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British Navy ships defend against Axis aircraft in the Mediterranean, during World War II.

Film opens showing aerial view of an Illustrious class British aircraft carrier at sea, during World War 2. The original HMS Illustrious (87) in the Mediterranean. Cargo ships in the distance. View from flight deck of aircraft carrier, following a gunboat. Several British warships underway. A British Havant class destroyer. Several British sailors in hard hats observing a Havant class destroyer in the background. Sailors in battle gear firing antiaircraft guns at Axis aircraft. A British Blackburn Skua Mk II fighter dive-bomber aircraft takes off from a carrier. Anti-aircraft guns firing from British ships. Bombs burst in the water close to an aircraft carrier. A British Blackburn B-24 Skua dive bomber takes off from a carrier.

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056189
German aircraft drop bombs over British ships in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II.

German marine and air forces battle against the British in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. A map shows Gibraltar, Algiers in Algeria, Tunis and German advancement. A formation of German aircraft in flight. British ships in the Mediterranean Sea. German warships fire on British ships. German aircraft bomb British ships from the air. German Schnellboot (also called E-boat) fires torpedoes at British ships. An explosion on a British ship. The Germans on a ship deck. The British ship sinking.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675064773
German battleship sinks a British steamer, takes prisoners during WW2

A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.

Date: 1942, January
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079108
British soldiers fighting at the Battle of Verdun during WWI

British soldiers at the Battle of Verdun during World War 1. Trucks transporting British soldiers, also known as "Tommies", driving through a French town and the Sacred Way (“Voie Sacrée” in French). British soldiers riding on horseback through a muddy road. British infantry march behind officer on horseback. British infantry, wearing Brodie helmets, move through narrow trenches. British soldiers hide behind tall grass near the river Somme. British soldiers climb over the parapet of a trench. A large railway gun firing. Wrecked landscape devoid of trees or grass.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079185
Sketches of victory of American and French forces over British and surrender of Cornwallis

Struggle for border between Canada and United States. Sketch of battle at Halifax, Nova Scotia where British strength was high. Sketches of the harbor at Halifax with British ships. Assault of British ships on American towns. French blocking the British exit from the Chesapeake Bay. Sketches of the British and French fleets battling. Surrender of Cornwallis. George Washington with victorious troops. Various cartoons of the day depicting American colonists resisting British rule. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.

Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023014
British troops occupying Jerusalem during World War I

Views of Jerusalem, Palestine, following entry of the British, under General Sir Edmund Allenby, on December 11, 1917, in Worid War 1. A minaret and the Dome of the Rock, mosque. Outer view of the mosque, with the fountain for worshipers to wash in before prayer, and men on its steps. A guard detail of British troops marches past, in formation. British soldiers on camels. A captured Ottoman soldier being questioned by British interrogators. British troops inspect a well that had been sabotaged by retreating Ottoman forces. British troops on parade, in full battle gear, with their unit leaders saluting as they pass reviewing officers (unseen). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026014