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Scenes of total destruction in Italy during World War II

Completely destroyed buildings line a dirt road in Italy during World War 2. The general landscape is devastated. American troops and military vehicles are parked beside one section of the narrow road and infantrymen walk in a line along the road past the camera. Closeup of damaged building and steps. A young Italian boy walks past the camera, carrying a sack over his shoulder. Glimpse of a dead soldier next to a wall. A tracked construction vehicle with protected top and carrying a tow cable, moves along rubble strewn road towards area where soldiers are gathered near destroyed buildings. View of totally destroyed buildings.

Date: 1943
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027072
British Army sappers locate, disarm and collect German mines and British Royal Air Force bomb Tripoli, Libya.

British 8th Army takes Tripoli as Nazis flee Libya during World War II. A land mark. British Royal Air Force aircraft bomb Tripoli. The aircraft drop bombs and smoke rises due to explosions on a field. Commander of British 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery hoists the British flag over a captured German airfield. British ground crew near a captured German aircraft. A crew member paints the tail of the aircraft and covers German insignia with Royal Air Force insignia. A pilot exits a jeep and climbs into the cockpit of the re-purposed German plane, and takes off. British Army sappers locate, disarm, and collect German mines in Libya. Metal detectors are used by soldiers to locate a German Teller mine. Soldiers take out the Teller mine. View of hundreds of captured German land mines. A sign reads 'Safe Lane'. Trucks drive past on a road. The Medjerda River in Tunisian. British 1st Army soldiers near artillery. Aircraft in flight. A soldier signals and fires artillery. Smoke rises in the foreground. Dive bombers in flight. The bomber aircraft drop bomb. Hills in Tunisian. German soldiers fire guns. Soldiers on U.S. made tanks and trucks drive on a dirt road. A road side marker reads "Mateur" The aircraft in flight. British Douglas Boston bombers flying overhead.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069157
The Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy Expedition along the Nile in 1927

View of safari camels coming toward the camera. George Eastman in foreground taking pictures with hand held camera. Eastman, and other Safari members examine a camel rigged for riding and carrying supplies.Other camels similarly set up walk past in the background. Natives trying to constrain a camel that objects to being burdened and bucks to throw his load. Closeup of the camel when he settles down.

Date: 1927
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063759
Boer cavalry takes British soldiers as prisoners

South African Boer cavalry takes British Gordon Highlanders infantry, Irish Fusilliers, and English Lancers as prisoners of war during the Second Boer War. The Boer cavalry lead the prisoners of war as they cross a field.

Date: 1900, April 14
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080687
British forces capture a Boer Battery

A Boer battery firing artillery at approaching Gordon Highlanders infantry. Some of the soldiers shoot at the British troops with rifles. British Army forces successfully overrun and capture the Boer Battery during the Second Boer War.

Date: 1900, April 14
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080688
Boer cavalry charges from a distance and comes closer to the camera

A Boer cavalry charging from a distance in the battlefield during the Second Boer War. As they charge closer, they wave their sabers in front and close to the camera.

Date: 1900, April 16
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080689