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Luftwaffe Junkers plane refuels airplane in flight (WW2)

A captured World War II German film describing procedures of the Junkers in-flight refueling method. A Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-290 cargo-transport aircraft taxiing in an airfield. Animation depicts how a coupler hook and arresting device operate in the coupling of Ju-290 and Ju-88 bomber aircraft for air to air refueling. The diagram shows the flight direction (“Flugrichtung”). The coupler hook coupling assembly mounts in the tail of parked Ju-88 aircraft. Interior shots of the coupler coupling cable pulley assembly. View of the coupling arresting device mounted on nose section of Ju-290 aircraft. Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device mounted in center nose of Ju-290 aircraft. View of the Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device as it thrusts forward about 3 feet upon release by pilot from cockpit control board. A man adjusts the device. Animation showing the method by which refueling coupler device controls the movement of ailerons and flaps of second aircraft in tow. Interior scenes showing the various dual refueling coupling control devices inside both the leading and trailing aircraft moving. The camera pans to the various parts of aircraft which the above devices control in the process of coupling. Man pulls a lever. The steering wheel automatically moves inside the cockpit. Ailerons and flaps of a German aircraft moving. The Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device thrusts forward about 3 feet upon release by pilot from cockpit control board. Junkers Ju-290 cargo-transport aircraft taxiing on runway against the background of a hangar. The Ju-290 taking off and from airfield. View of an unidentified twin-engine, low-wing aircraft with the coupling device mounted on nose, taxiing, and taking off. The Ju-290 and low-wing aircraft both in flight. A pilot sitting in front of instrument panel of the Junkers Ju-290 transport plane. Pilot's hand pulls the lever, which in turn releases the coupler hook assembly from rear of aircraft. Rear view of the Ju-290 showing in detail how coupler hook assembly gets released and trails behind aircraft from cable. Cable-pulley assembly of the Ju-290 in operation. Refueling coupler of the Ju-290 trailing behind on cable. Rear view of the Ju-290 as seen from the unknown aircraft flying behind the transport plane. View of the nose of the second aircraft with the refueling coupling arresting device. The arresting device and coupler hook assembly become coupled in flight. Pilot in control cabin of the Ju-290 pulls lever making the coupling cable pull the trailing twin-engine aircraft toward his aircraft. The refueling cable-pulley assembly in operation. The Ju-290 transport plane a refuel process connection progresses. Pilot of the second aircraft pulls lever which thrusts forward from the nose of his aircraft the coupler contact control device. View of the refuel coupler device. View of the trailing aircraft taken from rear of Junkers Ju-290, as it is pulled closer to the rear of the Ju-290. The rigid refuel coupler control device contacts rear of Ju-290 aircraft. The coupler control device is locked into the arresting socket. The Ju-290 and the other twin-engine aircraft are coupled in flight. The pilot and co-pilot of the second aircraft waving their hands, as seen from the rear of the Junkers Ju-290. Pilot’s hands holding the steering wheel of aircraft. The pilot of the Ju-290 pulls lever and releases the second coupled aircraft. The coupled section of both aircraft separates. The second aircraft continues to fly.

Date: 1940
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080109
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
British and French soldiers during the Battle of Dunkirk (WW2)

British tanks with soldiers and foliage on top during the Battle of Dunkirk, World War II. A truck drives past French Army infantry soldiers. British troops examine a ship before boarding and smiling for the camera. British soldiers sitting and smoking cigarettes on deck. Thick smoke seen in distance as soldier stares out to sea while underway.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080362
Belgium surrenders during the Battle of Dunkirk (WW2)

Captured Belgium troops crowd both sides of road as German convoy accepts their surrender early in World War II. Military officials talking in front of a building as part of surrender negotiations. German soldiers and civilians talking in Dunkirk. Belgium prisoners of war cheerfully smile and wave as they leave. Animated map demonstrates how the German forces closed in on British and French forces at Dunkirk. British troops in front of a blockade. A British soldier sets off a bomb. Smoke rises from bomb explosion at Dunkirk.

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080363
Stuka dive bombers attack British ships at Dunkirk (WW2)

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in flight over Dunkirk during World War II. A British ship sailing the English Channel. British soldiers use binoculars to view Stuka dive bombers from ship deck. Naval artillery moves into position and fires at dive bombers. Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing. Water explosion from bombs. Aerial and gun camera view of German dive bomber bombardment. A single Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing British ship at low altitude. Stuka releases bombs from bomb bay. British ship in flames after German dive bomber bombardment.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080364
Germans troops invade Dunkirk (WW2)

Street fighting between German Army and Allied soldiers at Dunkirk, France during World War II. Buildings burning and car wreckage on the streets. Gun fire and explosion can be heard in the background. German artillery crew firing, a building explodes from afar. A German military official surrounded by infantry troops. German soldiers firing at enemy positions. Smoke rises from a burning Allied tank from afar. British soldiers surrender to the Germans. A German officer talks to British prisoners of war. British prisoners of war carrying wounded comrade. A German soldier wearing glasses smokes a cigarette. Upturned damaged vehicles at Dunkirk. German artillery guns on the road. A truck transporting a Howitzer drives past a field with dead British soldiers. Corpse of a British soldier lying face down. More dead British troops.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080365