VE Day celebrations

Watch this compilation of film from IWM Archives, showing thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day, local celebrations at King’s Langley in Hertfordshire and victory celebration scenes in Trafalgar Square. Note: the final section of this film is silent.

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WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 213 © IWM WPN 213; 1945 CAVALCADE © IWM MGH 3549; VE DAY – LONDON © IWM MGH 2085