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Free French Generals Charles De Gaulle and Catroux, meet with British Marshals in Cairo during World War 2.

A British Airways Short S23 C flying boat, arriving from Khartoum,comes in for water landing in Cairo. British Commander-in-Chief, in the Middle East, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell and French General Georges Catroux conversing on a boat, among a group of people. British Airways launch brings Officers (passengers) from the flying boat. General Charles De Gaulle seen with Marshal Wavell and British Chief Air Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore together with French General Catroux. General de Gaulle walks gangway off the boat and stands with the British Marshals, on shore. . Brief view of British Marshals in downtown, Cairo.

Date: 1941, April 3
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054759
British soldiers fight German occupying forces and enter city of Hertogenbosch under cover of gun fire in Holland, during World War II.

British soldiers fight the German Army to liberate the city of Hertogenbosch in Holland from Nazi occupation, during World War II. British soldiers carry an assault boat under the cover of fire from a Bren gun (with upper handle removed). They paddle across the canal and take shelter behind the berm on the opposite side. After pausing, they continue to advance over the berm. Closeup of Bren gun firing. Structures are seen in the background. A Sherman tank parked among trees is seen firing a machine gun from its bow mount. Smoke rising behind the canal berm. British troops run past heavy smoke rising in a part of the city. They run across a park toward a bridge. Buildings burning near the canal in the city. View of British infantry across a canal. Dense smoke from fires burning nearby, obscures buildings in background. British infantry sheltering near edge of building in the city. View of several British soldiers in a Bren, or universal tracked carrier, loaded down with all kinds of gear, including a jerry can and other supplies. View of sniper (presumably German sniper) firing from upper window of De Gouden Leeuw restaurant or shop in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Date: 1944, October 22
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056356
Excerpts from British movie about trench warfare in France during World War One

Scenes from a popular British movie about World War One, released after the war, in the 1920's. British troops fight against the Germans in Thiepval and Gommecourt, France during World War I. British soldiers advance across no man's land. Germans fire machine gun at them from fortified position. Views of the German gunners inside their position. Advancing British troops fall to the machine gun fire. German troops firing rifles at the British troops from sandbagged bunker. Scenes of German troops regaining their trenches at Gammecourt, climbing over the bodies of fallen British troops from the London and Midland Divisions.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066049
British troops wait at a dock to embark a ship as they withdrawal from Port Said in Egypt.

British troops withdraw from Port Said in Egypt as UN Forces intervene during the Suez Crisis. A British warship in harbor at Port Said. Sunken ships in the harbor. Warship at the harbor. The British troops on the ship. The British troops with their equipment await to embark the ship. United Nations Forces Canadian Eedson Louis Millard Burns speaks to a British officer at the dock. The British troops march in squad. An Israeli man displays a large stock of modern Russian arms captured from Egypt. Men inspect the Russian weapons.

Date: 1957
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069753
German and Italian aircraft dive through intense flak to bomb a British convoy underway in the Strait of Sicily.

A naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War II. A formation of Italian and German bombers over the Strait of Italy. Ships of a British convoy underway. British ships fire antiaircraft guns at Italian aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Italian bombers bomb the ships. Explosions near and on the ships. British ships are heavily bombed by a large number of Italian bombers. Many ships sink after exploding. Smoke billows up from the ships afire. Italian MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) head for a British convoy. British ships are torpedoed. Smoke rises after explosions on the ships. The bombing of the convoy continues at night. Interiors of an Italian submarine shows its crew members at work. A list of claimed British losses includes HMS Furious (47), HMS Eagle, HMS Manchester (C15), HMS Cairo (D87) and HMS Foresight (H68). Victorious Italian MASs underway and Italian aircraft in flight overhead. View of letter from Mussolini congratulating the Axis forces, read by narrator. View of Italian attack boats moving at high speed in ocean.

Date: 1942, August 11
Duration: 7 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675070112
Officers meet and discuss amongst themselves aboard a British ship underway in he Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

British and American officers aboard a ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Crew members aboard the ship. British Naval officer board the British ship. He meets the crew and other officers. Officers discuss amongst themselves. Officer leaves the ship and goes down a gangway. British officers aboard the ship. American and British officers shake hands. Medal around the neck of British officers. Photographers leave the ship. Mountainous terrain in the background.

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075920