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British soldiers visit graves of British war correspondents in Pompeii, Italy (WW2)

Wrecked village of Pompeii with views of Mount Vesuvius, in Italy during World War II. British soldiers passing through the destroyed village streets. Citizens looking out from the wrecked buildings. Soldiers standing near the graves of war correspondents killed in action. Graves of Mr. Sale, Mr. Austin and Mr. Munday are seen.

Location: Pompeii Italy
Date: 1943, September
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030857
British Royal family visits Cape Town, South Africa, in the first visit to South Africa by a reigning British monarch

A newsreel titled 'Royal family arrives in South Africa' shows South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts welcoming the British Royal family into Cape Town, South Africa. The Royal family consisting of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret moves across the city in a motorcade, as the people cheer them on. They attend a garden party where nearly five thousand people are gathered to pay their respects to them. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon wears a hat that features ostrich feathers; other women present wear grand hats and carry parasols, influenced by the queen's fashion.

Location: Cape Town South Africa
Date: 1947, March 3
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038051
Exchange between Allies. American Destroyers for British Bases. U.S. Destroyers destined for British ports.

Flotilla of American Destroyers being readied for turnover to Britain in the Destroyers-for-Bases deal between the two nations. The USS Hale (DD-133) is seen underway in calm waters. Long lines of American destroyers underway enroute to British ports. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043462
British Gloster Meteor jets land and take off at a British airfield immediately following World War 2

British Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor twin jet aircraft taking off and landing at an airfield in Britain, in June, 1945, right after the end of World War II in Europe. Several American soldiers sit on grass beside the runway and watch. One takes pictures. The clip shows a Meteor, so wrong clip!

Location: Germany
Date: 1945, June 10
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063594
Fishing boat hauls catch; visitors see marine exhibits at underwater aquarium in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada.

An unusual underwater aquarium at Oak Bay in British Columbia, Canada. Men working in fishing boats and hauling in huge catches of fish in nets. A man empties the contents of a net on the deck of the boat. Two men look at the fishes on the deck, looking for unusual specimens to add to a large aquarium for visitors to view. View of a baby octopus in a hand. A scuba diver dives into the water for specimens and comes up with an octopus which he puts into a container. Visitors at the aquarium look at the exhibits which include basket star fish, rat fish and a hermit crab.

Location: Oak Bay British Columbia Canada
Date: 1965
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033537
Montage of combat scenes (primarily British) from World War I

British forces manning 8-inch howitzers on the Western Front in World War 1. Others firing a 155mm heavy long gun near a village in France. British gunnery Sergeant using a megaphone to relay instructions to gun crew. Firing a heavy gun at close to zero elevation. Firing 8-pouder field pieces in the midst of trenches in No-Mans land. Firing a howitzer equipped with mud flaps (girdles) on its wheels to minimize bogging down in the mud. Glimpse of German soldiers unpacking artillery shells with a 15 cm Kanone 16 in the background. A British 8-pounder firing among trenches. British infantry moving across a quiet battlefield. A British Mark IV tank moving across trenches. A British battery of howitzers firing. Closeup of gun crew firing an 8-pounder from under camouflage covering. British troops lined up in a deep reinforced trench. They climb over the top. Glimpse of two German soldiers rushing up out of a reinforced bunker. British infantry advancing across battlefield, under fire. On carries a Lewis gun and the other a rifle with fixed bayonet. Huge explosions raise black smoke as a British Mark IV tank moves in foreground. German gunners in a fortified bunker, firing a Maxim MG 08 machine gun. Closeup of machine gun. View from trench underneath, as a British tank rolls overhead. View from above shows it is a Mark V "male" tank, armed with a short 6-pounder (57-mm) Hotchkiss gun in the right sponson. British infantry running across the battlefield with smoke everywhere. A shell strikes and one soldier falls ans rolls over. . Another glimpse of German machine gunners firing. View from behind barbed wire as a British Mark V tank advances toward the camera. White smoke is punctuated by puffs of black smoke from shelling. A line of soldiers are silhouetted against light sky as they flee across a hill top. A shell striking and fire burning in a French village. Views of desolate "no man's land." British infantry, including pipers, walking across the battlefield. Stubs of trees and destroyed remains of a village. A line of British infantry leaning forward in trench behind an earthen berm. They charge over the top. One remains lying against the hill. Troops silhouetted against the sky as they move across the battlefield and down a deep ravine and up the other side.

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068359
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