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Death of King George VI of England and highlights of his life, from public school days to his death.

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of United Kingdom, walking with Princess Elizabeth, behind them. King George saying farewell to Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip as they board a British Overseas Airways passenger plane for a 5-month trip abroad to Africa and Australia. Scenes of the King as a young man, in public school and as a young Naval Officer, and Duke of York. Royal carriage with escort and scene of dowager Queen Mary with the Duke of York and his wife, the former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons on the occasion of their wedding, April 26, 1923. Royal carriage carrying King George VI on day of Coronation following the abdication of his brother, Edward the 8th. Scenes of coronation of King George VI. The Royal Family: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret pose on castle balcony. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on royal thrones. Historic profile photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during trip to Africa. King George VI and Elizabeth II visiting Canada. King George VI, formally dressed, with President Franklin Roosevelt, in an open car. The royal couple sitting with the Roosevelts on a porch, in the sun, during their 1939 visit, early in World War 2. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in the country, with cart and on bicycles with daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Scenes of royal wedding of Princes Elizabeth and Prince Philip, with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II attending. The British royal family on occasion of 25th wedding anniversary of George VI and Elizabeth II. Crowds outside Buckingham Palace in vigil during illness of King George VI. Signs being posted about the King's condition. King George VI actively engaged following recovery from surgery. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip being welcomed in Kenya. Kenyans in native dress. Kenyan boy presents bouquet of flowers to Princess Elizabeth. Newspapers announce death of King George VI, at Sandringham Palace and Princess Elizabeth returning from Kenya to assume the throne.

Date: 1952, February 6
Duration: 6 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032847
Adolf Hitler addresses soldiers; Siegfried line fortifications; Soviet prisoners of war and civilian refugees on Eastern front (WW2)

Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler addressing his soldiers in Germany in World War II. German soldiers march in large columns, some with goosestep march. Dragons teeth of Siegfried line extending in distance. German soldiers enter a bunker fortification beneath entrance sign Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238. Principals at Munich Agreement signing, including Hitler, Mussolini, and Goering. Hitler riding in car as people lining road cheer during Anschluss; Close up views of German soldiers carrying Nazi flags and rifles and marching in streets as civilians cheer, give Nazi salute, and some weep. Various views of Adolf Hitler speaking and huge gathering. General Gerd von Runstedt and staff meeting with Hitler and discussing a map. Views of war affected places and civilians. Exhausted Soviet prisoners of war in a field. Views of starving civilians. Weak and dirty, a woman stumbles forward in a soup line carrying an empty bowl. Adolf Hitler beside Hermann Goering (wearing combat helmet) reviewing a parade of German soldiers marching goosestep. British soldiers boarding ships evacuating Dunkirk. A British soldier without pants boards a fishing boat assisting in the evacuation.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675032953
Views of Air Ministry under repair in Berlin.

Various parts of Allied-occupied Berlin under repair by German women workers after World War 2. Women workers clearing rubble in the British Sector of Berlin. Sign near the women reads “British Sector”. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building, housing the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium RLM) under repair on Wilhelmstraße, in the Soviet section of Berlin. German men and women making bricks and working on repair of the old German Ministry of Aviation building. An empty wagon automatically rolls down a rail track. German women passing pails to each other.

Date: 1947, January
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033269
Allied forces are reinforced and advance in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II.

Allied forces win sea, and air battles in North African Campaign. An allied convoy carries reinforcements towards Africa. Planes of the Axis Forces drop bombs. Explosion in water. The convoy lands in North Africa. Supplies and equipment unloaded from the ships. Soldiers disembark the troop carrier ships adding more soldiers to the North African offensive. German dive bombers attack at night and are beaten off. British troops advance in Tunisia. British soldiers take out land mines as they pursue German forces from the south. U.S. Army soldiers fire artillery during operations in the central area of the battle line. Wrecked Pz.II and Pz.III tanks of the German 10th Panzer Division.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033493
Allied troops enter into the city of Tunis, Tunisia and capture hordes of German soldiers during World War II.

Allied Forces fight the Axis Powers during World War II. Aerial view of the city of Tunis. British Forces enter the city. Trenches in the city. Dead soldier on the street. Allied soldiers patrol in the streets and skirmish with German snipers. German soldiers surrender. Allied soldiers fire at a building. French Troops lead long lines of captured German prisoners of war. Italian Field Marshal Giovanni Messe is captured. German Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Commander of all Axis Forces in Africa, is captured and flown from Gibralter to England. Commander von Arnim is seen being driven into a prison camp and emerges from his car within the Prison Camp. British troops of the 1st and 8th Armies are warmly greeted by the citizens of Tunis. Allied military vehicles pass on the streets of Tunis amidst throngs of cheering civilians. French General Henri Giraud reviews the French troops as they parade.

Date: 1943, May
Duration: 6 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033500
Film about Allied bombing campaigns against the Axis powers and Japan all over the world during World War II.

Opening scene shows British Avro Manchester bombers lined up on a field in England during World War 2. British air crew board a bomber that taxis out for takeoff. View from inside the aircraft as it lifts off on takeoff and then towards its tail on climb out. Gunner seen manning machine guns as his turret rotates during flight. Formation of Manchester bombers en route to Axis military targets in German occupied France. View from bombardiers position of ground below. The bombardier seen and bombs dropping, as viewed from another bomber in the formation. View from a bomber of railroad yard and an airport with bombs exploding on the ground. Manchester bombers on return flight home over the English Channel. They pass below formation of U.S. B-17 flying Fortresses heading toward France. Close aerial view, from below, of the formation of B-17s overhead. Scene shifts to North Africa, where American Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, famous aviator of World War I, talks pilots of Major General Jimmie Doolittle's Bomber Command. Closeup of General Doolittle smiling outside a tent. A B-17 takes off. An Army cameraman seen inside at a window of the B-17. He is to record an attack on the Sicilian port of Marsala. View from a bomber of bombs exploding along the Port's coast, and of bombs passing the camera as they fall to earth. View from below of a B-17 with battle damage to its left elevator. View from a returning B-17 as it lands at its base in North Africa. Airmen walk around a B-17 that crash landed. One airman walks under part of a bomber tail destroyed by Axis gunfire. Scene shifts to the South Pacific and Allied air attacks against Japanese targets. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers headed toward the Japanese held island of Nauru. Views of bombs striking the island. Scene shifts again, this time to Attu in the Aleutian Islands. A U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat seen in flight. A task force of U.S. Navy warships in Aleutian waters. American amphibious landing on Attu. Arms and supplies piled up on a beachhead. American forces firing artillery. Infantry search for Japanese soldiers in hiding. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. American wounded carried on litters. A formation of B-24 bombers headed toward the Aleutian island of Kiska. Closeups of crew members in a B-24. View of glaciers and volcanic mountains below. A bombardier releasing bombs on a Japanese submarine base and airdrome. view of bombs falling. Formation of B-24s releasing their bombs. A gunner in a B-24 firing at attacking Japanese planes and then firing in a low level strafing attack. A U.S. fighter plane lands back at its base on a water-covered runway, raising waves of water that cover cover it.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033504