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British books preserved in World War 2 by copying them to microfilm and storing them in United States Library of Congress.

British books being preserved from destruction during World War 2. Images from May 13, 1933 when twenty five thousand books were burned by Nazis in Germany on orders from Hitler. The book-burning included many classics of literature. Aerial view of London buildings burning at night from Nazi blitz raid during Battle of Britain. Books and important records being preserved by British as they transfer them to film, with one page of each book recorded to one frame of film, so that an entire book can be captured on a small roll of film. View of books copied onto motion picture film one page at a time by a British man. View of U.S. military personnel reviewing motion picture film used to image letters sent to troops via V-mail during the war. Narrator states that the filming process followed by the British is similar to the American mail filming process.The films being looked at by a man. Men pack the films in boxes for shipment to the United States. Wooden boxes being lifted by ship crane for transport. Exterior street view of United States Library of Congress building where the films are being kept. Librarian checking and stamping each film on arrival. Film being viewed on a large microfilm viewer. The description of each film on cards placed in the library card catalog. View of the original preservation films being filed and stored in shelves in the basement of the Library of Congress.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042334
German submarine surrenders to a British Q-ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I.

German U boat in Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. Men on deck of British Q ship. Crew quickly uncover a large hidden deck gun and use it to fire on the German submarine. Naval guns aboard the Q ship being aimed at the submarine. Another U-boat submarine surrenders to the British Q ship. The submarine comes along side the British ship, the captain and crew of the British ship board the submarine which has all hands on deck. More views of ships being hit by German submarine torpedoes in the sea and then sinking. Explosions occur at sea and ships sink after being torpedoed.

Location: Mediterranean Sea
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042412
Captured German soldiers being interrogated for demobilization in a British occupied zone of Germany after World War II.

Life of people in a British occupied zone of Germany after World War II. Ground level view of the heavily damaged Reichstag building in Berlin, with destroyed defense equipment on the grounds. Interior view of rubble inside the Reichstag. Close-up panning view of a painting of the Krupp family that produced arms during both world wars. A destroyed steel frame and girder structure that narrator says was part of Krupp arms factory. Former German soldiers being processed. They are lined up, sprayed with delousing powder, interrogated and their documents checked during demobilization. Demobilized former German soldiers give their thumb print impressions. A British officer interrogates an older man in civilian clothes, and then his Luftwaffe picture and papers are shown. Shirtless German men with their arms up in the air pass by a British inspector looking for SS mark under their left armpit. A British interrogator talks to a captured German soldier and rejects him for demobilization, based on his answers or his paperwork. A guard steps forward to escort the man back to prison.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042620
German troops invade Norway. British Navy destroys German warships in Narvik harbor, Norway.

Norwegian civilians flee in trucks, and cars, in advance of German invading troops. German troops march into a Norwegian city. British warships attack and destroy many German ships in the Norwegian harbor of Narvik. The British Tribal class destroyer, HMS Matabele (F 26) is seen. British warships fire heavy guns and numerous German vessels are sunk. A torpedo is launched from side of a British ship. Harbor is littered with sunken vessels. (World War II period).

Location: Norway
Date: 1940, April
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043459
Battle of Britain. British fighters challenge German bombers. German blitz destroys much of London.

The battle of Britain. German aircraft bomb British ships near Dover, England. Explosions on ships. British Spitfire fighter airplane seen in flight. Gun camera views of British fighter aircraft shooting down German bombers. Tower of London and surroundings on Thames River. British antiaircraft guns firing. Huge swath of London ablaze from German bombing. Destroyed buildings and rubble from bombing in London. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit with citizens in the bombed areas. Winston Churchill (smoking cigar) tours bombed area of London. Smoking ruins and destruction in London. Remaining shell of the destroyed Coventry Cathedral. (World War II period).

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043461
British troops patrol in a village in France.

British soldiers patrol in a captured village in France. British troops patrol on streets and look for snipers. Damaged and destroyed buildings in the village. British troops move quickly past an exposed area where a church yard wall has been blown open with cemetery grave markers looming in the background. Damaged tanks and vehicles on the streets. British tanks move in the village. (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1944, June 23
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043861
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