Reel Number: 221230-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1944
Country: Greece
Location: MediteranNean,piraeus
TC Begins: 18:06:07
TC Ends: 18:07:16
Duration: 00:01:09
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WWII - 1944, Free Greeks Hail Allied DeliveranceBritish navy nears Piraeus, Greece. LS & MS of ships w/ decks lined. Men off to small boats & then onto docks, marching ashore & troops into Athens on tanks. Crowds in Constitution Square waving to British troops; Placards of Hitler hit w/ hammer & Communist flags waved. Filled square from top of building. 18:06:48 Troops at attention & wreath laying by Prime Minister George Papandreou. Bearded rebel soldiers. Acropolis & flag raising, view of city from on top. WW2 Propaganda; Greek Liberation; 1944;