier or more convenient at that moment :) But I should respect your Queen more and use British words 🤓
@@runertje550 I'm rather fortunate that Tiger 131 is only 15 minutes away from where I live - i've sat in all the positions and it does give you a feeling of security if you met allied armour - maybe not so much against a rocket firing Typhoon however - God save the Queen!
And why do you say that? Here in the Netherlands the role the Canadians played to liberate our country is well-remembered, well-documented and well-appreciated.
@@Rick88888888 Exactly.So often only Britain,America are given the credit for defeating the Nazis.French,Canadians,BritsAmericans and others were at 6.6.44.I'm only pointing out some nations don't get the recognition they deserve
@@johnharper3909 Don’t forget the Aussie’s and New Zealander’s, the Gurkhas, the Indian’s but they were mainly in the pacific theatre. My Grandfather fought in the First World War in Gallipoli (Turkey) and France, I am lucky he made it back to Australia.
@@Sweetlyfe Trouble is, even you leave out the Mediterranean/Italian and CBI theatres. By naming individual nations others are ignored. "British" is often used as shorthand. for example "British 8th Army" British led perhaps, British uniforms, mostly but barely a majority in that multi national, multi lingual force. In other cases an "Indian Army Division" would more than likely have Brigades with one of three Battalions being British. Again with the RAF most likely RAF command but including RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF and SAAF ( plus European) units and individual personnel and often mixed. One of the RAF Commanders in the BoB, Sir Kieth Park, was a New Zealander. Much the same in the Navies, Royal and Merchant. Everyone forgets that Nepal, an independent nation, declared war on Germany at the same time as Canada in solidarity with Britain. However the National Act of Remembrance is determinedly Commonwealth ( with Ireland and Nepal) and the War Graves worldwide are Commonwealth War Graves.
Aan het begin van de film herken ik Barneveld met de Jan van Schaffelaartoren, verder denk ik dat de filmmaker opnames heeft gemaakt op weg van Barneveld naar Harderwijk. Ik denk dan aan dorpen als Voorthuizen, Putten en Ermelo. De plaats Apeldoorn komt in dit filmpje niet in het vizier van de camera.
I noticed a good number of Firefly 17 lb'er Shermans and virtually all of them had their grouser plates attached to the tracks due to the muddy flooded polders. The Dutch crowding around those tanks were risking having their clothes torn off their backs by those things. My dad told me tales of how those plates caused more than one terrible injury to dispatch riders and jeep drivers who got too close to a moving tank. As a troop sgt. with the GGHG's his biggest complaint was having to mount and dismount keeping those plates in mind for the health of his shins.
7.15 image is clear as day and really brings it home. Music is fantastisch!! My great Grandfather was from Deventer and Meppel. Can't wait for the Rotterdam liberation Maybe my mom will show up lol
Alleen jammer dat het meerendeel van de beelden NIET in Apeldoorn zijn maar in Harderwijk...zo zien we een bordje 'restaurant' met boven de deur een bordje met 'Baars'. Hotel Baars in Harderwijk dus.
my grandfather was a civilian guerilla fighter against the invading dutch & allied forces in his plantation unit (he was an administrator) which happened just several months after this video was taken
Rick8888888, are there any slates or data on who the cameraman were? They are almost certainly men of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit. I have an interest in the history of the men who made these films. Sadly most of the original footage and documents in Canada were lost and many of the only examples are now in collection abroad, such as in the Netherlands. The best documents are the “dope sheets” which often include the names and short biographies of the people depicted.
Thanks for posting and of course the liberation of the Netherlands was a big joint effort. I would especially like to thank the Polish soldiers so unsung in all theaters, but please 7600 Canadian graves in Holland represents a huge cost for our little country Canada. The U S never has had their contributiin enderstanded, anywhere, anytime. Even apparently saved Englands ass as i hear so often. A bit of educatiion would go a long way to improving the situation. The schelf battles were also a combined effort but cost mamy Canadian lives. Thank you to all the veterans
*English commentary starts after about 2 minutes into the film* (at 02:05). All episodes in this series about the Liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 can be found in this Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLP_6hUsQRi8serTiHGuwlDPnbXmv1SPHe.html
Thanks a lot for iconic history ,veryyyyyyyyy good job
Parents lived in these villages when these films were made, having both struggled throughout the Occupation and War. Would have been a great gift if they could have seen these after they moved to Canada, after the War. Thank you for your noble efforts in preserving history. Well done sir.
Thank you so much for posting this film. My father served with the Seaforth Highlanders in North Africa, Italy, and the Netherlands. He said almost nothing about his experiences, understandably not wanting to revisit those times. However, he did tell me that he was in Sicily, fought at Monte Cassino, and eventually participated in the liberation of Apeldoorn.
And now, thanks to you, I can see some of this through his eyes. Or rather, now that I have dried my tears, I will watch it again.
Thank you. ❤️ from 🇨🇦
We Dutch owe the Canadians a debt of gratitude. Now that I'm living in Canada I always try to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies.
My father was part of the Canadians who liberated Apeldoorn , he said that for him it made all the other fighting he had seen in Europe worth it just to free the Dutch people.
He passed in August 4th of 2013 at 88 years.
I grew up in Apeldoorn about two decades ago and back then every four year Canadian veterans were paraded around the city as a token of gratitude. The sacrifice of the Canadian people have not been forgotten.
Thanks ❤
@@fred3580 - Dad had 2 brothers involved in the liberation. Mom had a nephew involved, my cousin, who did not survive. My dad was in a RCAF a Mosquito squadron. My pipe band from Canada played in Apeldoorn for one anniversary and received a welcome never to be forgotten. Children dressed in garb about to board a train for the camps and a plane dropped poppies out of the sky. There wasn't a dry eye to be seen. Thank you Apeldoorn. 🇳🇱 /🇨🇦
@@susieq9801The Netherlands owes Canada a debt that can never be repaid. We owe you our freedom and while many young people are forgetting that, plenty of others still remember ❤
@@fred3580 - Thank you. I was in Amsterdam again last October and whenever someone noticed my flag pin I heard "I love Canada". Well, we love the Netherlands too.
Excellent.. My uncle is buried in the town cemetry at Uchelen having been shot down in January 1943 as part of a Lancaster bomber crew. I have visited Apeldoorn several times to visit his grave and to attend the liberation ceremonies. I have always been very kindly receieved by the people of the town, and am eternally grateful to the children of the school in Uchelen who tend the graves of the fallen.
The Dutch have a system whereby families, schools, whoever, subscribe to look after and tend to a particular Second World War grave. There used to be a waiting list to look after these graves, but the Waiting List is no more as it is not needed, there are no graves ever left untended. There can be no finer commendation of a nations people.
My dad was in the RAF during WW2 finished up posted out to Akyab Island in Burma in 1945..
@@alfnoakes392 That's what they do in Normandy as well.
Ugchelen
Really appreciated this film. Thank you. I can imagine my Canadian soldier Dad as he arrived with the liberating army and my Mom (in Hilversum) one of the liberated. Soon after this day, my parents will meet!
All down to short term investments and a quick buck jobs done to cheap price. I have like shop fitting. The but you see looks OK but won't last long
Rather like rc make over programmes 👇
My father was a Canadian soldier fighting in Holland. He could never say enough about the Dutch people. I remember accompanying him with my mother on one of the reunions. He was treated like a rockstar. We can never say thank you enough for the way the Dutch people received him.
He had a lot of funny stories from the fighting in Holland. One especially funny is they were going through one town clearing out snipers and the locals were coming out with flowers, and water for their canteens. All the while, they were trying to get them off the street less one of the snipers hit them. They were trying to do this without destroying the town. In the end an officer who spoke Dutch came up and got them away from the soldiers and back to safety befiore anyone was hurt,. He always fondly remembered that.
Sadly we lost him in 2012,
Thank you very much for sharing these memories
Great reminder. We should never forget what has happened throughout history.. lest we repeat the mistakes (as it appears we are doing now). Thank you for this picture of the past.
agreed. Its perfectly documented too with video, people still don't get it.
Even though it has been colourized, this has to be one of the best pieces of war footage that I have ever seen. Everything is so well shot and shows a very clear picture of what happened in Apeldoorn that day with a logical progression of scenes. Two thumbs up.
It doesn't hurt that the film shows some scenes of the Canadian First Hussars tank regiment liberating the town, as I used to be a member of the regiment in the early 1980s when it was a reserve unit.
I didn't even know there was so much footage like this. Really impressive! And colorizing really makes things come to life.
My grandfather was in the British army that liberated the Netherlands. He was forever grateful to the Dutch for their hospitality.
My Grandfather was in the Netherlands with the 8th Army ('The Desert Rats'). He served in North Africa, Italy, France, finally Germany.
The poor Dutch people suffered so much, with starvation even after the fighting had passed by. To see them liberated is always a joy.
I really love these. They're beautifully done, and as a Canadian I thank you.
You are so welcome!
In July 1967 I was hitch-hiking from Malmo in Sweden to Calais. I started out with £5 in my pocket. I got as far as Apeldoorn where two young men gave me a lift. They took me to their house and their mother gave me a meal. Then she gave me a lot of sandwiches to take on my journey and then the two young men took me back to the road where I could continue my journey. I never knew definitely why they were so kind but I have always suspected that it had something to do with the liberation of their town during the war.
Have you ever tried going back
@Mike Ryan - I’ve hitched several times from Calais to Malmö, and indeed further on - to Stockholm and Oslo. Every time I encountered incredible kindness from the people who picked me up. All I can say is that the kindness was not an exception: it was almost the rule. People who pick up hitchhikers are nice all over the world. Indeed, I’ve travelled literally tens of thousands kilometres by hitching, and almost everywhere people have been incredibly pleasant. Really restores your faith in humanity! If you have the time and the patience, it’s still a great way to travel.
Should add that the last time I hitched was on Thursday. The local buses where I live are quite rare so people are happy to give you a ride in exchange for some friendly conversation.
@@johanvandermeulen9696 - Spent a lot more time in Sweden but I also had Danish girlfriends. 👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️
Vänlig hälsning!
From attending the 50th anniversary of the liberation; I can attest to the amazing reverence and respect Canadians are given in the Netherlands. We were given rail passes, billeted in peoples homes, couldn't pay for a drink in a pub, were feted to many free concerts and tours. Everywhere we went people smiled and waved, with the elderly offering personal tales of how Canadians had given each of them some kind of personal help or kindness. Amazing!
Ever since that time there is a special connexon between Canada and the Netherlands
Best of all the Germans weren't firing at you 👈👀
Wonderful movie. Impossible to imagine the elation of those people realizing that the war had ended.
Thank you for showing what my grandfather did and what he could not talk about.
What an incredible feeling it must have been for the locals. It’s so cool to get a sample of that. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for these wonderful films!! My from uncle from Hardisty, Alberta, died in the liberation of Putten, on April 17, 1945.
The sacrifice of the Canadian people has not been forgotten. We owe you our freedom ❤
0:00 t/m 0:37 Barneveld met de Langstraat en het raadhuis.
3:23 t/m 4:44 Ermelo Putterweg
4:56 t/m 5:07 Harderwijk Adventkerk
5:37 t/m 5:41 Harderwijk Plantagekerk
5:46 t/m 5:54 Harderwijk Smeepoortstraat
De rest van de opnames zijn ook in Harderwijk.
De Filmer heeft vermoedelijk een rechtstreekse route genomen van Barneveld richting Harderwijk tijdens deze opnames.
Hartelijk dank voor deze mooie beelden. Ik heb helaas alleen geen beelden mogen vernemen van Apeldoorn...
Dank je wel!
Eens!
Ik meen ook beelden te herkennen van de Voorthuizerstraat Putten ter hoogte van de kruising met de Oude Garderenseweg - Oude Nijkerkerweg, en ook bij het dorp ter hoogte van de Postweg.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I am a Canadian great grand daughter of Wilhelmus & Margaretha Reijns of Den Haag. The footage with accompaning music is wonderful.
As a Canadian this made me feel proud. The Dutch are wonderful people. What makes me sad is that the Russians are claiming that they are liberating the Ukrainian people. They should watch this to see what real liberation looks like.
A) There are those (mainly Russian speaking in the Donbas) who see the Russians as liberators
B) The Dutch who supported the Germans during the German Occupation, mainly from the NSB under Anton Mussert, didn't feel liberated at all in 1945, in fact some were legally shot and others killed extrajudiciarily as revenge, including completely innocent Dutch people who were not collaborators.
@@clavichord How can you be a Russian apologist seeing the horrible crimes they are committing. I don't understand why anybody supports such a brutal dictatorship. It's sad.
I find what Russia are doing quite unbelievable and considering how they feel about suffered in wq2
@@arseliopereira2541 have you seen the crimes manly azov and some other ukrabian nazi's did ?
Canada is just a vassal state of ameriKKKa. Russia liberated Europe, ameriKKKans immediatly occupied us again. You are pure scum.
I must have hit pause at least a hundred time watching this. The faces, the emotions, had to hit pause to "try" to capture it all. Very moving.
Yes, this is very interesting footage
My father went into Holland with the R.E.M.E. in WW2. He always distrusted most foreigners, but always said the Dutch were fine people. He said while his outfit were in Holland, the locals shared what food they had, and washed clothes for the British Guys. I still have some WW2 Dutch banknotes he collected while he was there, plus a small leaflet printed by the Dutch Underground at the time.
Thank you for posting this. And for giving a nice commentary then letting the scenes speak for themselves. It's also so nice this lovely town was spared the torment of other ones.
Remembering my Uncle James Viken Duncan a Loyal Eddie and part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. May he rest in eternal peace.
I've watched a lot of these old clips from different countries like Japan, England, The Netherlands, and I came to the conclusion that in the past everything was so much more aesthetically pleasing. There was a certain quality to clothing, buildings and the streets that isn't here now. If you look at vintage clothing, it's so well made, even the clothing that wasn't for the rich. Now if you look at any store, it all looks so disposable. Even a lot of the buildings now. Maybe the consumer mentality took over and made everything instead of timeless, disposable, poor quality and quickly outdated.
I thought exactly the same, and no litter in the streets.
And thst is what the liberating brought 😉✌.
Todays clothing is not made to last, mainstream clothing is made to last a season and then disposed of to get new one's that are in fashion for the next season. It's sad and not sustainable.
Yep. No litter or graffiti, either. And, the roads aren't choked with cars.
@@alastairbarkley6572 Choked with Sherman Tanks?
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My grandfather was part of the Canadian army that arrived there ! I will share this with my family!😊🇨🇦
Great! More to come: later today will be the town of Zutphen
I want to say thank you (I live in Apeldoorn) but it was better if they did not come here, this country is way worse now than in 1943.
@@bartkarssen755 do you mean that the germans treated the duch citizens better ? I think you need to check what they did during the occupation!🇨🇦
@@mgcarr61camaro91 Don't listen to him, we are forever grateful. It's the thing where people have it so good that they can't imagine anymore how horrible things could have been.
That was a great video. I can only imagine the joy and relief the people of Apeeldoorn experienced that day.
GREAT WORK AGAIN. Narration is good, excellent music chosen, humanity and many emotional scenes. Thanks.
Ik krijg altijd een apart melancholisch gevoel bij het zien van dit soort filmpjes.
Een leven met beperkte middelen in vergelijking tot nu, en de omvang van de gebeurtenis an sich.
Je krijg er nog net niet een romantisch gevoel bij.
De periode wordt herinnert door de extensieve emoties van leed en vreugde, die deze periode zo intens maakte.
Het leed van de vernietiging en de vreugde van de verrijzenis.
Before this my dad(Arie Noot) was there with the British special air service(SAS) paratroopers. They liberated Het Loo. He also helped in the fighting in Arnhem.
The musical scores accompanying the film were stunningly beautiful and uplifting! The music matched the joy and happiness seen in the faces of the Dutch citizens of Apeldoorn, so recently liberated from the horror of the Nazi occupation. It almost seems like an original color film, since the color detail seemed too good to be a colorized black and white film, but I might be wrong. Thank you for this!
The friendship between us is still strong!
Thank you from the nephew of a tanker who was there, for the care you take of the graves of his friends who didn't come home 🌺🍁🇳🇱🇨🇦🍁🌺
The Music is First Class , it brings the images to life, and also the silent parts are perfect too.
Thank you!
Yes, I thought so too.
This did make me smile. I cannot imagine how they must have felt after being under Nazi tyranny for over five years.
Wow never saw this footage before , wonderful that there was so little fighting at that late point in the war for all involved , also thanks to those that worked so hard to colorize the film
Looks original to me...
Nice to see this video of my hometown!
Prachtige film. Echter Apeldoorn is geen enkel beeld van te zien! Wel heel veel van Barneveld, Ermelo en Harderwijk.
Daar ben ik ook inmiddels achter. Ik ging af op de info door Beeld En Geluid
What wonderful emotions there must have been, and on such a beautiful Spring day.
We will never forget what the Canadians and the other allies have done for us
Always love footage that I've never seen before. Thanks.
Wonderful to see the joy on these peoples faces. Well done the Canadians.
My father served at sea in the Uks Merchant Navy, North Atlantic and Russian convoys.
I believe I Read somewhere there were a lot of half Canadian children born 9 month later. God bless us Canadians
What an amazing film ! Thank youso much for sharing it
Our pleasure!
Wat een mooie beelden met scherp beeld, heel gaaf om te zien.
Dank je wel Rick.
Prachtige beelden om te zien zo in kleur. Ik denk alleen dat de titel beter bevrijding van Noord-West Veluwe kan heten.
Geen enkel beeld van Apeldoorn te zien.
Verder super gaaf om te zien.
Of all the WWII newsreels I enjoy the 'liberation' ones the best.
The Forgotten Battle on Netflix is a decent war film about the liberation of the Netherlands
The fighting all the way up through the Liri valley in Italy with the Canadians crossing not only one, but two German lines designated by Hitler as "hold at all costs with no retreat" and defended by crack German para's. is another bitter campaign all but buried by a glut of Hollywood films depicting the U.S. winning the war all by themselves.
Great video Rick, beautiful work, this is amazing footage 👌👍😀
Glad you enjoyed it
Indrukwekkend weer.
Bedankt!
Super mooi! Het leeft zoveel meer in kleur👍bedankt maar weer!
Thank you for the video , wonderful
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful and brings tears to my eyes. But: too late for so many people. I hope, people will LEARN from the past events and not constantly turn a blind eye to atrocities, like what happens in China since 20 years. Greetings from Germany.
An interesting point, the video shows some of the British modified Sherman Firefly tanks which had a more powerful 17-pounder gun than the American standard 75mm. The gun made them a much more formidable weapon against the more heavily armored German panzers late in the war.
7:48 look at t host glasses, right out of a movie.
I know! Those were pretty wild!
I believe her glasses are separate from the local head dress with the golden spirals and side flaps that she is wearing. The head dress is part of a traditional costume. I'll try to find out from which town.
They were so sweet. I had to pause and glare at them lol
More info: They are called "Oorijzers" in Dutch ("Ear irons") and worn around the area of North Veluwe. The spirals are 14 carat gold. Example: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfryin_024ASGkF_pARqSzUd7mN3yUXsEKSw&usqp=CAU
Those would probably stay put in a hurricane!
My parents generation. Unfortunately my Uncle didn’t live to reach the Netherlands succumbing in Normandy. 👍🏻🏴
En op vanaf 3:30 is het Ermelo, bij 4:26 zie je een sherman tank voor het huis Putterweg 15 in Ermelo, en de beelden erom heen zijn ook allemaal Ermelo, de geallieerden reden naar Harderwijk. Het pand op 4:04 is Stationsstraat 2 bij de hoek van de Harderwijkerweg, toen gemeente huis, nu zit daar Dutch Hair B.V.
Bedankt, nu herken ik het ook!
Just two more days and we can raise the liberation flag again here in Apeldoorn; part Dutch, part Apeldoorn and, of course, part Canadian
Cheers to Art Boon from Stratford Ontario who is sitting atop one of those tanks. He was our Sgt in the Perths and then WO in the 3 RCR.
Great! At what time stamp?
Op 3:51 zie ik de muziektent in Ermelo met er achter de molen "de Koe", dat is dus een stukje Ermelo!
Half of it seem to be Harderwijk. I do recognise some of harderwijk.
My father, a Signaller in the Cdn Army, was there that day. Queen Margereit (who was born in an Ottawa hospital room temporarily decreed Dutch sovereign territory) just finished a visit here.
I was born in this town in 1962
Even to this day the Dutch have always shown gratitude and appreciation for the allied troops. Unlike the French who try to make out that they liberated themselves. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇸🇳🇱
The French country couldn't whip butter!
Really how ?
@@Paul-md8de how what
@@michaeldowd8422 How have the French "made out they liberated themselves"
@@Paul-md8de they say they 'rose up' and drove the germans out of Paris. Truth is they did nothing until they heard the allies guns on the outskirts of the city. Trying to claw back some honour after what was a shameful performance in the war.
It's a quite well documented story.
A great tribute to our everlasting friendship.
Simply amazing
I would like to see a video about the liberation of Putten. My old dad was a medic with the Canadians
that liberated Putten.
Long live free Netherlands.
Sorry, I don't have footage about Putten. Have you used the Beeld En Geluid search engine?
@@Rick88888888 Many thanks for the suggestion. Your videos are really interesting. I wish I had asked my dad more about his experiences in Holland but like most veterans he a bit reluctant to talk about those times.
The part from 0.42 till 2.50 in this video is in Putten!
@@eddyvandenbroek8812 Great shall carefully watch. Do not suppose I will see my dad but you never know!
Wonderful! Your dad's a hero to me.
5th Canadian armoured division of the first Canadian army, 17th April 1945 👈👀
I,m pleased this is still current, our boys were so brave to liberate europe. Its always england to the rescue
I think you will find they are Canadians.
Kindly remember that many nations were involved. In this case, it was Canadians. My father was one of them.
er no, it was USA and Canada that rescued us
@@susanfraser6371 Mine too!
Zie de Poolse tank markeringen, de 1e Poolse pantserdivisie maakte deel uit van de Canadezen.
Some Dutch were two faced...they embracing whoever became their masters. Canadian soldiers were gallant and fortitude, huge respect for them!
Posted on another of your excellent videos, but just found this one. This is the place where the father of my best friend fought with the rest of his Canadian Regiment, to help liberate the town - somewhere there is a photo of him in this town sitting on a motorbike (I believe it is a Norton).
Firefly's - the best allied tank of WW2. Turned the adequate sherman, into the one tank the Germans feared most with the English 17pdr capable of destroying any axis armour.
Still had bad armor , the gun compensated it though
@@runertje550 It had adequate protection but a very fair point to make - i'd also state its spelt "armour" not "armor" but you get told off on here apparently for mentioning The Queens grammar?! -all joking aside this sort of content will be invaluable for future generations to understand what it was like so well done to Rick of the many 8's.
@@paramarky Yeahh adequate it was. Especially for the actual German tanks it went up against, not like the thousands Tigers you would be made believe as a kid.
Also, sorry buddy, I’m not English (or American), so I just used the American variant of the word. I usually just do whatever feels easier or more convenient at that moment :)
But I should respect your Queen more and use British words 🤓
@@runertje550 I'm rather fortunate that Tiger 131 is only 15 minutes away from where I live - i've sat in all the positions and it does give you a feeling of security if you met allied armour - maybe not so much against a rocket firing Typhoon however - God save the Queen!
@@paramarky Americans built it Americans spell it ... it is American armor
We finally got here sorry we were late!
Thank you for this marvelous color footage. Just like being there! On a personal note: did we perchance meet at CC Amsterdam years back?
Unfortunately not
@@Rick88888888 Well thank you gain for this fascinating video!
Sad to say but Canada and other British Commonwealth contributions in WW11 do not get the recognition they all deserve.I'm English.
And why do you say that? Here in the Netherlands the role the Canadians played to liberate our country is well-remembered, well-documented and well-appreciated.
@@Rick88888888 Exactly.So often only Britain,America are given the credit for defeating the Nazis.French,Canadians,BritsAmericans and others were at 6.6.44.I'm only pointing out some nations don't get the recognition they deserve
@@johnharper3909 Don’t forget the Aussie’s and New Zealander’s, the Gurkhas, the Indian’s but they were mainly in the pacific theatre. My Grandfather fought in the First World War in Gallipoli (Turkey) and France, I am lucky he made it back to Australia.
@@Sweetlyfe Of course you are correct,and i used the word Commonwealth to include the vast majority
@@Sweetlyfe Trouble is, even you leave out the Mediterranean/Italian and CBI theatres. By naming individual nations others are ignored. "British" is often used as shorthand. for example "British 8th Army" British led perhaps, British uniforms, mostly but barely a majority in that multi national, multi lingual force. In other cases an "Indian Army Division" would more than likely have Brigades with one of three Battalions being British. Again with the RAF most likely RAF command but including RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF and SAAF ( plus European) units and individual personnel and often mixed. One of the RAF Commanders in the BoB, Sir Kieth Park, was a New Zealander. Much the same in the Navies, Royal and Merchant. Everyone forgets that Nepal, an independent nation, declared war on Germany at the same time as Canada in solidarity with Britain. However the National Act of Remembrance is determinedly Commonwealth ( with Ireland and Nepal) and the War Graves worldwide are Commonwealth War Graves.
Aan het begin van de film herken ik Barneveld met de Jan van Schaffelaartoren, verder denk ik dat de filmmaker opnames heeft gemaakt op weg van Barneveld naar Harderwijk. Ik denk dan aan dorpen als Voorthuizen, Putten en Ermelo. De plaats Apeldoorn komt in dit filmpje niet in het vizier van de camera.
Interesting historical footage.
Film really shared what it was like. Nice to see heavy machinery AND … Smiling faces.
I noticed a good number of Firefly 17 lb'er Shermans and virtually all of them had their grouser plates attached to the tracks due to the muddy flooded polders. The Dutch crowding around those tanks were risking having their clothes torn off their backs by those things. My dad told me tales of how those plates caused more than one terrible injury to dispatch riders and jeep drivers who got too close to a moving tank. As a troop sgt. with the GGHG's his biggest complaint was having to mount and dismount keeping those plates in mind for the health of his shins.
Thank you for this wonderful reminder of that day in 1945.
Rick, wederom fantastisch! Kan het zijn dat de laatste beelden van Harderwijk zijn?
good job. thank you very much.
Proud for our liberators.
7.15 image is clear as day and really brings it home. Music is fantastisch!! My great Grandfather was from Deventer and Meppel. Can't wait for the Rotterdam liberation Maybe my mom will show up lol
Alleen jammer dat het meerendeel van de beelden NIET in Apeldoorn zijn maar in Harderwijk...zo zien we een bordje 'restaurant' met boven de deur een bordje met 'Baars'. Hotel Baars in Harderwijk dus.
De titel en beschrijving zijn nu iets aangepast.
Look at all those WONDERFUL EUROPEAN people!
2:36 a time traveler in the back!
who ?
Samuel Becket in sunglasses?
?
The expansive water in the distance @ the end of the video could not have been Apeldoorn. Where were those scenes taken?
Harderwijk i guess.
In these days when the servants of Satan seem to march forward it is wonderful to remember a time when the evil forces were on the run.
my grandfather was a civilian guerilla fighter against the invading dutch & allied forces in his plantation unit (he was an administrator) which happened just several months after this video was taken
Are the guys at 1:45 German POWs?
yes, they seem rather relieved it's over.
No. They are 'Extras' for the next Terrence Malick war movie !
They are salesmen that show the latest Hugo Boss fashion
@@lillekenatnek195 Hugo made his $$£££ during the war?
@@Snaakie83 Most were.
Wat zal er die dag veel zijn gedanst met Nederlandse dames en Canadese militairen :)
En wel wat meer dan dansen ook 😉
The beautiful Dutch people. The beautiful van Hartevelts.
The dutch houses in 1945 look beter and moderner than most uk houses today
And WAY better than the houses in Mariupol.
it is a special style only here in apeldoorn. Still here and the inside is old and crap. 😂😂😂
Rick8888888, are there any slates or data on who the cameraman were? They are almost certainly men of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit. I have an interest in the history of the men who made these films. Sadly most of the original footage and documents in Canada were lost and many of the only examples are now in collection abroad, such as in the Netherlands. The best documents are the “dope sheets” which often include the names and short biographies of the people depicted.
Sorry, I don't have that data. You could check out the source: Beeld En Geluid and their (clumsy) search engine.
@@Rick88888888 Thank you for replying so quickly. I know it was asking a lot of you. Nice work. Really brings the image to life.
How many people used to live in holland compared to 2022?
Google search is working, you know! 9.22 million in 1945 (17,6 million in January 2022)
Hoi Rick, heb je misschien ook beelden van Nijverdal in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, of zou je weten waar ik die kan vinden?
Nee, sorry. Je kunt ook zelf zoeken op Beeld En Geluid (met hun "geweldige" zoekmachine)
Amazing quality
Thanks for posting and of course the liberation of the Netherlands was a big joint effort. I would especially like to thank the Polish soldiers so unsung in all theaters, but please 7600 Canadian graves in Holland represents a huge cost for our little country Canada. The U S never has had their contributiin enderstanded, anywhere, anytime. Even apparently saved Englands ass as i hear so often. A bit of educatiion would go a long way to improving the situation. The schelf battles were also a combined effort but cost mamy Canadian lives. Thank you to all the veterans