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British civilians, United States soldiers and Canadian Women' Army Corps celebrates Victory in Europe Day in London, England.

Victory in Europe Day celebrated in London, England towards the end of World War II. British civilians move around the city. The civilians buy British and United States flags. Various buildings draped with British flags. A British flag flutters on the top of a building. The civilians celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Soldiers walk into a church. Church services attended by United States soldiers and Canadian Women's Army Corps.

Date: 1945, May 7
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065444
British Prime minister Churchill inspects artillery and takes lunch with airmen in Egypt during World War II.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits British troops in Egypt during World War II. Prime Minister Churchill arrives and is surrounded by soldiers. He raises his hat. Churchill inspects British artillery. Artillery being fired. Churchill takes lunch with British airmen at a headquarters. He drinks from a glass. Churchill with South African Prime Minister General Jan Smuts and another man and woman with their baby in a pram. Prime minister Churchill plays with the child seated in a pram. The baby is wearing a hat with a "V" for victory pin on it. Churchill holds the child. Clip closes with public service announcement (PSA) with message encouraging viewers to "Help your country! Buy war bonds and stamps at this theatre" superimposed on an image of bomber aircraft and the Statue of Liberty.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065999
Scenes from British movie about Battle of Somme in World War I.

Excerpts from British movie about trench warfare in World War One. Explosions occur and columns of smoke rise. British and French soldiers run across no man's land battlefield towards Montaubon. Glimpse of German troops in trench. German machine gun firing from fortified position. German troops retreating from trenches and firing back at advancing allied troops. British troops entering German trenches and chasing retreating German troops in the trenches. German troops fleeing. French soldiers crossing "no man's land" battlefield while under fire. British troops using horses to reposition and move field artillery pieces.

Date: 1916
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066050
British soldiers move supplies through deep mud, and advance across non man's land during World War I

British soldiers moving horses and supplies through thick mud during the First World War. A soldier with his face covered with mud. A shell bursts showering British soldiers with shrapnel, as they hunker down in the mud at night. In daytime scene British infantry advances across no man's land as the unit piper plays bagpipes and marches along crest of hill in World War 1. (Slate states Piper Richardson was killed later that day and was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.) Scenes are from a British film released post-war.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066066
Preliminary meeting,US and British military Chiefs, Montgomery House, Malta "Argonaut" Conference, Malta, United Kingdom.

The Malta "Argonaut" Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. The Military Chiefs of Britain and the United States,preparing for the Malta Conference, seated at a table in Montgomery House. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall seated at the table looking at documents. U.S. Army Service Forces Commanding General Brehon Burke Somervell standing beside General Marshall and talking to the General. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King seated beside General Marshall. United States Air Force General Laurence Sherman Kuter seated with other U.S. and British officers during the conference. British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and Royal Air Force Marshal Charles Portal seated among the officers. Field Marshal Wilson and an officer coming out of the Auberge de Castille, Valletta , the official headquarters for British delegation for the conference. Officers saluting the Field Marshal. The Field Marshal waiting outside the building with other officers. Chief of the Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Alan Brooke leaving the building with British General Hastings Lionel Ismay. A large crowd of officers and civilians watch the officers climbing down the steps of the building and stepping into a car.

Date: 1945, January 31
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066453
British destroyers fire and German ship sinks in the European Theater during World War I

British troops fight against Germans during World War I. Destroyers underway at sea. British flag on the destroyer ship in North Sea. Destroyers fire. Destroyers approach a harbor. Men on boat at sea. Men on destroyers give signal. A British destroyer vessel sinks. Man observes through periscope of a submarine. Men fire on another ship from a destroyer. The German ship sinks in sea. The later section of this clip illustrates the destruction of a U-boat by a British Q-ship - a merchantman with hidden armament where a submarine surfaced, a "dummy crew" abandons ship, and the naval gunners then bring out the guns and sink the U-boat

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068363