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British Manchesters occupy captured German "Danzig Alley" trenches during Battle of the Somme in France during World War I

Battalion of British Manchester Regiment occupying "Dantzig Alley" trench, near Mametz, after capturing it during Battle of the Somme in France, during World War 1. A captured German 17cm Trench Mortar. Ambulatory wounded British soldiers seen among other troops at their army post, near Minden, France.

Location: Mametz France
Date: 1916
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048378
British gunners and other soldiers during lull in Battle of the Somme in France during World War I

A lull during the Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. British gunners cleaning machine guns and belt ammunition. Other British troops posing for the camera.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048384
British Royal Navy Supermarine Attacker F1 aircraft makes arrested landing on the angled deck of the USS Antietam (CVA-36) in 1953. Several Hawker Seahawk planes shoot touch and go landings on the Antietam

British Royal Navy practice carrier operations aboard the United States aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVA-36) in 1953. A Supermarine Attacker F1 aircraft lands on angled deck of the Antietam employing arresting gear. Several British Royal Navy Hawker Seahawk aircraft make repeated touch and go landings (10) on the Antietam. The last Seahawk plane makes an arrested landing.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1953, June 29
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048899
British Royal Navy aircraft operating aboard the United States aircraft carrier Antietam in Atlantic Ocean.

British Royal Navy de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft makes an arrested landing on the American Aircraft Carrier, USS Antietam (CVA-36). Sailors clear the arresting gear and surround the aircraft momentarily. Next, the aircraft is seen ready for takeoff. The aircraft tilts forward as the pilot applies power, holding the brakes. Upon signal from Carrier Yellow Shirt crew member, the pilot releases his brakes and commences his takeoff roll. Brief view of British Naval officers conversing on the deck of the USS Antietam.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1953, June 29
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048903
British Engineers and Geologists strike oil at Maydan-i-Naftun in Khuzestan, Iran, in 1908.

After years of exploration, British engineers and geologists strike oil while working in Khuzestan,Iran,under the D'Arcy Concession, signed in 1901 between William Knox D'Arcy and Mozzafar al-Din Shah of Persia. After unsuccessful drilling at Mamatain and Shardin, they concentrate their final efforts, at Maydan-i-Naftun, in 1907. Views, from a mountainside, of rugged topography in foothills of the Zagros Mountains. Men and horses move up a slope. The Karun River flows at the foot of the hills. Men and pack animals appear ready to ford the river. Scene shifts to the hands of British Chief Engineer, George B. Reynolds, holding open his hand-written journal with a photograph of himself inserted between the pages. View shifts back to the rugged landscape, where a small waterfall is emptying into a pool in the river below. More views of the terrain and of camels being herded by men, moving past grazing sheep being tended by a shepherd. George B. Reynolds, is seen on horseback. In the background workers are busy setting up camp at Maydan-i-Naftun. (The overall project camp was at Masjid-i-Suleiman AKA Masjed Soleyman.) A woman draws water from an overflowing pool on a hillside,and pours it into a large desert water bag. Men dig up earth to prepare for oil drilling at Maydan-i-Naftun. Men assembling an oil derrick and commencing to drill for oil. View of the successful well being pumped at Maydan-i-Naftun. Well-dressed man checks drill before it is lowered into hole. Men and mules move up a slope and rugged hills.

Location: Khuzestan Iran
Date: 1908
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048912
British syndicate strikes oil at 1200 feet in Masjid-i-Suleiman, Iran. George Reynolds. Daily Journals. Official notification

British engineer and oil explorer,George Reynolds, smokes a pipe as he surveys the area for oil drilling. Drilling operations at an oil derrick. Workers Carry containers of granulated oil drilling mud, to the drill pipe. Turning pages in George Reynolds' daily journal. Sun overhead in the sky as men continue to work at the derrick. A man sprays water with a hose as workers add dry mud compound to facilitate drilling.. Black smoke billows from burning oil at edge of oil derrick. An official letter from the office of the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, informing William D' Arcy that the operators of his Syndicate struck oil at a depth of 1200 feet. plumes of black smoke intensify from burning oil at the drill site.

Location: Masjid-i-Suleiman Iran
Date: 1908
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048913
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