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People gather to watch the Epstein's huge stone statue of Adam in Blackpool, England.

The Epstein's huge stone statue of Adam in Blackpool, England. People gather inside a building. The statue of Adam in the building. People looking at the statue and discussing. Officials standing around the statue.

Date: 1939, July 26
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076324
Crowds and American soldiers talk to young British women at Blackpool front in Lancashire, England.

Crowds at Blackpool front, a seaside town in Lancashire, England, during World War 2. The front of the Blackpool front. A sidewalk with soldiers pass in the foreground. Allied soldiers with girls in uniform getting off a horse carriage. American and British uniformed men and passers walk along a road showing atmosphere of any typical seaside town. American soldiers talk to English girls. Sign over a boardwalk play target range reads, "Learn to Shoot - Give Hitler the Works" with a caricature of Hitler on it. The crowds walk in front. American soldiers and British girls drink at a tea stall called that is shaped like a giant tea pot, and has a banner overhead that says "Jugs of tea."

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070893
A large number of Britishers participate in a 100 mile walking race from Blackpool to Manchester in England.

A 100 mile race walking competition from Blackpool to Manchester in England. A large number of British citizens participate in the speed walking race. Men walking at high speed during the race. People gather along the sides of a street. The winner, 43 years old Vie Stone, is awarded by an official.

Date: 1954, July 30
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062763
Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed between Germany, Italy and Japan; Nazi German invasion attacks in Yugoslavia, Russia, England

Nazi crimes against the nations of the world during World War II. View of the Peace Treaty between Germany and Yugoslavia which was signed on 1st June, 1939. The treaty breached on 6th April 1941, Germany launched a massive attack on Yugoslavia. German troops attack and advance. A map shows that most of the Europe was in the hands of Germany by 1941. View of September 27, 1940 signing ceremonies in Berlin of the Tripartite (Axis) Pact between Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan. Hitler and axis leaders shake hands and pose at pact signing table. Joachim von Ribbentrop signing the Axis Pact. Scene of German tank treads close-up rolling over battlefield and wider view of German armor and troops in June 1941 invading Russia, in violation of their non-agression pact. Nazi forces enter Russian territory. Wehrmacht forces setup and fire artillery at Russia. German rocket launchers fire rockets at Russian targets. Ground and aerial views of formations of German Luftwaffe aircraft on bombing runs. Between August-September 1941, Luftwaffe conducts blitzkrieg raids (blitz) on Great Britain. View of British landmarks like St Paul's Cathedral dome and Tower Bridge. Aerial views as Luftwaffe fighter aircraft roll and dive toward targets. British spotlights and search lights on the ground sweeping and catching German aircraft in their light beams. British anti aircraft batteries open fire on German planes over England. Alternating views of German plane point of view bombing England with bright flashes of light and explosions on the ground, and British anti-aircraft fire filling the air. Ground views in England, United Kingdom of buildings on fire from London blitz bombing, and British fire fighters moving to deploy fire hoses and extinguish fires. Flaming buildings collapse from bombs and fire. Whole blocks of buildings on fire. Scene change to December 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. U.S. Navy ships bombed and on fire in Pearl Harbor.

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050461
British and American troops practice amphibious assaults at a beach near Dartmouth, England

Allied troops practice amphibious landing at Blackpool Sands, a beach near Dartmouth, Devon, England during World War II. Smoke on the beach. Landing Craft Vehicles (LCVs) beached at the coast. British and American soldiers on the beach. Allied officers watch amphibious landing practice. A radio operator with equipment. A loud speaker system is dug in on the beach as the operator observes the advancing troops. American soldiers with helmets and packs pour out of LCV boats and advance across the beach. Some soldiers hit the ground as shells explode near the beach. The soldiers advance on the beach. They crawl.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066889
American troops practice amphibious assault landings near Dartmouth, England, during World War II.

Allied troops practice amphibious landings at Blackpool Sands beach, close to Slapton Sands, near Dartmouth, England, during World War 2. Landing craft underway at sea head beachwards. The craft arrive at the beach and American soldiers debark. Another group of landing craft arrive at the beach. U.S. troops near the landing craft. Ships underway at sea.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066890
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