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British Eighth Army advances and moves past wrecked and burning enemy military equipment in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. Smoke in the background as bombs explode. British soldiers in silhouette on the outskirts of a town. Tanks and other vehicles move along a highway towards the setting sun. A wrecked enemy tank. A tank in flames. Thick smoke rises from it. Deserted battlefield. A wrecked German plane. Wrecked and burning enemy military equipment.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050519
Japanese and French confer in Hanoi; war materiel supplies to China cutoff at Yunnan and Canton; British forces departing Shanhai

Clip opens with unrelated brief two second view of Frank Griswold, winner of 1940 New York World's Fair road race, waving from behind the wheel of his 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B after the race. Scene changes to views through the fertile countryside of French Indochina on a trip to Hanoi early in World War II. Narrator notes Hanoi is a principal supply hub for war materiel destined for General Chiang Kai-shek; supplies which the French have now interrupted at the request of Japanese authorities. A train arrives at station in Hanoi. People at the station. Views of downtown buildings of Hanoi and a market place. Street vendors selling foods and goods. A woman carrying a basket on her head. Rickshaw pullers at work behind several people seated at a street-side outdoor cafe. Narrator notes views are proceeding toward the central park where the residence of the head of the new government is located. Views of a couple in formal suit and dress strolling in the park. Major General Nishihara, head of the Japanese mission, is seen exiting a building following talks with the French Governor-General. Scene changes to Lao-Kai (or Lai Cai), a border station between French Indochina and China, where narrator says supply inspectors from Japan have traveled to examine the situation. View of the Yunnan railway with railroad tracks cut off by the French authorities, and guarded by local indigenous soldiers with conical hats (nón lá). Scene changes to the harbor at Canton China. Large ships anchored in harbor. Barrels or drums on the ground near docks, as narrator notes that large quantities of war supplies no lie idle and unusable on the port docks. Scene changes to Shanghai. A procession of forces from Great Britain on parade at a racecourse or stadium, and in the streets of the city, including uniformed bagpipers. Narrator notes it marks the end of British supremacy in China, with the first contingent of British troops departing Shanghai.

Location: Hanoi Indochina
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675050567
Oil refineries and systems to transport oil to ships in Iran seized from British under Iran nationalization

Clip slate reads, "Iran votes to seize vast British oil fields" (during nationalization of the Iranian oil industry.) View of British oil fields in Iran. Air view of an oil refinery. Oil wells. Barren mountain country of Iran. Oil trucks drive on roads cut in mountains. An oil well tower. Machinery being handled by hands. Oil wells and mountains. Large pipes between mountains for piping oil to coast. Oil being pumped in ships. Several ships at a harbor.

Location: Iran
Date: 1951, March
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050589
A British ship underway in sea off the coast of Iran during Iran nationalization of oil industry.

A British ship off the coast of Iran during crisis in Iran as it sought to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. The ship underway in sea. British flag on the ship. A man on the deck of the ship. A small boat near the ship.

Location: Iran
Date: 1951
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050592
British civilians, some wounded, board aircraft in Iran during oil dispute

British people board aircraft in Iran during efforts by Iran to nationalize oil industry, and resulting conflict with Britain. People walk towards a parked aircraft. Women climb the boarding stairs and get into the aircraft. 'G-Alde' written on the aircraft. A stretcher is carried into the aircraft. A woman walks up a stair to board an aircraft. Other people carrying their luggage also board it. People standing at a distance wave at the departing people. An aircraft taxis. Two Indian women board an aircraft on which 'TWA' is written. Other people also board the aircraft. Wounded are taken off an ambulance and boarded on the aircraft. A British woman walks up the stairs to board the aircraft.

Location: Iran
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050594
British crewmen aboard a ship as they head for Normandy, France, and D-Day Allied invasion of France in World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. British crewmen aboard a ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean as they head to invade Normandy, France. One of the crewman points towards the shoreline. A number of invasion crafts underway at sea including destroyers, Landing Ship Tanks, Landing Craft Tanks, Landing Craft Infantries, rocket ships. A bearded British sailor. Invasion crafts at sea with barrage balloons flying overhead. Naval gun aboard the ship. Men in the control room of the ship. Men on deck of the ship.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051426
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