Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. Views of German positions that British Forces captured, on the higher bank of the river. Marshes of the Ancre River, showing barbed wire in the water through which the British troops had to struggle during the battle.
Victorious Allied troops walk behind a British Mark I tank (male) on a dirt road in France, after the battle of the Ancre at end of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. The troops appear relieved at the pause in hostilities and many cheer. Later, a large group of Allied troops relaxes and enjoys a meal of field rations, in a captured German position. A bonfire helps them keep warm. (Note: From British Government documentary "Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the tanks" shot during the 1916 Battle of the Ancre.)
British 8-inch howitzer batteries firing during Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. British reinforcements and supplies continually move toward the front.
Prime minister of Ireland Eamon De Valera arrives London to sign a British-Irish Trade and Defense pact with British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain. De Valera and others dignitaries exit out of train station, through crowd and into a waiting car. Shows Prime Minister Chamberlain making speech in a conference. PM De Valera and others come out of building and pose for cameras. 25 April 1938.
British artillery exchange fire with enemy German forces at the road connecting Medjez-El-Bab and Tebourba in Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers take cover behind trees and bushes while tanks advance forward. A British ammunition truck is hit and catches fire. German Mark IV tanks mounted with 88mm anti-tank guns can be seen exchanging fires with the Allied Forces. Allied artillery hits the Mark IVs and enemy's 88mm gun positions. Captured German soldiers taken away as prisoners of war (POW). U.S. Army medic soldiers tend to the wounded. (November 1942-December 1942).
British anti aircraft guns fire at the V-1 flying bombs and shoot them out of the skies in London,England. Air raid warden spotter looks at the sky. Barrage balloons suspend in air above the city. A V-1 falls to earth and explodes. British soldiers look through their binoculars. Natives watch V-1 bombs flying overhead. View of the heavily bombed sections of the city. Civilians help in clearing the rubble. A nurse treats a wounded old woman. Two children walk through the rubble of a bombed building. (World War II period).
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