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The invasion of Poland, Dunkirk evacuation, Second Armistice, and London Blitz during World War II.

'50 Years of Cinematography' depicts the role of military and news cameramen during World War II. Germany starts the War. Invasion of Poland in 1939: German Nazi Luftwaffe bombers in flight over Warsaw. Explosions due to the bombardment. Burning and damaged buildings in the war torn city. Civilians amidst rubble and ruins. Soldiers and civilians look at corpses on a sidewalk. A woman with her child cries. A man walks on a street. Dunkirk Evacuation in 1940: Allied troops evacuated from the Dunkirk coast. Allied troops on ships. Smoke rises from a ship under German attack. Soldiers wade through the water towards waiting ships. Burning ships. The Second Armistice at Compiegne after the German victory in the Battle of France, 1940: German troops stand at attention. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other German officers arrive at the venue. The leaders and officers walk past the soldiers at attention. Hitler gives the Nazi salute. The Blitz, London in 1940-1941: Bomb damaged buildings. Cars and pedestrians amidst ruins and rubble on the streets. A train over a collapsed wall. Civilians in a horse cart. A wrecked bus in a damaged building. Rescue workers among the rubble. Clouds over the city.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021762
British and French forces in Dunkirk; German forces close in on Dunkirk and British sailors board ships in France during World War II.

The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. An animated map depicts the German attack on Dunkirk. The map depicts advancing German forces and retreating British, French and Belgian forces. View of British Expeditionary Force soldiers firing artillery, and of French soldiers firing artillery, as German forces continue to close in. Germans advance on Dunkirk in France. German soldiers take aim and fire artillery. German artillery guns behind nets. Explosions in the battlefield. German soldiers communicate over the radio. They take cover under enemy fire. Machine gun fire. German tanks advance at high speed. German soldiers on foot advance amid explosions on the battlefield. German soldiers climb onto tanks. German troops eat and drink beer while they rest. The British forces on camouflaged tanks. British and French troops board British boats and ships during the Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo).

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021747
Allied troops are taken aboard a ship and are helped by British troops during evacuation from Dunkirk, France.

On 26th May 1940, Over 300,000 allied troops evacuate beaches in Dunkirk, France during World War II. A beach at Dunkirk. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Allied British and French troops being taken aboard British ships. Smoke rises due to attack by German forces. Troops evacuating in small boats. Allied troops are taken aboard a ship by British troops. The troops in boats underway approaching a ship. Buildings burning in the background. The troops wade through water and approach a ship. British troops help other Allied troops aboard a ship. Smoke in the sky. Evacuated troops aboard the ship. A soldier looks at the smoke rising from the beach. Barrage balloons in flight. The troops climb up a ladder. Allied troop are greeted by British troops in Britain. The troops disembarking from the ship. Two soldiers help a wounded. The troops help the injured in disembarking from the ship. A soldier eats food. The evacuated Allied troops look out from the windows of a train. The troops smiling and eating. The troops smoke cigarettes. Evacuees at a railroad station. Clip is from a UN newsreel dated May 9, 1963, recounting events years earlier.

Date: 1940, May 26
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069828
Allied evacuation from Dunkirk, France, during World War II.

Evacuation of Allied Troops at Dunkirk, France, during World War 2. Opening scene shows black smoke rising from beach area. Sign reads "Dunkerque". A German Henschel He 126 aircraft rolls over and dives toward Dunkirk. A formation of British Spitfire aircraft are seen, providing air cover over the beach during the Allied evacuation. They have dogfight with a German Fockwulf FW 190 fighter and engage a Heinkel He-111 bomber, and down a German Dornier Do 17 bomber. Allied antiaircraft guns firing from the beach area down a Henschel He 126 aircraft. Contrails in the air from dog fighting airplanes. Gunners fire from open cockpit airplanes. An Allied airplane is downed and crashes in an explosion. German Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers dive on targets. View from cockpit of one aiming for a transport ship. The plane pulls out and releases a bomb that explodes in the water next to the ship. View from distance of bombs exploding on a ship. British ships and boats of all kinds being employed to evacuate Allied forces. Soldiers being helped to board them, including some wounded on stretchers. Survivors from bombed ship make way in lifeboats. More smoke on the horizon from bombed ships. A wrecked British Spitfire on the beach. A crashed German Messerschmitt Bf 109 on the beach. A crashed German Heinkel He 111 bomber, inland. View of bomb damage in City of Dunkirk. Roadsides littered with abandoned Allied vehicles and equipment. A dead Allied soldier lying next to a truck. Abandoned antiaircraft guns and variety of military equipment left on the beach.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044321
POW captured, Germans celebrate at Dunkirk (WW2)

German Army troops discussing plans before taking over Dunkirk during World War II. German tanks level trees and advance into Dunkirk, France. German Wehrmacht soldiers follow tanks. Wehrmacht infantry troops advancing into Dunkirk on foot. They duck after an explosion takes place. German soldier signals a tank to fire at enemy position. A burning military vehicle. A German soldier running. German troops push a running British prisoner POW with hands up towards a tank. British POWs ride on top of a tank. A German soldier smoking a cigarette. German Army troops laughing, eating, and drinking beer during their rest time. Soldier loads up a thick sauerkraut sandwich and eats.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080361
Captured Allied Soldiers transported out of Dunkirk, France after the end of Battle of Dunkirk during WW2

Allied prisoners, mostly British and French, are marching out of Dunkirk following the end of the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. Military trucks drive beside the prisoners-of war on the road. Rear view of prisoners-of-war marching on the French road.

Date: 1940, June 6
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078990