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Infirm civilians and British children being evacuated from London during World War 2

Elderly and infirm British citizens and British children being evacuated from London, England during World War II as part of Operation Pied Piper. Row of ambulance buses parked along the road. Queue of people at United States Line offices with British people lined up seeking passage to the United States. Commissioner gives tickets and information to people. Sick person on stretcher being taken out from an ambulance coach as part of hospital evacuation. Injured or sick women on stretcher being unloaded and transferred.

Date: 1939, September
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064229
Hanging of two Cypriot rebels results in a battle between British troops and rioters in Cyprus.

The Cyprus Riots in Cyprus. The British strive to preserve law and order. Hanging of two Cypriot rebels brings violence in the city. Rioters and British troops battle on streets. Troops throw tear gas bombs. The rioters held captive by British troops.

Date: 1956, May 17
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064613
German forces attack British positions in Battle of Tobruk, Libya, in North Africa during World War II.

German soldiers battle against the British in area of Tobruk Libya during World War II. A map shows the coast of Libya, highlighting Tobruk. A German officer standing with German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel atop a hill and looking through binoculars. German troops with Panzer Tanks including Pz.III, Pz.IV and Italian tanks advance across an open ground. An armored vehicle tows artillery. German soldiers make a barbed wire fencing. A danger signboard (skull face). German soldiers take positions with rifles in trenches in sand terrain. Officers look at a map. German artillery in position to fire. The soldiers load and fire the artillery. Wrecked British aircraft on the ground. German Stuka dive bomber aircraft attack British positions. Fire and explosions on the ground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675064774
General John J. Pershing attends social event for British military officers and families. He converses with Winston Churchill

First scene is a brief glimpse of General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) decorating several British military officers. The next sequence shows General Pershing conversing with Winston Churchill, at a social gathering in a park, on a pleasant sunny day, in London. The event is attended primarily by British military officers in uniform and their families, including spouses and children. Churchill and another man, both in top hats, are the only civilian officials noticeable at the gathering. There appear to be spectators standing in the background, and a London Bobbie is also seen. Final scene is very brief glimpse of two British officers walking from a car to greet General Pershing. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065350
Scenes related to politics and governance in Great Britain. American servicemen and women watch traditional British ceremonies

United States military airman with British civilians discussing politics in The Mother Shipton Pub (Mother Shipton, 1 Malden Road, NW5) in London. U.S. Soldier listens with British spectators to speaker in Hyde Park. British steelworker relaxing at home with wife and daughter, in unfazed by political issues in newspaper of the day. Photo album with family pictures. Queen Elizabeth II riding in Royal Coronation Coach on streets of London, surrounded by cheering crowds, on the day of her Coronation, June 2, 1953, escorted by Royal Guards on horseback. American servicemen and women watch changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth on horseback during the Trooping the Colour.

Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065568
East German women being airlifted by a British European Airways aircraft in Berlin, Germany.

An Allied airlift in West Berlin, Germany. British European Airways office at Berlin Tempelhof Airport. Women refugees from East Germany sign flight papers. Refugee women in a waiting room as they look at an aircraft. Two women smiling. The women board a British airplane (G-AMSR). A clerk marks a British European Airways bulletin board listing the number of refugees who left the area on March 8th, 1953.

Date: 1953, June 15
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065726