Copenhagen 1945 (in color and HD)
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2016
- Copenhagen was liberated in May 1945 by British forces commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Scenes from the harbor and the city center of Copenhagen, where people are celebrating peace.
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Footage in original color and HD before restoring for the documentary “Spirit of Liberation" (Kronos Media, 2016)
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Fantastic fotage. Seeing Copenhagen 75 years ago, looking much like today, is great. I saw the harbour, with bombed out shipyard, that my grandfarther worked in. He was allmost killed, in the raid by R.A.F. When he was hit in the head, by a windowframe. By luck, and tha grace of God, he survived, and got to know him when I came into the World in 1957. He was the most important person for me, when I grew up. I still miss him. Thank you for the video. 🇩🇰🙋🏻♂️🪐👩🏻🚀🇺🇸
My grandfather also worked at B&W that day - Happy they both survived the raid
The first part of the film from 0:07 to 1:45 does not show the port of Copenhagen, but the port of Kiel in northern Germany. You can see the destraed Germania ship yard and last the wreck of the big ocean liner New York, which sank in a bomb attack in April 1945. I'm from Kiel, I know this port and the war history.
God bless his soul. God bless you.
Should call this “The Girls of Copenhagen”. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
🇦🇺 💖 😃 😍 Beautiful 👉 🇧🇷
Margy Rowland Greeting from Slovakia. 💖
They are already selecting models for the future Danish porn industry.
The smiling girl in the gray coat in the middle of the film “01.53”says in danish:,”what did you say” and “are you trying to be funny?”
I wanted to write the same thing but you came first. It's true
No. I think she says: Why dont you fuck off? 2:07
I am baffled people can make anything of spoken Danish - it sound like they are trying to swallow a hot potato while they talk.
To be able to lip read this language is arcane.
@@BastiaanvandeWerk Actually many people think Dutch and Danish sound very alike.. .so.. /s .. .but yeah, you're right. You tend to get used to it when born into it though... like most languages. It's not as bad as it sounds and the upside is that the grammar is extremely simple compared to even English!
I'm fascinated by films of liberation during WWII. Thank you so much for posting this.
I just wish there was sound. Nonetheless, it's remarkable.
All these dead people. And today, no one knows who they were, the dreams they have, people they loved, the times of happiness they lived, etc.. unless you ended up in the history books. So many lives, each important in their own way. All gone like it didn't mean a thing. Those thousand nameless who once were full of life just for a moment, now rest silently in graves for all the eternity. Life is so short.
But this doesn't make any sense, Copenhagen was never occupied. Or maybe this is something from a movie?
Danillo Fleetwood
You sound like a lot of fun.
WarthDader74
Denmark was occupied as part of Operation Weserubung.
And so is every body else who lived before us throughout the ages.
Deep thoughts Danillo. Maybe you could make this into a song. Maybe call it Eleanor Rigby. Maybe best to keep your delusional sense of depth to yourself and no one will call you a twit. Unless you can come up with a song like Eleanor Rigby.
It is NOT only from Copenhagen but also from Odense, capital on the Island Fyn/Funen and the bridge at Lillebælt.
Agree.And the first two minutes of the video is not from Denmark.Perhaps a German port.
The only country in Europe to successfully evacuate almost its entire Jewish population before the Germans could get them. The Danes may not have fought as hard as the other Allied powers, but Denmark was full of heroes all the same.
@The Naomeister: you're absolutely correct. Denmark was the only occupied country in Europe that managed to save virtually all of its Jews. Denmark was far more virtuous than Norway, and light years ahead of Sweden (which did, however, accept and give haven to those Danish Jews).
Splendid footage must be 35mm stock?
Am 9 April 1940 sind deutschen BesetzungsTruppen in Dänemark hereinmarschiert und mit Schiffe in Kopenhagen angekommen. Das Jahr bevor 1939 bekam Hermann Göring in Kopenhagen vom König Christian-10 ( der Grossvater von die gegenwärtige Königin Margrethe-2 ) den höchsten dänischen Orden für Ausländer (Dannebrogs-Ordenen) überreicht. 1940 waren etwa 1 Prozent der Bevölkerung ( meistens Kommunisten und überzeugte Patrioten ) WiederstandsKämpfer , 80 Prozent verhielt sich abwartend ( dänisch : "WindBeutel" ) und 19 Prozent waren für Deutschland. Mein Vater wurde 1944 von Gestapo verhaftet. Aber sein Verbrechen war gering , er hatte eine illegale Zeitung gedruckt. Außerdem sprach er fließend Deutsch und das hat ihn bei den Verhöre viel geholfen. Gefoltert wurde er nie. Bis 1945 war er in das "milde" dänischen GefangenenLager Fröslev. Etwa 1942 hat der dänische sozialdemokratischer Staatsminister Herrn Stauning im Rundfunk die Bevölkerung aufgefordert möglichen dänischen anti-deutsche Saboteure bei der dänische Polizei oder die deutsche Behörde anzuzeigen. Niemand hat den Minister dazu gedroht oder gedrängt diese Rede im Radio zu halten , es war Landesverrat. Bei der Befreiung am 5 Mai 1945 waren ( angeblich ) mehr als 95 Prozent der Dänen Wiederstandskämpfer oder hatte solche beherbergt. Lediglich etwa 5 Prozent waren immer noch für die Deutschen. Ich bezweifle daß die Prozente in Deutschland anders gewesen sind. Daß mehrere tausend nicht-jüdischen deutschen Bürger schon am Anfang des Krieges gegen Adolf-der-Österreicher waren , glaube ich nicht. Die SozialDemokraten waren immer die scheinheiligen Opportunisten der dänischer Politik. In 1997 wurde das gesamte dänisches TelefonSystem ( Tele Danmark ) von eine sozialdemokratischer Regierung erstaunlich günstig ( 25 Milliarden Kronen ) an die amerikanische Firma Ameritech verkauft. Neun Jahre später hat Ameritech das TelefonSystem ( Kabel , Zentrale , Teilnehmer ) für 44 Milliarden an Kapitalfonds weiterverkauft. Auch der Minister hört das Geknister. In 2001 hat der damalige sozialdemokratischer Staatsminister Herrn Poul Nyrup den einzigen dänische GrossFlughafen Kastrup an australischen Finanzleute verkauft und wieder sehr billig. 2013 hat der sozialdemokratische Finanzminister Herrn Bjarne Corydon 20-Prozent der ( vorher öffentliche ) dänische ElektrizitätsVersorgung D.O.N.G an die amerikanische Goldman-Sachs Bank verkauft. Kurz vor den Verkauf wurden die Aktien durch frei erfundenen nicht-notwendigen Abschreibungen auf Kurs 107 heruntergedrückt. Zwei Jahre später war der Kurs wieder normal , nämlich 400. Goldman-Sachs hat 33 Milliarden Kronen verdient und Dänemark das Gleiche verloren. Danach bekam Herrn Corydon eine DirektorStellung geschenkt bei der Firma McKinsey ( Goldman-Sachs' SchwesterFirma ) wo er das dreifache verdiente wie in dänisches Parlament ( Folketinget ). Seine Vorgängerin bei McKinsey war übrigens Frau Diana Farell von . . . Goldman-Sachs in New York. Warum hat die Verwaltung der D.O.N.G nicht gegen die abnormen Abschreibungen protestiert ? Weil es ( ausnahmsweise ) auch die Mitglieder der Verwaltung erlaubt wurde Aktien zu Kurs 107 zu kaufen. Falls einige unter das Publikum für diesen Film geglaubt haben , daß Dänemark ein Land von WiederstandsKämpfer und ehrliche Politiker ist , dann liegen die ganz falsch.
They went to Sweden. Now look at it .
Not only did Denmark rescue nearly all its Jewish citizens, Danes protected their homes, ran their businesses and took care of other needs during their absence. When Danish Jews returned home, they found food baskets and notes that read "We watered the plants, fed the cats, collected your mail and paid the phone bill while you were away" "Welcome Home!"
5:04 The officer walking around the jeep is famous film director George Stevens, director of "Gung Din" "Shane" "Giant". Toluca was the nick-name for his personal jeep. Fantastic stuff here.
@Lockbar pls help me my pee pee is crooked
Lockbar I was about to say, that is so funny to see a Mexican cityname on american jeep in Copenhagen)
@@dimasgestas7190 There's a place in north Hollywood called Toluca, he probably got the name from there.
Btw. you don't actually see the Jeep in Copenhagen, but first at the shipyards in Kiel Germany, then later at the Grand hotel in Odense, and last at the Old Little Belt Bridge (between Jutland and Funen).
Ya se conocía el chorizo power
There is a good docu/movie called "Five Came Back", I believe, which tells of the wartime involvement of 5 well known directors and the effect the war had on their lives and careers.
My grandad came with the Danish Brigade across Øresund on the 5th of may. He participated in the skirmishes against HIPO and troops from the Danish Freicorps. He was wounded in the shoulder. He never spoke of the war. Everything I have learned is from his siblings. He worked as as mason for the rest of his work life. He got to be a pensioner for a year before dying at the age of 67.
Now, that's a cameraman! He knows what we wanna see.
Thumbs up in 2020, my man!
I think that photographer was a panty thief
You do realise that all those pretty young things are in their nineties now!
@@donaldpaterson5827 And all the pretty young things today will be in their nineties in 70 years.
My father a Danish Jew finally came out of hiding, he was one of many that never made it out in Oct 43 to Sweden.
Was he a child at the time?
G-D BLESS, SHALOM 🇺🇸🇮🇱🕎🕎✡️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷🇺🇦😡😡😡😡😀😡😡
Can NEVER get enough of these films lest we forget men that were actually fighting for something, true hero's!! 🇺🇸
I guess Denmark is a pretty nice place. The cameraman certainly looks like he enjoyed his time there.... especially how much time he spends filming pretty girls. 🇩🇰
The best part of this video is that people are engaged in life and each other...not cell phones. They are all walking and driving with their heads up...amazing!!!
For that, in fact, you only need to go as far back as, say, 1998.
2:53, wow, the colour film and the casual conversation make her seem so alive.... so much of that era is filmed in black and white that you maintain a certain detachment from it, but there she is, having a little conversation, living and breathing like us today...
Could have been yesterday, guess that it was in a way.
Something about her in particular really got to me. She had a bright, genuine air about her that was profound. I hope that she had a wonderful life.
I'm so grateful for this view into a yesterday in history.
Great clip! Thank you for posting it.
Sept. 29, 2018---Thanks for the video. One thing that always surprises and shocks me a bit is the vibrant colors. Like they were taken yesterday and make todays movies seem a bit pale in comparison.
I was there in 1945. We sailed to Baltimore Maryland arriving in February 1946
Our mother was an American citizen who got stuck in Denmark when Hitler invaded Denmark in April of 1940
We ended up in San Diego where I grew up
Starting in the first grade not speaking English
Graduated Helix high school in La Mesa class of 1957
Thank You
wow! how old were you in 46, do you miss Denmark?
I was seven years old Do I miss Denmark not really My wife and me have been back to Denmark a few times It’s a very Socialist
@@howardnielsen6220 Just the fact you think socialism is quantifiable in degrees demonstrates how you don't know what you are talking about.
My parents grew up in Denmark and my wife and me have been back to Denmark a few times We have witness Socialism its pretty much birth to grave if that’s what you like fine but this is the reason for my parents immigrated to the United States I’m not sure of your point
@@howardnielsen6220ya that’s what I heard to but there’s a lot of good things comes with it not all bad
The good old days when you could stand in the middle of a busy road and the traffic would swerve round you.
I saw in an earlier video in this series that they used a jeep with a makeshift tripod in the rear to get some of these shots.
Been in Copenhagen for three years until recently. Really enjoyed it, two clear developments I can remember of, are the biking lanes and Cityhall square having a metro station now which wasn't of course back then
Yeah it's really nice now that summer is here and most of the metro works have finished.
the picture quality is amazing. it looks like it was taken not too long ago despite its age of 72 years. most likely these people in the video are long gone
The whole race is near gone.
@Adolf Hitler He means 'generation' (generally speaking - "all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively." ) - I presume
In the days of silent films, exhibitors soon realized that they needed some music to cover the clatter made by the projector. Nowadays, when a film is silent, we add projector-clatter sound. Anyone who wants to understand humans needs to think about that from time to time.
Reminds me of the fake click sound when we make a picture with our phone or digital cameras.
The Danes were nuts over bicycles even back then!
Gary Grandy they didn’t own cars...the Nazis had just left.
...Страна, густо населённая велосипедами. (Херлуф Бидструп).
@@williamsimmons152 Bicycles was the common man's transportation from at least the 20's.
They are still super common in all the cities, because the small medieval streets are a horror show to find parking in :)
One thing I notice about the people of these older films moving around in sync. No traffic signs or lights. Cars, street cars you name it and everyone seems to know the rules of the road.
No seat belts either and I didn't see a single crash in those 5 minutes so evidently traffic was much safer...
Looks like someone was impressed with scandinavian women 😂
Looks more like she was impressed with the camera guy 😆
Det var tyskarna också.
Just like the Germans
@@adolfhiller3146 your post is not written in danish, btw; it either is swedish or facsimilates swedish.
@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Geschrieben in 100% schwedisch!
Like others also stated the picture quality is truly amazing compared to it´s age. I almost felt like I was there myself despite only watching it on a laptop. Imagine watching it on a very big screen. I could almost feel the sun and smell the moisture from the rainy wet streets.
I do watch youtube on a 50" TV. It is the channel that I watch most of the time. It's incredible. Have you not been able to do that?
Just really great videos of the past. It's almost like a time travel. I wish I could go back in time to those days.
Those young women would be in their 90s now...if indeed still alive. I wonder if they knew they would be recorded so for future posterity.
Hehehe. Nice question.
Allan Birmantas you’re probably born in 1930s these women in the video were at least in their early or mid 20s born in 1920s and they would be in there 90s right now just my guess
@@nobody9126 That is correct,1936 in Kaunas Lithuania specifically. At the time of those movies, I was almost 9.
@@allanbirmantas1695 Cool you can see it again no in internet.I really enjoy theese videos from the past =)
@@allanbirmantas1695 "Maybe"?? 😁
I went to Copenhagen in 1957, had a great time.
4:30 Ford and Esso logos in the background. The same Esso logo was used by Esso Australia until 1991 when the company ceased operations here. It's a good-looking logo, no complaints. But it should have been applied to their rail tank wagons more liberally out here though. Ampol came back so who knows. But the great thing is that Ampol used a similar font to the old one in their new logo.
The girl in the grey coat is filmed at Kongens Nytorv or "The King's New Square" in english, the Royal Theater would be to the left of her when you first see her. The building with the columns in the background, is where Danske Bank (the Danish Bank) headquarters is today and behind the bank you can see a grey building, that´s where The National Bank is located today...
tak.
@@carlcushmanhybels8159 Du er velkommen...😉👍
Love the way people used to dress up back then.
That was not considered "dressing up". It was during the pre bluejean era. Those were just work pants.
They dressed like they had self-respect.
Where do you live? I think it still the same in Scandinavia. The only people I know that look really down dressed would be the americans (now a days) you can spot them from miles away because of how they dress. Wearing flipflops in the city center etc etc
@@Swedeflyern
If your experience with Americans is limited to tourists, this might by the case as they are on holiday. In my experience Swedes are far more dressed-down in a work context than Americans or Brits (Or even the average European). America is very much a suit and tie culture (or course this varies by industry), whereas in this Sweden there is alot more business casual in the work place.
This is amazing. I strongly recommend people set the Playback Speed to 0.75 to get a more realistic speed though.
The cameraman was a bit of a flirt. ;-)
Linus Wärn
I get the picture
Flirting was vastly preferable to the rape experienced by so many women on both sides at the end of the war. Spoils and revenge.
Thought I was the only one who notice that! He definitely had a keen eye for beauty!!
I love the Danes.
Copenhagen wonderful city.
I'm guessing more then a flirt. (.)(.)
The first part with the harbour is NOT copenhagen...it seems to be some northern germany city/harbour. Then it is copenhagen from the part with the woman in grey dress, untill the "Grand hotel" which is in Odense. Hereafter Fuen and the bridge over Lillebælt between Jutland and Fuen.
From minute 0.00 to 1.45 it is the port of Kiel (Germany). In the last section of this part you can see the ocean liner "New York", which was sunk in a bomb attack on April 3rd, 1945.
www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=newyk
Agreed! The first part does not seem like/ or look like Copenhagen harbor.
The most remarkable is the lack of cars and how slim people were.
The town hasn't changed that much
Thank you so much!
3:52 very heart-warming to see American gi’s making new friends in Denmark.
The first minutes of the film (0.00 to 1.45) are not Copenhagen. It is the port of Kiel (Germany). In the last pictures of this section you can see the wreck of the ocean liner "New York", which was sunk on April 3, 1945 in a bombing raid on Kiel.
Not Bremen or Hamburg?
@@ulflyng4072 No, it's Kiel. I was born in Kiel in 1949 and I know my city. When I was a child in the 1950s, the halls of the former Krupp-Germania shipyard were torn down and new modern halls were built. Since 1997 the Norway quay is located on this place, from which the large ferries go to Oslo.
qualtity-taxis.de/locations/norwegenkai.php
Good info. I could not match the pictures with the Copenhagen I know and neither could I make the images of the shipwreck fit.
Belas imagens.
I still haven’t, but beautiful girls were already. How lovely💓
" todos esos recuerdos se borrarán cómo lagrimas en la lluvia "
By Roy Batty !
I miss Copenhagen as I miss my love there the ambience of the city adds to love another fictional flavor... I hope you are happy KATIJA ADOM***
Did he leave you ?
I like how it is obvious the cameraman was chatting up and recording pretty girls in between.
Only after 1:47 Copenhagen. Start of footage definately not Denmark. The framerate is somewhat off.
It's almost certainly from Hamburg or one of the north German port cities. You can even make out U-boats under various degrees of construction and/or destruction. Port facilities of the scale depicted in this footage didn't or doesn't really exist anywhere in Denmark.
@@Pow3llMorgan The first part of the film from 0:07 to 1:45 shows the port of Kiel in northern Germany. I'm from Kiel.
Copenhagen is the most beautiful and thriving city that I have visited. I can see why they say Denmark is the happiest place to live in.
Then why do we have one of the highest suicide rates?
@@skakdosmer ? I can't see this in statistics
Ver estas pessoas interagindo e saber que a maioria delas já não existe mais.
É algo nostálgico e nos faz perguntar: O que é o ser humano ?
Um produto dos eventos caóticos do universo. Não somos nada mais do que um mero produto do acaso.
.75 speed for best results, great video though!
In this age of climate change it's so great to see so many people rolling along on bikes! No money and no gas, for starters. The bikes and people seem in great shape ... Not like where people were literally or close to starving by that point
@Ricky Roma: Wrong. The science is clear.
@Ricky Roma If you did actual research you would know the difference between the normal change in climate and the one happening now. And the temperatures do support it? Google 'temperature change since the industrial revolution' although you probably won't believe it because you think the politicians you support are better scientists than actual scientists. You call people tools, but you're just following Fox News, or some other bullshit, blindly. The same science that told you the ice age exists, now tells you that we are ruining the earth. Get your mind out of the gutter and step down from the high horse. You're not smart.
That clip made me remember a few extraordinary graves I saw in Copenhagen. I was surprised to see a few graves of soviet soldiers in the south-east part of Bispebjerg cemetery. Obviously they lost their lives in Copenhagen during the war.
colin minhinnick .
What’s that in the dry dock at 1:11?
Wow! These WW 2 ladies were beautiful!
Before forced diversity. What a time.
Denmark, where everyone can be a model.
Only the young. The women become a bit horse-faced as they age and the boys become pig-faced, but they are both beautiful when young.
@@MrCrowebobby I bet you're aging beautifully though.
@@petradichavich Actually, I was till 6 months ago and I'm 85, but I was less attractive as a youth. Some races don't change much with age, other people look completely different. The only human being who has ever literally "taken my breath away" was a girl of about 15, seen on the street in Copenhagen. I wasn't sexually attracted to her, just struck dumb by her beauty. I think Tony Bennett is much better looking as an old man than he was as a young man. Sorry if you find all this insulting. I don't mean it to be.
Very pretty ladies here. WoW
askjiir STFU have some respect
@@DrJones20 Are you a turk?
@@johanvandermeulen9696 Norwegian
@@DrJones20 Unskyld. Jeg kan laese dansk og ogsaa en smule norge. Jeg var aldrig i Norge. Jeg besögte i 2017 Söderjylland , Ribe . Jeg beundrer Vikinger. Jeg laeste fra dansk forfatter Lars Johansson, romanen: "Ved Ishavet", Gyldendal 2018. Leger paa Berlevaag (Finmark) i Anden Verdenskrig. Hilsner, Johan fra Amsterdam.
When did the Americans come to Copenhagen? My father was part of the English paratroop unit that flew into the city to take the German surrender there very early in May 1945 (he met my mother there - they later married) and was there until August. He never made any mention of any American presence.
4:29 fun fact that is not Copenhagen That is Odense on the Island of Fyn. My great grandfather worked next to that building. Odense is the 3rd largest city in Denmark after Aarhus. And if you look behind the Hotel with the Esso gas station my Grandfather allways brought his car down there to fill up his car.
The first minutes of the film from minute 0:07 to minute 1:45 were not shot in Denmark, but in Kiel (Germany). I come from Kiel (born 1949) and know this harbor panorama from my childhood. Today there is a modern ferry port at this point, from where the ferries go to Oslo (Norway).
My Danish relatives went through the occupation in Copenhagen. I wonder if any of them are in this video.
Nice video.
The first few minutes most be from Wilhelsmhafen or Kiel in Germany. There where no Uboat bases in Denmark...and there where no demolishing of harbors like this in Denmark.
George Stevens films from Second World War and after are simply the best made at that time! George always filmed places as they were. And always captured the human cost of war without filter. And then of course his completely irresistible urge to film beautiful women. He simply could not stop himself! His film strips give us the best and most true images of the war and right after.
Fascinating piece of history and good to see Copenhagen looking relatively intact at the end of the war. Your text says British forces liberated Denmark, which is true; but most of the military personnel in this film are from the United States?
They appear to be tourists.
@@joea1433 The first few minutes of the film were not shot in Copenhagen. From minute 0 to minute 1.45 the pictures show the port of Kiel (Germany).
Yes, British and Commonwealth forces played a huge part all over the world, defeating military regimes and others, to date they have still to defeat Hollywood.
As you watch old war films you’ll see GIs advising British Generals on where they are going wrong. There had to be at least one American Major player in each film or it was said US audiences wouldn’t watch them.
Yes, British and Canadian.
I travelled to Copenhavn last year. Its the most european city i have ever been. The other parts of western europe are very multi culti today , i say it in positive words.
You didn't visit Nørrebro district, did you.
I heard they d see don’t welcome other cultures they are very close on them self
My dad said when they liberated Belgium and all of Europe, people would just go wild after them they were so happy. He didn’t get into details. lol 😂
Dayum, Grandpa got his game on!!!
To set the record straight, the Danes were very cross with the Germans.
Being civilized, Danish resistance mainly took the form of confounding german logistics, transportation and materials.
The day the Jews were ordered to wear the mark, the King rode through the city wearing it in solidarity, and the Danes understood, the Danes protected their Jews staunchly.
No one is saying some Danish girls didn't end up flat on their backs with a german boy, boys were boys and girls were girls, but it would have been such a scandal!
Heads were shaved after the war.
To set the record a little straighter still: At the beginning of the war many Danes were nazis, or at least pro-German. But of course, as the end of the war drew near, and it became obvious that the Germans wouldn’t win, everyone was very cross with the Germans.
The operative word you use is "many", I have a different perception of the word "many" if only for the tale of King Christian, who took took a daily horseback ride through Copenhagen, who when he learned that Danish Jews had been ordered to wear a yellow star appeared each day thereafter wearing a yellow star. He was instantly imitated by nearly all the other Danes.
Literally millions of Jews were deported from other German occupied countries but I've seen the number deported from Denmark calculated at just below 70.
After the war the male traitors who the Danes could identify were executed at the Christiania barracks, the women had their heads shaved.
So why after almost 80 years later so many racist people in Denmark?
Parabéns!
While living under an invading dictator is never fun, gotta say, Denmark got through ww2 quite nicely. Compared to the horrors happening other places in Europe.
So some might see the government as cowards, surrendering only a few hours in.... It was absolutely the right decision for the people. Denmark didn't stand a f***ing chance against Nazi Germany. And the amazing resistance fighting back wherever they could and helping 99% of the Jewish population escape to Sweden.
So while Europe owe the US, UK and Soviets a lot, smaller countries did a good job with what they had to work with.
What they going fight with their bikes? stand no chance with German war machine
My Dad was a Ship builder before the war. The Danes managed to sink most off the Naval ships right under the German Occupation, and after, my dad was part off rebuilding Danish Shipping industry! 🇩🇰🇺🇸🗽🇬🇧📬🌅🦅😎
Brilliant effort by the Danes sinking and building
What is the story behind the damaged listing ship in the harbour - presumably German ?
the s.s new york hit in a bombing raid
even in 1945 everywhere bikes in kopenhagen
Why is someone adding a projector sound track? Do they think the audience really loved that sound?
So sad this beautiful girl is proabably not here anymore, would have loved to meet her at that age.
Troops very happy with beautiful ladies
After the horror of the 2nd World War , happiness is what people want. Women are beautiful.
"Fun" fact: Denmark's economy actually grew during the Second World War.
George Stevens film footage.. Kodachrome 16mm
The Esso gas tank at the Littlebelt bridge is still there even though it has been closed for years.
_Após a segunda guerra mundial ter acabado, oque resta agora é seguir adiante; ignorando as milhões de vidas inocentes e envolvidas por ganancia de interesses de gente que detém o poder financeiro no mundo... até hoje. Pessoas sorrindo, expondo seu alívio de o terror ter acabado... caminhando em ruas cobertas de sangue de heróis anônimos_
I’m not convinced all the early water shots are of CPH.
It is not. Probably The Netherlands.
Hamburg. North Germany. Copenhagen starts 1:44. The latter of the film is from either Odense, Fyn or Aalborg
@@ulflyng4072 It's true, CPH shots starts just when blond chicks appear ...
My brother was stationed in Copenhagen during the second world war. As a young soldier he said it was the best time of his life. Even today there is hardly any sex crimes due to legal prostitution in that country. The health department are very strict to prevent outbreak of sexual disease.
You are laughably wrong about that, and what is the relevance of your tendencies to this video?
Nothing beats Danish women ♥️
wow...
Wow - look at all that diversity!
Copenhagen was liberated by the Brits. The Danes love Monty for having cut off the Danish peninsula from Russians.
woah, powerful. @tdr
hardcurrrrrrrrr @tdr
@tdr You should just leave.
@tdr i'm a slav and you are a fucking idiot.
@tdr If you're gonna insult Danish woman based on how loose their vaginas are then honestly you really shouldn't be around videos like these.
3:59 . Those men didn't want to return home.
Denmark starts after 1:43 before that it is not Denmark.
Reminds me of the fantastic movie, Flame and Citron (or something like that) about the heroic Dutch Resistance. Great Movie! yes, I know Holland and Denmark are completely different counties, but they are similar.
You got the name of the movie right, but.. Dutch resistance? Those guys were from the Danish resistance. They were from a group called Holger Danske.
I wish I had experienced that time. Although it has probably been a tough subsequent time, I never think the world has felt more free since.
Footage from Copenhagen starts at 01:44.
And everyone said thank god its over.
Pre-Islamic Denmark
The spirit of liberation... now we see...
Sometimes it seems as if motor vehicles are driving on the bike paths.
Seems like most of these posts are from guys in perpetual dry dock
Can't get any
Two things I noticed immediately were: An Opel Capitan with American markings(white star) and the cameraman clearly loves pretty girls. (so who doesn't?) Nice piece of history without the usual depressing shots seen in WWII films.
The harbourshots are NOT form Copenhagen. The street scenes are ok. A fre shots are from Odense and Funen.
Yes, the first part is not from Denmark. Probably Germany. The British liberated Denmark, and there were never American soldiers in Denmark.
The first few minutes of the film were not shot in Copenhagen. From minute 0 to minute 1.45 the pictures show the port of Kiel (Germany).
At the start, the signs are in Greek, so I'm confused as to what we're seeing...
No, signs in Russian about the "Friendship Bridge," probably extra footage from the Elbe River episode.
Столько горя принесла война ,затронувшая всех в европе .
The Danish Resistance during the war was involved in tactical struggles between younger, more aggressive members, and older, more conservative. At any rate, they fought the Nazis effectively enough.
Several family friends (met after the war) were in the Danish Resistance. It is good and was effective that Danes could be involved however they felt capable of. Dr. Poul Kirketerp, family friend, coordinated Resistance Newspapers distribution for the Aarhus-Horsens area. He and his nurse wife, Schu, also published a local news insert in the Aarhus Hospital basement. For papers and more he was part of a phone network too. This helped relay Jews north to board fishing boats to Sweden. The network and News relayed Resistance happenings. As a doctor he had more mobility than most Danes. A Mr. Hollanbro, was in Anti-Collaborationist Activities. Dr. K was arrested by the Germans later '44. He was imprisoned in Germany. Fellow Resistance prisoners smuggled in a radio in parts. They listened to the BBC Danish Program. Danish Resistance was very successful: It built strength as people could. Friendly Germans were 'turned' too: E.g., a German friend of a Danish govt man tipped him off the Nazis planned to roundup the Jews at Roshahashanah. This started the Autumn '43 momentum to spirit the Jews to Sweden.
They fight With their 🚴 😂