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British Eighth Army soldiers rush as bombs explode near a barbed wire fence in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Two British officers in prone position look through field glasses. Soldiers in a trench fire guns. Explosions near a barbed wire fence. Soldiers in military gear advance along the fence. They climb over and under the wires of the fence. Smoke rises along the barbed wire fence as bombs explode.

Date: 1941
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050517
British Eighth Army tanks advance along a desert highway in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. A British officer and a soldier atop a tank turret. One of them looks through field glasses. British Honey and M3 Grant tanks and other vehicles advance along a desert highway. Soldiers atop the tanks.

Date: 1941
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050518
British Eighth Army advances and moves past wrecked and burning enemy military equipment in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. Smoke in the background as bombs explode. British soldiers in silhouette on the outskirts of a town. Tanks and other vehicles move along a highway towards the setting sun. A wrecked enemy tank. A tank in flames. Thick smoke rises from it. Deserted battlefield. A wrecked German plane. Wrecked and burning enemy military equipment.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050519
German aircraft take off and drop bombs in North Africa during World War II.

German aircraft in North Africa during World War II. Aircraft in a line prepare to take off. An aircraft takes off and in flight. A formation of aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped resulting in explosions on the ground below.

Date: 1941
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675050520
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel speaks to soldiers and staff officers in North Africa during World War II.

German Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel in North Africa during World War II. Rommel arrives at the battlefield in a staff car. He gets off the car and is greeted by officers and soldiers. He speaks to soldiers and staff officers.

Date: 1941
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675050522
The siege of Malta and the North Africa campaign during World War II.

Italian warships maneuvering in the Mediterranean during World War 2. Destroyers pass a Corazzata-class Italian battleship. Italian IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance planes are launched from a battleship. Two Corazzata-class Italian battleships underway. Change of scene shows the island of Malta, viewed from a low flying airplane. A formation of Italian CANT Z.508 seaplane bombers flying overhead to attack Malta. View from ground on Malta of anti-aircraft flak burst clouds in the air above. Smoke rising from bomb bursts. Glimpse of a large British warship slowly easing out of its dock. Single engine aircraft overhead moving through heavy flak clouds. More bomb explosions. Local civilian people and refugees, including many children, seeking safety from bombing. People perusing destroyed buildings. A formation of British Bristol Blenheim light bombers in flight over North Africa. British forces firing artillery in Libya. War materiel abandoned by retreating Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland. British troops and a contingent of Ethiopian troops march into Addis Ababa, escorting Emperor Haile Selassie as he is restored to his throne in May, 1942. Next, German armor in North Africa is seen burning. A knocked out German tank viewed through window of a British armored vehicle. More burning German armor. German aircraft destroyed on the ground at an airbase. Bombs lined up on the ground. Huge number of Italian prisoners of war marching across the desert in Libya.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046083