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Allied aircraft drop bombs on Tripoli harbor, Libya during World War II.

Aerial views of Allied aircraft striking against German General Rommel's Afrika Corps supply lines by bombing the port of Tripoli, Libya. A formation of what appear to be single engine bombers flies over the port city and exploding bombs are seen striking portions of the harbor, below.

Date: 1942
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059559
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
German troops advance and Indian troops prepare for war during World War II.

German and Indian troops prepare during World War II. Animated map shows German troops advancing towards Tripoli, Libya. Scene changes to rural area of India, with Indian farmers working in fields with bullock carts. Men and women work in rice fields. Close up views of Indian rural civilian men, women, and children. Narrator discusses mobilization of military in India for war. Indian soldiers lined up with rifles in hands and a band playing. Members of the Indian Air Force stand near aircraft and prepare for a mission. Members of Indian Navy in training in class. Navy sailors learning gunnery and morse code transmission. Scene in arms factories and production plants in Indian as Indian war workers make weapons of war . A board reads 'Victory at all costs'.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063439
General Bernard Montgomery reviews British Eighth Army soldiers parading after surrender of Tripoli by Governor of Libya.

Surrender of Tripoli by Governor of Libya after battle of British Eighth Army with German forces in Tripoli, 1942. General Bernard Montgomery and other British Generals. British Eighth army tanks and troops advance on road and through city. Crowd lined up sidewalks. Troops and band march. General Montgomery reviews troops. The British flag is raised in Tripoli. View of letter to Prime Minister mentioning completion of mission. Generals Alexander and Montgomery review the marching troops. Royal Air Force planes in skies. Military vehicles during the parade. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052604