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British coastal defenses battle incoming German aircraft during Battle of Britain in World War 2
On sighting of incoming German aircaft, British soldiers scramble to trench battle positions with anti aircraft guns (ack ack guns) at British aerodromes. British pilots race to waiting Hawker Hurricanes and take off to fight the German Luftwaffe aircraft. Ground views of battle unfolding in the air. Smoke in sky from battle. Captured German air crew members are escorted by armed British guards. One is smiling. British Hurricane back at airbase for refueling and more ammunition. Smoke in distance across English Channel shows results of British offensive action. Official seen collecting pieces of a struck enemy aircraft. Narrator cautions viewers to not touch such pieces if they find them as "your curiousity may upset the work of examining experts." British Hurricanes and spitfires return to airbase. British pilots in discussion with a pilot from Poland. As pilots are shown, narrator says, "never in the history of human conflict, have the many owed so much to the few."
British and American Joint Chiefs of staff at the Malta Conference in Malta during World War II.
A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Combined Chiefs of Staff seated around a conference table during the Malta Conference. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Brigadier General A.S. MacFarland, U.S. Army Major General Lawrence Kuter, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, U.S. Major General John E. Hull, U.S. Brigadier General Loutzenheiser, U.S. Lieutenat General Walter B. Smith, U.S. Major General Harold R. Bull, British Commander Richard Colleridge, British Major General Robert Laycock, British Field Marshal Wilson, British Air Marshal Sir Charles F. Portal, British Field Marshal Alan Brooke and Fleet Admiral A.B. Cunningham present. British Admiral James Somerville, British General Hastings Ismay, Captain Graves, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral McCormick and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles Cooke also present.
British soldiers follow tanks advancing; Shermans fire and enter a village in France during World War II.
During "Operation Epsom". British and German forces battle in France during World War 2. Tanks move out at dawn. British soldiers in tanks. The soldiers and Sherman tanks in action. Smoke rises in the background due to firing. Shermans fire. Explosion and smoke rises in the far background. An M10 Tank Destroyer and Sherman Firefly fire. British soldiers stand near the tank. Sherman tanks fire at the 12th SS Panzer Division and advance. A soldier looks through binoculars. The tanks fire. British infantry advance in a wooded area. British soldiers follow advancing tanks. Soldiers carry guns and shells. A soldier speaks into a radio. Tanks advancing. A tank from the 23rd Hussars at approximately mark 1:46. A wrecked German Panther tank in the foreground. Footage at junction of the D139 and the D173a. This is the junction of the road from Fontenay to Grainville (D139) and the road from Tessel to Cheux(D173a). A dead German soldier. British Sherman Firefly and soldiers advance. The soldiers fire upon enemy tanks and positions. Another dead German soldier. Two soldiers in prone position fire a gun. British troops enter a village. Clip includes including footage of German Panzer Regt. 12 and the British 49th West Riding Division.
British navy captures Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine.
The Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. British Palestinian coast guard ship confronts the Haim Arlozoroff (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53). The Haim Arlozorov after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Chiefstain intercepts the Haim Arlozorov. Jewish refugees onboard the Haim Arlozorov, with a sign in Hebrew and the name “Haim Arlozorov”. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim. Lifeboat pulls up alongside the Haim Arlozorov. Refugees are processed dockside after disembarking. British soldiers carry a man on a stretcher, injured during fight to prevent the British from capturing the ship. British medic escorts a young female Jewish refugee along the dock. British soldiers sitting on the beach watching the interception of the Haim Arlozorov.
German Navy SM U-35, under Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, captures and sinks a British ship (WW1)
The German SM U-35 U-boat sinks a British ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. German U-Boat Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière uses a pair of binoculars, with subordinates taking down notes, while the SM U-35 cruises in the Mediterranean. A British merchant ship sails the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. German U-Boat crew sails to the British merchant ship on a small boat. German seamen return with seized cargo of turtles. Seized turtles are laid down on the U-Boat’s deck. A commander of the British ship is offloaded by the German. A captured crew member tosses a hat to the commander. Captured British crew members, wearing life vests, are left adrift in a lifeboat. The SM U-35 crew fires deck gun to sink the British merchant ship. Sailing ship listing as it begins to sink. Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière marks off the sunken ship in a log book as other captured British commanders gather on the submarine deck. Lifeboats with captured British crewmen are left adrift in the Mediterranean Sea.
British and German fleets face each other at the Battle of Jutland (WW1)
British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy fleets in the North Sea during the Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) in World War 1. The British Royal Navy Grand fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe faces the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, in the North Sea. British seamen use binoculars to observe German fleet. A Zeppelin flying over the German fleet as a German dreadnought battleship fires at the British. British Navy ship steers to the left. Two German dreadnought battleships facing British fleet. Naval artillery gun turrets fire from a British dreadnought battleship. British and German navy fleets attack each other with guns and torpedoes. A torpedo is ejected from a battleship. Heavy smoke covers the ships during the crossfire.
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