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Armored vehicles undergo waterproofing and testing in Bideford, England.

U.S. Army soldiers waterproof U.S. tanks and military vehicles by hand during World War 2. Close up shots of men applying putty to seal the vehicles. Tanks with deep wading exhaust trunks, also called "breathers," are tested and driven in water. The wading snorkels are released off the back of an M4 Sherman tank and M10 tank destroyer as the tanks begin to drive on land.

Date: 1944
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080950
U.S. troops load supplies aboard LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) at Plymouth harbor during World War II.

Loading supplies aboard U.S. LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) at Plymouth harbor, England during World War II, as forces were amassing in England for the Operation Overlord D-Day invasion of France. U.S. troops load supplies aboard LCM. Loaded LCM pulls away. Other LCMs in the foreground.

Date: 1944, March 24
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060447
U.S. Army Air Force B-17 crew at RAF Station Polebrook in England, during World War II.

Activities ofUnited States Army Air Forces at RAF Polebrook during World War 2. Scenes from filming of "Combat America." U.S. AAF B-17 crew synchronizing watches and preparing for a bombing mission. Medic talks to crewman about his injured hand. Airplanes and personnel on the airfield in the far background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062859
U.S. propaganda film during WW2, "Know Your Ally: Britain" showing war battle scenes and scenes of life in England

'Know Your Ally: Britain' - An Allied propaganda film to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as to counter Nazi German propaganda aimed at weakening the alliance during World War II. Scenes in the United States of a college football game as a player makes a touchdown and a crowd erupts in loud cheering. Football team at blocking and tackling practice on a practice field. A World War 2 tank fires. British and American soldiers fire artillery and infantry forces running on a battlefield. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Views of soldiers of China, Russia, Britain and the United States. Allied troops march. Idaho, United States and Britain on a map showing population. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians on a road including cars and double-decker buses and pedestrians showing congested space in Britain. People talk to their neighbors. British policemen seen. British citizens emerge from underground transit system. Groups of British men, women and children in crowds are seen. Image of British Bobby police officer with hand up and narrator relates that British police do not carry a gun. Newspaper headlines about a strike, a catastrophe in Britain. Animated map of the Great Britain shows that it is surrounded by sea. Ships at sea. An old man and a boy sitting on a stoop with a model of a tall masted sailing ship. Brief views of cities in different parts of the world, including Sydney Australia; an unidentified South African port; an aerial view of the city of Wellington, New Zealand; parliament and government buildings in Ottawa, Canada; a large passenger ferry boat passing by with the skyscrapers of Manhattan New York City in the background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072087
Freedom of the Borough of Birkenhead is conferred upon Prime Minister David Lloyd George

British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, and party, arrive in Birkenhead, England, where the Freedom of the Borough is to be conferred upon him. As he steps from a car, his wife is already on the sidewalk being greeted by another woman. A policeman, military officer, and a judge, in powdered wig, stand on the sidewalk to greet the Prime Minister, as he shakes hands with the Lord Mayor of the autonomous County Borough. Several other officials and ladies join the group. Many spectators line the sidewalks. The Prime Minister standing on the sidewalk with several military officers, a policeman, and the Lord Mayor. David Lloyd George accompanied by military officers, proceeds to review a formation of troops. A woman speaks to the Prime Minister, as women wartime volunteers in work uniforms stand in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026049
British women handle plows and work fields during World War I.

Women working in Britain to aid the war effort, during World War 1. British women from the Surrey, England area use manual plows pulled by horses. Civilian men look on and provide advice, as the women practice plowing.

Date: 1915
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029966