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British troops are rescued from ships in Dunkerque, France during World War II.

British troops evacuate Dunkerque, France during World War II Operation Dynamo. Barges at a port. Damaged ships in a harbor. British soldiers get off a ship into a landing barge. Barges approach towards the beach in Dunkirk as smoke rises from the beach in the background. Troops wade through water towards the beach. Men aboard a Dunkirk rescue ship. British troops being rescued from a ship.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059031
A British Pom Pom gun shoots down an enemy aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

British Pom Pom gun (QF 2-pounder) being fired in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A British Pom Pom gun aboard a British Royal Navy ship being fired. Explosions occur at sea. A low flying enemy aircraft is hit. The aircraft bursts into flames and smoke rises. It plunges into the sea.

Date: 1940
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059061
British 8th Army and U.S. 5th Army land in Italy and advance after gaining a beachhead during World War II.

The Allied Campaign in Italy during World War II. The campaign begins on September 23,1943. British 8th Army troops get onto ships . British 8th Army Commander General Bernard Montgomery. British soldiers land in Calabria, Italy. 8th Army troops advance. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower aboard a ship. The Italian fleet surrenders. U.S. 5th Army soldiers loaded in a ship under the command of U.S. Army General Mark Clark as they head for Salerno, Italy. Allied aircraft provide a cover to the convoy underway at sea. German soldiers and equipment in Salerno. Allied troops land at a beach as the Germans open a heavy fire. Explosions occur at the beach. Allied naval guns are fired at German positions. Nazi aircraft attack to disrupt Allied landings. Royal Air Force and B-17s of the U.S. 9th Air Force aircraft in flight. Aerial view of bombs exploding on German positions. Dead soldiers at the beach. 8th Army soldiers advance inland. Artillery being fired. General Mark Clark with the soldiers after gaining the beachhead. 8th and 5th Army soldiers advance into Italy. A map depicts the position of Foggia, an Allied stronghold.

Date: 1943, September 3
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059422
British convoy rescues survivors from an Allied freighter as it sinks in the North Atlantic after German attack during World War II

Allied supply convoy in North Atlantic ocean during World War 2. British Naval officers aboard warships escorting the convoy. Depth charges exploding; submarine periscope seen in water; depth charges being launched from warship; Officer looks through binoculars; black smoke rising from a freighter torpedoed by a German submarine. Explosion on the freighter. Survivors covered in oil being rescued from torpedoed ship. British woman working in a British headquarters center plotting positions of ships on a large wall map.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060092
First Lord of the British Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes and U.S. Navy Admirals visit the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

First Lord of the British Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes visits the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland towards the end of World War I.. Sir Eric Geddes arrives at Union Station of Washington DC. British Admiral Alexander Duff, U.S. Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, U.S. Navy Admiral W.S. Benson and A. H. Robertson arrive at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. U.S. Navy Admiral Edward Walter Eberle stands in front of the pillars of the building. The group of British and U.S. Navy officers tour the Naval Academy.

Date: 1918, October 10
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060987
The British Avro Rota, Cierva C.30A autogyro, is demonstrated in Paris, France.

French civilians, on a boulevard in Paris, France, look on as a pilot boards a British Avro Rota autogyro (Cierva C.30A, British Civil Registration number G-ACWH). The autogyro, one of a dozen built for the British Royal Air Force, by Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd of Hanworth, UK, makes a demonstration takeoff and landing on the boulevard.

Date: 1934, December 31
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061026