The liberation of the Dutch city of Amsterdam in 1945 in color! De bevrijding van Amsterdam in kleur

[@Rick88888888]

*All episodes in this series about the Liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 can be found in this Playlist* : kzbin.info/aero/PLP_6hUsQRi8serTiHGuwlDPnbXmv1SPHe This is A.I. colorized footage plus the use of the latest A.I. video enhancer software. I must admit that the colorizer needs improvement as regards colorizing large groups of people. It is 4 years since its maker released this software (and still no white smoke)...

[@Calatriste54]

These films are a monument of History.. Greatly appreciated.

[@florabraswell8423]

My mother was from Amsterdam Holland, my daddy fought in WW2, my daddy met my mother on a 3 day leave from where he was Stationed in Germany, he n my mother married in Amsterdam In 1947 , my daddy was an American Soldier l am constantly looking for my momma n daddy in these Videos 🥲thank you for posting you are very kind 🙏🙏🙏❤️💙💜

[@briangraham1024]

Back in 1991 our hockey team went to Europe and played throughout various countries. We finished our one-month tour with a weekend tournament in Den Bosch Holland. It was a wonderful time. The Dutch people were happy to see us and ever so grateful to all Canadians for our contribution during the war. Truly a memorable experience.

[@lozdyer1087]

I can only imagine the conflict of emotions all these people would have been experiencing. It’s nice to see them happy and looking forward to peace. Thanks

[@vuemusicale]

What emotions in this crowd freed from the yoke of the German occupation. Thank you for sharing and bravo for the editing.

[@BuffaloBuffalo-uc6zp]

You are so ignorant of the truth, and what really happened back then, and i am in a situation where i can't go into detail explaining what took place because this communist platform will delete by comment because they are afraid of the REAL TRUTH getting out. !

[@criminalitycollective]

Amazing video! My grandmother (who is still thriving at 92 today) is riding one of these trucks. It’s exactly how she described it to be. Fascinating. She was very emotional when I showed her your video. Thank you

[@williamgardiner4956]

The Dutch have NEVER forgotten what Canadian troops did to free their country and to this day they send 20,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa for the annual spring planting.

[@eddiec4536]

Excellent history video of the Dutch people. My daughter is now living in the Netherlands near Amsterdam. Thank you for keeping the memory of these past heroes of world 2 alive.

[@moniquebrood5441]

Prachtig gedaan, heel mooi. Mijn ouders waren toen tien jaar en woonden in Amsterdam. Ook zij moeten daar ergens hebben staan juichen.

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel. Misschien kun je ze vinden als je gericht gaat kijken. Ik probeer al jaren mijn ouders en Engelse Oma te ontdekken die op VE-Day in de massa voor de hekken van Buckingham Palace hebben gestaan, maar tot nu toe helaas...

[@moniquebrood5441]

@@Rick88888888 mooi he, even in de kindertijd van je ouders toeschouwer zijn. Magisch. Ik ben met stamboomonderzoek bezig en flabbergasted wat er met mijn oma zoal is gebeurd rond 1925. Fijne avond nog.

[@EllyYoung12]

@@Rick88888888 ik heb jaren geleden onderzoek gedaan waar mijn vader te werk was gesteld in Osnabrück en kwam hem met anderen warempel tegen op een film die gemaakt was door de Canadezen. Dez film op KZbin gevonden en helaas zwart-wit 🤗👍

[@williamloogman9257]

Ja het is heel mooi , my parents grew up in Amsterdam during the war and then migrated to Canada in 1956. My opa used to work at the NDSM

[@moniquebrood5441]

@@williamloogman9257 Mijn ouders wilden ook naar Canada maar dat ging helaas niet door. Ik had graag in Canada gewoond.

[@gmg1985]

My Canadian dad fought U Boats in the North Atlantic. He would have loved to see this. I appreciate the tulip bulbs every year.

[@PPdabest]

Indrukwekkend!! Bedankt voor deze prachtige beelden!

[@mysticwanderer4787]

Thank you for posing this. While stationed in Italy I took the opportunity to visit the Netherlands and instantly fell in love with the country and its people. I have returned many times since. This video was particularly poignant to me because I recognize several of the places filmed and they look just like they did in 1945. Few except those who have also been through occupation by the Nazis know the horrors the Dutch people endured or the bravery of their resistance.

[@371francis]

Thanks for uploading this video. My grandfather was with the Canadian army and took part of the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945. He was with the North Shore Regiment. I would not be surprised if he was part of the celebrations in your films.

[@omatattie]

Still, So gratefull....TnakYou...

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video Rick, amazing footage, it's been a great pleasure to watch all this footage of the liberation, brilliant to see all those beautiful smiling faces, must of been such happy time😀👌👍

[@BarryWalker-r2b]

Interesting scenes. I've visited Holland several times. I visited Anne Frank House on one occasion. I found that it brought up many emotions sad horrified angry but also inspired by them and their helpers at their bravery and fortitude. It's shame those in the annex (bar Otto) did not live to see these wonderful scenes. Thanks Rick.

[@davidgaston738]

my dear old dad was one of amsterdams liberators so this is interesting for me thank you

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@merovekh]

Your dad was a hero!

[@saskiavisser1279]

Wat een mooie beelden en wat zagen de mensen er goed en netjes uit zelfs na 5 jaar ontberingen.

[@isabellabrandt5782]

Lieber Rick, es ist großartig dass sie die Filme überarbeiten und auf KZbin einem großen Publikum zur Verfügung stellen. Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße 😊

[@Rick88888888]

Danke sehr!

[@elisabethdejong1381]

mooi om geschiedenis in kleur te beleven, dank voor al jou inzet hiervoor! elke keer weer mooi om jou werk te bekijken...

[@offmana]

absolutely love watching these small snippets in time. perspective is so important - thanks for the upload :>)yo

[@woning9228]

Wat een prachtige en ontroerende beelden toch, zeer veel dank

[@Sox148]

It's not just about the colours.... now we can see their emotions and feel their dreams! Well done Rick... 🔝👏

[@stephensmith4480]

I did a holiday tour of Holland some years ago. You will not meet nicer people, we had a great time there. My Father was friends with a Dutch family that lived in my home city of Liverpool. The guys name was Henri Nauise ( not sure about the spelling, sorry ) They ran a Dutch social club here, called Holland House, the building is still there. I often think about those times, my Dad and me visiting his Dutch friends and then years later, me being on holiday in that wonderful country.

[@Rick88888888]

PS: I had a hard time finding suitable music. Eventually I chose this music, although it is not entirely to my satisfaction.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Difficult during savage occupation I know, but was there any popular /traditional Dutch music pre-war, that might be suitable ?

[@Rick88888888]

@@MrDaiseymay Plenty, but surprisingly 78 rpm records are often still subject to copyright. Over the years I wasted hundreds of hours trying out pre-war music only to be refused by KZbin because of copyright. That's why I now use music from an online (payed) archive for content providers. Liberation videos are especially difficult to choose good music because it relates to war, death and destruction but also happiness about being liberated. I spent about 4 hours trying-out music for this video (and got frustrated with afore mentioned archive). Hardly anything I tried worked (to my feeling).

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@Rick88888888 money money money. I tried to answered your query about 'If you were the only Girl in the world'. but failed, I am totally at a loss, as to why a straight and simple question,---''Is this ----- protected by ''Copywrite '' etc, and is replied by rheems of organisations , but who don't, answer the question. Yet--I had 4 uploads banned because of copywrite claims.

[@Rick88888888]

@@MrDaiseymay It seems a lot of music companies just try it on to claim copyright and it often gets wrongfully granted. Even Dutch archive Beeld En Geluid blocked one of my videos about Queen Wilhelmina´s corronation in 1898 (It´s now on my other channel)

[@DavidFraser007]

Music was perfect for me. It captured the happiness of all the people there.

[@Nikki_Holland]

Just wonderful. Bedankt Rick

[@mithridateseupator3492]

Some of the troops are from the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada from Vancouver.

[@simonmoran6848]

Rick you have done a amazing job I have not seen scenes like these awesome job on the ww2 liberation will you be doing any other combat clip restoration It would look amazing anyway All the best and good luck with the rest absolutely fantastic

[@wombatwilly1002]

These posts are great snapshots into history.Being Canadian it's great to see this footage.My mom's best friend's family came to Canada after the war.The Dutch are top notch!

[@kenreeve6549]

"Yorkshire lass" on a roof of a red army truck , as a Yorkshire lad it makes me so proud of these brave people

[@dulls8475]

Possibley from the 1st East Riding Yeomanry who were attached.

[@Backwardlooking]

Thank you. All those souls joyously celebrating their liberation from tyranny and oppression. Let’s hope that soon applies to those currently in conflict. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@NEDERLAM]

Thank you, very nice job. Hope there will be more Dutch historical videos in the future.

[@Rick88888888]

Thanks! Have you checked out my channel? There are already 260+ videos there!

[@stevenblack7928]

very well done, never seen the images, thank you for uploading

[@theroller5673]

Between September 1944 and May 1945 about 13,000 allied troops lost their lives while fighting in the Netherlands. The British lost about 6,700, the Canadians about 4,000, the Americans 1,135 and the Poles 630.

[@ronaldvanstaverden6315]

Beste Rick, weer een geweldige film die ik zeker ga gebruiken in mijn les. Bedankt

[@Rick88888888]

Graag gedaan. Fijn dat je dit soort onderwerpen met je leerlingen bespreekt.

[@drgdawson1]

It's amazing to see the joy on the people's faces!

[@davidmcgee6258]

A totally terrific video. I thank you for your hard work and creativity. This video makes me very proud to be Canadian.

[@jane---489]

*_Can you imagine all the romantic relationships that started and flowered that happy day ..._*

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed. There is a famous old Dutch song titled `Trees heeft een Canadees` See kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpLap6N_nL9qfNU `Trees` is the first name of a typical Dutch girl who gets engaged with a Canadean soldier, like so many other Dutch girls.

[@jane---489]

@@Rick88888888 *_Thanks, I will have a look and listen ..._*

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@Rick88888888 Allied soldier's even married German girls. Nothing can beat off mutual attraction.

[@meepenjaap7999]

Great comment.

[@jane---489]

@milsom knits *_Poor 'milsom', no imagination, sad and unfortunate ..._*

[@EllyYoung12]

Was een schitterende serie met mooie beelden! Heb ervan genoten, dank!👍😃

[@isabellabrandt5782]

Vielen Dank für diesen wunderbaren Film 🎉

[@carmenmg2227]

Thank you very much for share this amazing historical video 💚

[@Rick88888888]

Our pleasure!

[@winnywin]

The Netherlands were liberated by Canadian forces, British infantry divisions, the British I Corps, the 1st Polish Armoured Division, American, Belgian, Dutch and Czechoslovak troops.

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

Thank you boys !

[@davidgaston738]

my father was a liberator of the netherlands

[@philiptimmons9672]

Mine too

[@jervenaxe]

Very moving film, I was there when the Canadian veterans visited Amsterdam in 1975, also entering via the Berlage bridge. One mistake in the commentary: the Rivierenlaan is not the present Vrijheidslaan, but is now the President Kennedylaan (laan is the Dutch word for avenue).

[@TimNelson]

Masterpiece, and historically important!

[@tubularap]

Thanks for this wonderful series. I am sorry to have to point out that the scene starting at 0:17 is not filmed in Amsterdam but in Haarlem. The camera is in the Grote Houtstraat and looks north towards the Grote Markt, the central square of Haarlem. On Google Streetview you can find a similar position, and you can see the resemblance with the filmed scene. The next scene, from 0:21 till 0:23 is also from Haarlem. This is on the Grote Markt, looking west, seeing the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster in the center of the square, and behind that you can see the City Hall. The statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster was moved to a location more east on the square on September 1966. Thanks again for all the beautiful videos, and giving us the opportunity to relive a precious past.

[@meepenjaap7999]

Eh, it's only a slootje away

[@guitarhans]

Schitterend, dit brengt het allemaal erg dichtbij. Zoveel feestvreugde een dag na de schietpartij op de Dam. Een paar maanden later waren de bevrijdingsfeesten wat geluwd, mijn ouders trouwden in juli 1945.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Thanks so much for this piece of important history

[@dulls8475]

With a vehicle called Yorkshire Lass there would be English soldiers there as well. Possibly from 1st East Riding Yeomanry who were one of many British army units making up the Canadian Army.

[@winnywin]

The Netherlands were liberated by Canadian forces, British infantry divisions, the British I Corps, the 1st Polish Armoured Division, American, Belgian, Dutch and Czechoslovak troops.

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

My grandfather was in the British army. Yorks and lancs regiment, I believe, they liberated the Netherlands.

[@hjon9119]

Otto Frank walked along these streets while mourning for the loss of his family

[@ginatorres4434]

Prachtig gedaan!! Thank you so much. Greatings from Barcelona

[@Inayah-jy8qb]

wauw wat bijzonder om te zien

[@death2pc]

Maar nu...... is Europa binnengevallen door de linkse EU, erger dan de Germanen.........

[@peterdebrie]

This is what the Russian soldiers expected in the Ukraine.

[@dougmungoven4315]

Important historical footage and a great day for Holland

[@jackmundo4043]

Tremendous. Thanks so much.

[@Rick88888888]

You're very welcome!

[@shannonblok658]

Schitterend. Ik wordt er emotioneel van.

[@benjaminmoogk3531]

George Stevens made some great 16mm Kodachrome footage of the same event. Nice to see the cap badge of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed! This is one of his best films: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqjcaYawi9KKfcU , part of his Special Film Project SFP186

[@omatattie]

Steeds vaker (87 jaar) denk ik aan die geweldige dag op de Berlagebrug. Met Albert Euwe

[@jerrypauling7809]

Lots of Happy People

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Danke vel! Thank you!

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@@koekelmetperen My parents taught in Drenthe. Some words are different. And as and for Americans, spelling it "je wel" would be problematic: American English has a "hard J" (So Americans seeing "je wel" will pronounce it like: "Jewel.")

[@mcme170]

Muchas gracias

[@Chaocangwu]

Hello, I am your loyal fan, I hope to see more precious historical images about China, thank you!

[@Rick88888888]

More to come!

[@bgurtek]

Rick, is it you who is narrating this film?

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed

[@trstquint7114]

@@Rick88888888 very well done, my friend!

[@Walkman0007]

prachtig, heeft u ook beelden van antwerpen?

[@Rick88888888]

Nee, helaas

[@YorkyOne]

A 'Yorkshire Lass' at 1.20!

[@dirkb5978]

Misschien een idee om een video te maken van de Slag om de Schelde? Er zijn een hoop spectaculaire beeldmaterialen hiervan te vinden. Ik denk dat het erg mooi is om die beelden in kleur te zien!

[@Rick88888888]

Ik heb het genoteerd. Bedankt voor de tip

[@Nightowl5379]

Thank you!

[@_Forever555]

Watching this after KZbin recommended while I’m wearing a t-shirt that says Amsterdam... 😅

[@Alberto-vo8cc]

Bel video , grazie

[@lunamae4718]

Does my heart good to see this !

[@petervdwees]

Prachtige beelden zoals altijd. Ik vind het toch wel vreemd dat de mensen er zo uitzien na een hongerwinter? Heeft iemand hier een verklaring voor? Een verklaring zou kunnen zijn de voedsel droppings maar lijkt me niet waarschijnlijk.

[@artrandy]

Fabulous sight............

[@TCW838]

Amazing. Love this.

[@omatattie]

Thank you so much Rick88888888

[@Redvexer]

Americans said, we destroyed the wrong army.

[@charlesvan13]

We destroyed both. Third Reich 1945, USSR in 1991.

[@binaway]

Although attributed to General Patton there is no record he ever said it. It appears to be a post war US far right and anti communist slogan from the 1950's that has become more widely known since being posted on social media platforms.

[@LectionesInterbellum]

Amsterdam “bevrijd” maar enkele decennia later omgevolkt tot Verweggistan en Bantoestan.

[@VolodymyrPrykhodkoG]

Looks like liberation of Bucha in 2022

[@alohathaxted]

How do you look up what a sugar maple leaf looks like? Looks like an ornamental maple leaf was found to copy from somebodies’ garden. Looks like an Amur Maple leaf on that sign. Its considered an invasive species.

[@Rick88888888]

Oh please, what a silly comment. Ofcourse they only used proper Maple Leaf symbols even back then.

[@alohathaxted]

@@Rick88888888 i meant the folks holding up the banner in the crowd that said maple leafs. The leaf they copied wasn't a sugar maple and they likely didn't know the diference because the world was very different back then.

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

@@alohathaxted Yes, I understood what you meant and noticed the odd shape too. I thought it was very cute they clearly tried to draw a maple leaf but weren't quite sure of the correct shape :')

[@MrKarregast]

Trees heeft een Canadees samen in de Jeep en dan vol gas

[@LitoGeorge]

Splendid. War sucks.

[@alessandranunesdeoliveira3908]

Anne Frank queria ter vivido esse momento. Infelizmente nesse momento ela já tinha falecido 😢

[@krazytroutcatcher]

Obviously you don’t know those people tried to take over Germany? Just like they did in Russia, then created the Soviet Union.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@krazytroutcatcher Anne Frank tried to take over Germany?

[@tarnsand440]

Everyone came ot to celebrate dressed in their Sunday best.

[@trollgod7565]

People dressed better back then, they had class. They didn't go to Walmart in their pajamas and shower caps.

[@TheBooty28]

Yes nowadays you would see someone walking down the street in underwear in the video. No lie. I was living in a dutch village two years ago. It was barely summer and two teenage girls were walking down the road in a bikini bottom and a tshirt with sandals

[@awinksusanto575]

0:52 skill tank driving! 😂

[@rowds]

1:46 I hope she's 18 in this shot hehe but my oh my what a beautiful Dutch girl!

[@Rick88888888]

Which one?

[@balzak1.1]

Prachtige beelden.Heeft u ook misschien iets uit Zeeland? Bijvoorbeeld Breskens dat net als Rotterdam kapot gebombardeerd is

[@renekuipers4563]

Je kam je niet voorstellen .vertelde moeders angst stress honger .opeens was het over..de jongens in uniform..De meiskes werden gek..3 maanden ball canada Ja Trees heeft een Canadees .veel kids geboren 9 maanden later .

[@buhransavar5874]

Milli kurtuluş gününüzü kutlarım 🌹

[@eddihaskell]

Everyone looks near starving.

[@renekuipers4563]

Yes 3 months later...They think 3. miljon people starving till dead..Last moment saved bij young boys.

[@cirrus1964]

Lack of knowledge and stupid remark here Eddi, the hunger winter was 1944 - 45!

[@cirrus1964]

@@renekuipers4563 Ga eens wat geschiedenis leren kerel!

[@jpvdw1961]

And how are they supposed to look after being occupied by the Nazis?

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Along with thousands more my grandmother died of starvation in holland trying to feed six kids , the cat ended up in the pot , so sad ...........

[@renekuipers4563]

Dat er nog zoveel materiaal gevonden wordt .op zolder..

[@afstar101]

Why are there's so many youngsters on those trucks?

[@johnstuartsmith]

Old people are sensible enough to realize that falling off the front of a moving truck gets people squished.

[@flashtrash7830]

It's not really in colour. It is colorised.

[@Rick88888888]

As already clearly stated in the description

[@flashtrash7830]

@@Rick88888888 yep sorry missed that!

[@naubersm]

A glorious day when you are not under sick bastards boots anymore

[@Tony-1950]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ferfranc7717]

❤💯👍

[@azovnyekhaclassicalacousti4639]

I assume many had died or injured during celebration.👍😮

[@Rick88888888]

??????????

[@azovnyekhaclassicalacousti4639]

@@Rick88888888 well they climb on tanks and trucks and speed around 25-30 km/hr thats pretty scary tho they are celebrating.😟

[@extanegautham8950]

its a shame though, so few of the NSB members were ever punished, one o f the worst escaped to Germany and the Germans, post war, refused to extradite. Almost none of the jew hunters who worked for the nazis were punished. and, to add insult to injury, whe the few dutch jews who surived Bergen Belsen (only 18%....the lowest rate in western europe) the rigidly protestand dutch govt charged them BACK real estate taxes for their time on vacation in Germany, and refused any calls to reason or fairness.

[@graceygrumble]

Jesus wept!

[@ronibieri2357]

​@@graceygrumblethere never was a jesus

[@graceygrumble]

@@ronibieri2357 Tell that to scholars of Josephus, Tacitas, the Synoptic Gospels, Pauline Epistles, Jewish writings about Jesus' baptism, the Talmud and Roman writings about Jesus' execution. You might think the stories surrounding the life and works of Jesus to be exaggerated or totally made up, but denying Jesus' existence has a consensus of about three scholars and a few fools. But, some people think the world is flat. Hey ho!

[@queenclaudiaii2938]

reading rainbow

[@mariathrun5472]

w tym samym czasie co Haga i Rotterdam, 8 maja 1945 roku holenderska stolica Amsterdamu została wyzwolona spod okupacji niemieckiej przez kanadyjskie oddziały, które wkroczyły do ​​miasta przez most Berlage. Kolejne uroczystości trwały całe lato 1945 roku.

[@davidmunchen1406]

AMSTERSLAAG LIBERATED! YAZOOEY!!!