Rarely Seen Footage Shows Joy Across Britain On The Day Hitler

It was Britain's biggest street party: when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945, people laid out trestle tables, danced in the streets, paddled in fountains and took part in tug of war races.

Now, as the 75th anniversary approaches during lockdown Britain, Channel 4 producers have discovered rare footage of people celebrating VE Day around the world.

As well as showing scenes across Britain, the programme VE Day In Colour: Britain's Biggest Party, screened on Sunday, has images of Parisiennes partying on the Champs-Élysées, troops parading in Moscow's Red Square and prisoners being released from the German concentration camp Dachau.




















Two soldiers and two women posing for a picture while celebrating on Trafalgar Square in London. Diana, from Croydon, told the programme about travelling to the landmark on the train as part of the D-Day celebrations







A group of young people wave flags in the VE Day celebrations, with parties across the world after the Nazis surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945







Britain's biggest street party: Families celebrating in Tyneside, North East England. People laid out trestle tables, danced in the streets, paddled in fountains and took part in tug of war races across Britain as part of VE Day celebrations







One person plants a kiss on another's cheek in the footage which shows celebrations across the world. Mr Coleman said: kynghidongduong.vn 'When the VE Day celebrations broke out there were a glut of people with cameras and film'







Two boys in Lambeth, a district in south London, eating ice cream cones and holding a Union Jack flag. Nik Coleman, chief executive of Coleman TV, said the footage is 'not secret' but has been 'ignored for a long time'







Children at a street party on a trestle table in East London on the day of the celebrations. As well as showing scenes across Britain, the programme has images of Parisiennes on the Champs-Élysées and troops parading in Moscow's Red Square







A group of young people, including troops, climb on one of the plinths at Trafalgar Square. Diana recalled: 'My memory mostly is about how many people there were and the pushing and shoving'. She described the celebrations as 'spectacular'







Troops and ladies in London. Despite much of the footage showing celebrations across Britain and tour hà giang từ hà nội around the world, the majority of the 8mm film came from American archives as the American GIs had Kodachrome colour film







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