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British Brigadier-General Henry Owen Knox aboard ship en route to Vladivostok, Russia in World War I

Entente Powers intervention in Russia during World War 1. Slate identifies Commander of British Forces General Henry Owen Knox. (Research indicates he was an honorary Brigadier General circa 1918-19, and may have been the ranking officer with British Forces aboard ship while en route to Russia.) He smokes a cigarette and talks with another British officer on the ship. (Note: the Commander of the British mission in in Russia during the Allied intervention was Major-General Alfred Knox.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053020
British soldiers visited by royal family and decorated by King George VI in England during World War 2

Royal Air Force officers escort Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, on a road in England. Cars and jeeps parked on the road. Queen Elizabeth chats with crewmen of a British bomber, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are assisted in boarding the aircraft to examine it. 'Parachute' written on the door of the aircraft. The Queen steps out of the aircraft, followed by Princess Elizabeth. The Queen watches as King George VI, decorates a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, and several junior RAF officers. He presents the Distinguished Service medal to one and Distinguished Flying Crosses to others. View of officers wearing their Distinguished Flying Cross medals. View from behind, of the Queen and two Princesses,standing as King George addresses an awardee,during the ceremony. RAF airmen stand in formation at the side of the field. Standing next to King George,at the entrance to an aircraft hangar, Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from an airman. King George reviews a formation of airmen on the apron of the hangar. Queen Elizabeth, carrying her flowers, also reviews the formation, walking several paces behing the King. King George speaks with women of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), in uniform, part of a formation in the hangar building. British flag on the hangar wall contains the Union Jack and the round British aircraft insignia. British troops, shouldering rifles, with fixed bayonets, lead a parade through the hangar, passing in review before the Royal Family. They are followed by unarmed RAF personnel marching out to the snow covered ground outside.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053677
French General Maurice Gamelin leaves British General Headquarters in France after meeting General Gort.

General Maurice Gamelin visits General Gort at British General Headquarters in France. British officers stand in a group in the garden. Officers stand near a car. French General Maurice Gamelin sits in a car. British officers stand as General Gamelin and French officers leave the British General Headquarters. The cars move along a road lined by trees.

Date: 1939, October
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053855
British and German ships clash in North Sea at the Battle of Jutland, World War I

Battle of Jutland naval battle off the coast of Jutland, Denmark, during World War I. Guns firing from British ships. Flames and smoke rise from ships that have been hit, and much smoke from the smokestacks of ships. Charred remains of a burned ship still barely floating during the battle. Explosions as the ships fire torpedoes and guns. Following the battle, King George V aboard a British ship as British Navy sailors pass in review before the King. The sailors salute. A large number of British sailors stand together during the ceremony.

Date: 1916, May 31
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054364
The British liner 'Tuscan Star' takes into the water after its christening ceremony by Miss Elizabeth Uttley in England.

A British ocean liner rolls into the water from a harbor after the christening ceremony in England. Miss Elizabeth Uttley with officials stands beside the British liner at a harbor, after the christening ceremony for the passenger ship. Officials and a large crowd gather beside the British liner. The British flag on a pole on the harbor. The side of the liner in view. The huge liner rolls into the water from the harbor. Water splashes as the liner plunges into the water. 'Tuscan Star' written on the side of the liner. The Tuscan Star in the waters.

Date: 1929, November 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054950
British tanks move to city of Hertogenbosch and dead bodies of German soldiers and horses, 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. Line of British tanks (Heavy Infantry Mk IV A22 Churchill tanks) move on road which has a signboard identifying location as "'s-Hertogenbosch." British armoured personnel carriers and tanks entering the town. Dead horses and dead German soldiers lying on ground by the side of road. A British Sherman Firefly tank rolls by, and more are seen parked nearby. A Dutch civilian man carves carcass of a dead horse for food. Corpses of German soldiers lay on ground near an artillery piece. Close-ups of faces of dead German soldiers.

Date: 1944, October 22
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056357