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Operations at Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facility after World War II

Brief glimpse of British visitors walking toward a ship, after a postwar visit to an IPC facility in Iraq. Scene shifts to an oil derrick and drilling rig rising above oil storage tanks at a sandy site. Camera pans up the derrick. Change of scene shows gathering of British people with IPC officials at some kind of event. Next, a group of officials is seen briefly, outside a facility warehouse. Two men greet each other. A military officer stands nearby. Camera then jumps to inside the oil rig, shown earlier where Iraqi "roughnecks" wrestle pipe, insert a new section, and continue drilling. View of worker walking among oil tanks at the facility. Views of natural gas compressors; large transmission pipes; and a worker closing one, in a set of valves at the site. Broad view from the derrick, showing supplies and equipment laid out in the sand and a vista of miles, with distant structures including (possibly) worker housing and support facilities.

Location: Iraq
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022194
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel with German troops advance into Tobruk, Libya, in North Africa during World War II.

German General Erwin Rommel, nicknamed 'Desert Fox' in Tobruk, Libya, Africa during World War 2. Rommel in discussion with officers. A noticeable sore or cut is seen on Rommel's lower right lip. German tanks, armored cars and Infantry advance near Tobruk. German guns firing on battlefield. A group of British soldiers is hit and seen falling to the ground from German fire. German soldiers advance and breach a barbed wire area with motorized infantry and tanks entering into Tobruk. German troops in the city of Tobruk for siege of Tobruk. View from moving German vehicle advancing on streets of Tobruk and passing some groups of British prisoners, some in pith helmets. Aerial view from German airplane of Tobruk coastal areas. Erwin Rommel seated at a table. Rommel is not wearing a hat. Sore still visible on lower lip of Rommel.

Location: Tobruk Libya North Africa
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022363
Sketches of American colonists, the Continental Congress, and development of the Declaration of Independence

Struggle for American independence, and border between Canada and United States. Sketches of Catholic clergy reaching out to bind Canadian farmers with the cause of the American colonists in some cases, but more often to the British. Failure of American propaganda campaign in Canada. Sketches at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. Movement of captured British artillery to positions around Boston by the American colonists. Sketches of George Washington and John Hancock, as well as Ben Franklin. Sketch of colonists debating the first Declaration of Independence around time of American Revolution. Communication of the Declaration of Independence to the colonists. Sketches of rejoicing crowds of colonists. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023011
King George V proceeds to St. James Palace for the first Royal Levee (formal reception) of the Season.

British Horse guards lead ceremonial procession carrying King George V, of England, in Royal Coach, through the Mall to St. James Palace (Marlborough Rd, St. James's, London SW1A 1BQ, United Kingdom) in London, where British judges, barristers, diplomats, Army and Navy officers and other notables gather to await the arrival of King George V for the first formal royal reception (Levee) of the season. The King is visible in the Royal Coach.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1934, March 15
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023132
King's Liverpool Light Infantry advance and London troops come out of trench during Battle of Arras in World War I in France.

King's Liverpool Light Infantry advance during Battle of Arras in World War 1. British soldiers move out of trench and advance. Explosions take place near the front line. Trench is lined with wire fence. Line of soldiers are issued bomb supplies in wooden boxes with rope carrying handles. They move forward in a trench after each receives bomb supplies. British troops come out over the top of the trench and advance in no man's land.

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024083
European Persons and Events leading to World War I.

The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria arrives in a horse drawn carriage. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany with entourage. The German Emperor reviews German troops on parade. A newspaper headline "Kaiser defies Czar. Hands off or War!'. Nicholas II of Russia walks down steps followed by his wife and two daughters. People stand on steps and salute. The Czar and family are seated in an open carriage. Russian Soldiers parade. Another headline, 'France enters War'. French Cavalry and troops parade in open fields. A newspaper headline 'England prepares for War, German armies sweep France'. British King George V , in military uniform, and Queen Mary, standing at a window. British troops march and a soldier drives a motorbike.

Location: Europe
Date: 1914
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024130
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