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Abandoned Allied military equipment and dead solders bodies scattered around Dunkirk after the end of the Battle of Dunkirk during WW2
A ship burns furiously while docked in the Dunkirk Harbor. Partially sunken ships devastated after the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. A soldier lying face down and motionless next to a truck. German soldiers carrying military equipment in Dunkirk beach, abandoned military equipment and dead Allied soldiers scattered all over. Gun turrets and scattered military equipment in Dunkirk Beach, materiel abandoned by the British Army when they evacuated days earlier. Sign on booth reads, "Patinoire" On Dunkirk Beach, military vehicles formed as a bridge used by the British to cross the water to reach their evacuation ships. A rubber dinghy on the beach, left behind by the British Army. A British Brodie helmet partially buried in the sand in Dunkirk Beach. Artillery guns in the Dunkirk docks. Unexploded bombs in pile, left behind by the retreated Allied forces. A French Army M26 Adrian helmet over a casket-like military equipment. The camera pans down to show “3” and a design showing a dwarf from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (likely Bashful the dwarf) riding a bomb in the sky and holding a pennant.
Captured Allied Soldiers transported out of Dunkirk, France after the end of Battle of Dunkirk during WW2
Allied prisoners, mostly British and French, are marching out of Dunkirk following the end of the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. Military trucks drive beside the prisoners-of war on the road. Rear view of prisoners-of-war marching on the French road.
Benito Mussolini delivers declaration of war against France and United Kingdom from Palazzo Venezia balcony, Rome during WW2
Italian fascist supporters (also known as the “Black Shirts”) march with black flags in Piazza Venezia, the central hub of Rome, Kingdom of Italy, during World War 2. Behind the fascist rally is the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (also known in Italian as the Altare della Patria or “Altar of the Fatherland”). Italian men in fashionable two-piece suits march down from the Via 4 de Novembre street towards Piazza Venezia. Italians marching towards Piazza Venezia in the Parco di Colle Oppio (Oppian hill) near the Roman Colosseum. Italian crowds with flags walk to Piazza Venezia in the Via dei Fori Imperiali near the Roman Colosseum, Roman Forum and the Capitoline Hill. Fascist supporters crowd the whole Piazza Venezia as seen from the Altar of the Fatherland. The Palazzo Bonaparte, Basilica di San Marco, Via del Corso and the Generali Assicurazioni Insurance Company Rome headquarters can be seen from the Altar of the Fatherland. Crowds waving the royal Italian flag cheer. Fascist supporters hold placards while marching in Via del Corso, the main shopping street in Rome linking to Piazza Venezia. Crowds cheer in front of the Palazzo Venezia, the office of Italian Prime Minister and il Duce, Benito Mussolini. Benito Mussolini emerges from his iconic balcony in the Sala del Mappamondo of the Palazzo Venezia. From his balcony in Palazzo Venezia, Benito Mussolini delivers his notable speech declaring war on France and Great Britain. Italians cheer on Benito Mussolini after he delivers his speech from the balcony. Royal Italian flag flies in the Altar of the Fatherland as crowds gather to listen to Benito Mussolini’s speech in Palazzo Venezia. Italians cheer on Benito Mussolini emerging in balcony with an Italian official. Mussolini’s balcony is flanked by two fasces, an ancient Roman weapon used as a symbol of Italian fascism. From his balcony, Benito Mussolini gives a Roman Salute to the cheering crowd.
Adolf Hitler arrives in Brenner railway station to meet Benito Mussolini for a brief Germany-Italy dialogue (WW2)
Italian Prime Minister and Il Duce Benito Mussolini welcomes German Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler upon his arrival in the Brenner railway station (39041 Brenner, South Tyrol, Italy), the border station of Italy and Austria. Adolf Hitler gives the Nazi salute while Benito Mussolini extends the Roman Salute to honor guards while it snows outside the Brenner station. Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Nazi German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop follow behind their leaders. Hitler shakes hands with Mussolini and Count Ciano, greet each other with the Nazi and Roman salutes, before boarding train back to Germany. Joachim von Ribbentrop greets the Nazi salute to Mussolini before the latter shake hands with him. Hitler speaks to Mussolini while leaning on train window before departure. Hitler’s train departs from Brenner station. Mussolini gives a final Roman salute to Hitler as his train departs for Germany. Mussolini, Count Ciano and other Italian fascist officials leave the platform. “Brennero” (Italian for Brenner) station sign in heavy snow. Italian fascist officials salute to Mussolini’s snowy train departing Brenner station after Hitler's visit to Italy during World War II.
British navy personnel evacuate, battle preparation onboard ships during Battle of Dunkirk in WW2
Dunkirk during World War II. British destroyer underway at full steam. German plane flying near barrage balloons. Smoke can be seen on shore due to bombing by Germans. Dozens of rescue boats containing crewmen and soldiers sail out to safety. Destroyer passes ship that has sunk. British soldiers wading in water towards ship. British soldiers climb onboard a ship. Exhausted British navy personnel rest on deck of ship. British navy personnel, some inadequately dressed, pose for the camera. Some soldiers are even barefoot. Ship blows out dark smoke as it sails near the Dunkirk harbor. British soldiers onboard a ship prepare ammunition and ropes to fight the Germans. British soldier grabs a rifle. A soldier throws a rope over the side of a ship. British soldiers on board ship are wearing life jackets. British ships sail near Dunkirk.
German in flight refueling demonstrated (WW2)
A captured World War II German film describing procedures of the Junkers in-flight re-fueling. Early tests being conducted with obsolete aircraft, and later with Junkers 290 Cargo-transport planes. Junkers Ju-290 cargo-transport aircraft towing a Junkers Ju-88 bomber inflight. View of a single-engine, high-wing obsolete model monoplane parked on a field with pilot in open cockpit. View of the aircraft tail showing the in-flight refueling coupling assembly as it is attached to aircraft tail. A mechanic walks over to the aircraft’s tail assembly, picks up the square-shaped coupler and shows how it pulls away on cable from aircraft tail assembly. German mechanic holding the coupler in his hands and demonstrating the hook-on attachment. View of the interior or open cockpit of same obsolete plane showing the coupling cable pulley assembly. German mechanic placing and pulling the coupler assembly away from tail of parked aircraft. The pilot starts engine. The obsolete aircraft flies. View of an unidentified twin-engine, low-wing, light aircraft. Light aircraft showing nose upon which a special hook arresting device is attached for catching the coupler. An extreme close-up view of the tip of hook refueling setup. Extreme close-up view of a civilian demonstrating way in which coupler hook assembly attaches to the hook arresting device. View of the pilot inside pilot's cockpit as his hand pulls levers which release coupler hook from arresting device. Aerial view of same high-wing old type monoplane flying with the coupler coupling assembly attached to its tail. Pilot wearing goggles in cockpit unwinds coupler cable. Coupler trailing on cable behind aircraft. Twin-engine light aircraft flying behind first aircraft. Same aircraft as the refueling coupler hook-device gets closer to its nose. View of same coupler taken from first aircraft housing coupler cable release. Aircraft with hook arresting device flying as coupler comes closer to being engaged. Coupler and arresting device as they become coupled. Two coupled aircraft flying for refueling. Pilot in rear seat of first aircraft cranks the coupling cable or pulls the second coupled aircraft towards tail of first aircraft. View of the two aircraft as they slowly draw to each other. The same scene as seen from the rear of first towing-coupled aircraft. Extreme close-up of the coupler and air-to-air refueling device as they become disengaged when pilot pulls a releasing handle. The two aircraft as coupler disengages from the arresting device and the aircraft become uncoupled. The coupler hook assembly taken from rear of second aircraft having the arresting device attached to its nose. Coupler hook catches the arresting device midair. Twin-engine light aircraft flying from left to right with the coupler assembly gliding in front of it until it becomes engaged.
