Search Films, Videos

  • Film, Video
    TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917]
    Theodore Roosevelt receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill 1917
    TR entertains members of the Belgian Mission at Sagamore Hill, Aug. 22, 1917. The mission is headed by Baron Ludovic Moncheur, former Ambassador to the United States and includes General Mathieu Leclercq, Commander of the Belgian Cavalry, Major Leon Osterrieth, Hector Carlier, Count Louis d'Ursel, and Jean D. Mertens. Those accompanying the Belgian Mission include George T. Wilson, Major General Daniel Appleton, Lieutenant Harry…
    • Contributor: Wilson, George T. - Osterrieth, Leon - Cook, Thomas C. - Ursel, Louis - Mertens, Jean D. - Moncheur, Ludovic - O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power) - Leclercq, Mathieu - Carlier, Hector - Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René) - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1917
  • Blog
    Homegrown Plus Premiere: WÖR’s Folk and Early Music from Belgium We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with WÖR, a band of five musicians from Belgium whose curiosity and passion lead them to research old Flemish music and present it in vibrant contemporary arrangements. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set of related links to explore!
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2022-08-17
  • Film, Video
    Conversation with WÖR Folk and Early Music from Belgium Watch a conversation with WÖR, who discuss folk and early music from Belgium.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2022
  • Film, Video
    Remember Belgium' -- Poetry as Propaganda During the First World War In 1914 the case of Gallant Little Belgium stirred political and artistic attention and emotion all over the world. Invaded by "the Huns," the Belgians found themselves at the heart of a propaganda battle in both warring and neutral nations. The writing of war poems became part of the war effort. American poets as well joined in. Kluge Fellow Geert Buelens address the use…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2008
  • Film, Video
    King Albert of Belgium visits TR's grave, October, 1919
    Fox News
    King Albert visits Theodore Roosevelt's grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, and is accompanied by his son Prince Leopold, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and several dignitaries. Identified in film are Brand Whitlock, Ambassador to Belgium, walking in the rear of the group, and a man who may be Joseph M. Nye walking beside King Albert. Interior title states that King Albert requested that no…
    • Contributor: Fox, William - Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Fox Film Corporation
    • Date: 1919
  • Film, Video
    [World War II color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany]
    World War 2 color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany | World War Two color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany | Inventory title: Chateau Thierry
    In the fall and winter of 1944-1945, the SPECOU is embedded with American troops as they move through northeast France--from Chateau-Thierry to Reims, through Luxembourg and Belgium, and then to the area in and around Aachen, the westernmost city in Germany. Scenes include bombed buildings and streets, refugees, German prisoners and Christmastime scenes. There are two out of sequence segments of the August 1944…
    • Contributor: Stevens, George - United States. Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit
    • Date: 1944
  • Film, Video
    Vox Luminis Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis performs Monteverdi ("Vorrei Baciarto, o Fili," "Alcun non mi consigli," "Lamento della ninfa"), Della Ciaia's "Lamentatio Virginis in Depositione Filii de Cruce" and D. Scarlatti's "Stabat Mater."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2014
  • personal narrative
    Augustus Epple Collection Technician Five, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - New York, New York; Fort Benning, Georgia; Luxembourg; Bastogne, Belgium; Ardennes, Belgium; St. Vith, Belgium; Metz, France; Germany; European Theater.
  • personal narrative
    Leonard E. Morris Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; Holland; Belgium; Belgium Ardennes.
  • personal narrative
    James W. Nadeau Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Holland; Belgium; Germany; Belgium Ardennes.
    • Contributor: Hansen, Gregory - Nadeau, James W. - Fromm, Annette B.
    • Date: 1943
  • personal narrative
    Clarence N. Felt Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Holland; Belgium; England; Normandy, France; Georgia; England; Belgium Ardennes.
  • personal narrative
    Jim Henderson Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Cherbourg, France; Antwerp, Belgium; Aachen, Belgium; Remagen, Germany; European Theater.
  • personal narrative
    Robert R. Grinnell Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Brussels, Belgium; Grimbergen, Belgium; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Holland; European Theater.
  • personal narrative
    Robert E. Wright Collection Technician Four, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - France; Holland; Belgium; Camp Toccoa, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Mackall, North Carolina; Normandy, France; Holland; Belgium; European Theater.
    • Contributor: Wright, Robert E. - Central Florida World War II Museum - Homan, Brian D.
    • Date: 1942
  • personal narrative
    Robert E. Wright Collection Technician Four, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - France; Holland; Belgium; Camp Toccoa, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Mackall, North Carolina; Normandy, France; Holland; Belgium; European Theater.
    • Contributor: Wright, Robert E. - Hansen, Gregory - Fromm, Annette B.
    • Date: 1942
  • personal narrative
    Gerald S. Paulk Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort McPherson, Georgia; Camp Toccoa, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; England; France; Belgium; Holland; Bastogne, Belgium; Paris, France; Camp MacKall, North Carolina.
  • personal narrative
    Way W. Lee Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Wheeler, Georgia; England; France; Germany; Belgium; Luxembourg.
  • personal narrative
    Victor A. Craig Collection Master Sergeant, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Lackland Air Force Base and Randolph AFB, Texas; California; South Dakota; North Africa; Germany; Belgium; Belgium Congo; Saigon and Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam; Philippines; Cambodia; Japan.
  • personal narrative
    Christopher C. Carawan Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - England; France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany.
  • personal narrative
    Gene H. Rafanelli Collection Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Seattle, Washington; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Vietnam; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Buies Creek, North Carolina; Fort MacArthur, California; Korea; Washington, DC; Vaihingen, Germany; Casteau, Belgium; Brussels, Belgium; Alexandria, Virginia; San Jose, California.
    • Contributor: Veterans Heritage Project - Hatch, Barbara - Rafanelli, Gene H.
    • Date: 1963
  • personal narrative
    Larry H. Richardson Collection Army, Cold War - Germany; France; Belgium.
  • personal narrative
    Carlos R. Moulton Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Belgium.
  • personal narrative
    Joseph M. DeCaluwe Collection E-4, Army, Cold War - Brussels, Belgium.
  • personal narrative
    Philip J. Carino Collection Sergeant, Air Force, Cold War - Korea; Belgium.
    • Contributor: Beauvais, Olivia - Swerdlow, Linda - College of New Rochelle - Guadalupe Mendoza - Carino, Philip J.
    • Date: 1966
  • personal narrative
    Joseph F. Yourkavitch Collection Army, World War, 1939-1945 - France; Belgium.