Refine Your Search

British-Gliders stock footage and images

- Showing 1951 to 1956 of 3410 results
Roads blown up by retreating German troops in France during World War I

View of a huge crater created in road by retreating German forces in France, during World War One. A British soldier climbs out of the crater carrying his bicycle. Houses adjacent to the crater are demolished by British so circumventing roads can be created.

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027244
Factories, apartment houses and other structures, destroyed by retreating German Forces in World War I

Wrecked factories,apartment houses, mines and other installations, destroyed by retreating German Forces in France, during World War 1. Destroyed streets and field. A British soldier stands near the rubble of a destroyed structure. German prisoners of war help carry wounded British soldiers on stretchers.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027504
Allied heavy artillery firing during World War I battle

French forces fire a 370mm railway howitzer during World War I. The recoil moves the train backwards several feet. British fire 60 pounders and 9.2 inch howitzers. British occupying and entrenching in area formerly held by German troops. Bodies of dead German soldiers are seen in various places.

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027532
The Battle of Moulin Briete in Belgium during World War I.

French infantry soldiers in a trench firing rifles during the battle of Moulin Briete in Belgium during World War 1. The French soldiers emerge from the trenches and advance, running. View of British soldiers, prone on the ground, firing. A farm house in the field. French and British forces advance, sometimes running and sometimes dropping to the ground and crawling forward.

Location: Belgium
Date: 1916, December
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027544
Sights and sounds aboard a German U-boat operating in the North Atlantic during World War II

German U-boat underway on the surface in stormy weather on the North Atlantic ocean during World War 2. The crew all wear foul weather gear. They search for British ships. Upon seeing one, they quickly descend and the boat rapidly submerges. View inside the submarine as sailors close all hatches and manipulate valves. Underwater view of periscope rising from a submerged U-boat. The boat's Captain looking through his periscope. He and the second officer look through the periscope and check book of known British ships to identify it. They fire a torpedo from tube number 4, start a stop watch, lower the periscope, and wait. Next, they hear an explosion and then the sounds from screws of a destroyer passing nearby. A depth charge from the destroyer explodes, knocking items in the boat to the floor. Lights go out in the U-boat and water leaks in places. Crew members inspect by flashlight and confirm minimal damage. With lights on again, the U-boat Captain looks through the periscope and then surfaces,to see a sinking ship

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675027904
USCGC Campbell rides along supply ship in the UK, during World War II

USS Campbell tying up to a supply ship in the United Kingdom, during World War 2. Views of the USCGC (US Coast Guard Cutter) Campbell, tying up to an anchored British supply vessel in the UK, during World War 2. A British Flower Class Corvette, in camouflage paint, seen briefly passing behind the two ships. Hills in the near background. Crew members on both ships raising hawser out of the water.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1943
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027937
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 326 327 328 ... 569 | Next >>