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British troops during evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2

Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053151
RAF pilots respond to alert at base in England. British soldiers examine a crash-landed German Messerschmitt plane

British Royal Air Force fighter pilots, in flight gear, including life vests, are scrambled and run from their quarters towards their aircraft during the Battle of Britain. British soldiers stand around a crash-landed German Messerschmidt airplane. Various views of the crashed German plane. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053157
Formation of German bombers above antiaircraft flak. RAF spitfires take off. British pilot poses with two thumbs up.

German bombers fly in formation with flak from British antiaircraft fire exploding below them during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Several flights of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters take off from airfield. A spitfire lands. Pilot poses with two thumbs up.

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053158
British girls married to American soldiers aboard the Queen Elizabeth in the Atlantic Ocean.

American soldiers and British girls aboard the Queen Elizabeth ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Various views of British girls married to GIs (American soldiers) on the deck of the ship. Two army nurses walk on the deck. Promenade deck with GIs walking about. GIs and their brides on the deck. A war correspondent, an officer and a ship's officer converse. A group of Polish and American officers talking.

Date: 1946, November
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053341
Mrs Winston Churchill and British officials greet Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he arrives from Iceland.

The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives on ship 'Prince of Wales' in Iceland. He reviews the United States Marines. Mrs Churchill and high British officials greet him at railway station in London. Railroad cars in the background. Huge crowd gathered at the station greets him.

Date: 1941, August 27
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053574
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill takes the controls of a flying boat over the Atlantic Ocean.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in an aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. He takes the controls of the flying boat, with a cigar in his mouth. Men seated in the cockpit. A huge crowd gathered at a British railway station as Prime Minister Churchill arrives back in England, United Kingdom. Crowd cheers. Prime Minister Churchill sits in a car and leaves.

Date: 1942, February 2
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053581