Featured Antwerpen Liberation on 8mm

A few emails later, and I agreed to donate the 2 films. Provided that I can show a high resolution scan of the footage on my YouTube channel, because I paid for the films and the 4K scan.

A nice and certainly informative message:

"Meanwhile, I showed the recordings to 2 colleagues of mine who work on the WWII project. It is in any case a unique and valuable film. It contains various topics: arrest of Germans and collaborators, fraternization with the allied soldiers, damage to houses, chaos of the liberation days, ....

An exact date is difficult to determine. It is possible that part was filmed on September 4, when German soldiers were taken prisoner and the first collaborators arrested. Part of the video takes place at the entrance of the zoo, where curious people gathered to watch the prisoners. It may also be about different dates: perhaps there was not much time on that first liberation day to meet with the soldiers and collect signatures: after all, the battle continued for much of the afternoon and evening. Those scenes may date from September 5 or even later. The same applies to the recordings about the damage and the ship: perhaps of a slightly later date.

It is very nice material to include in the exhibition. If you wish to donate this, it will be carefully preserved by the city archives and can be consulted for research."