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Britain attempts to recover its defensive capabilities following equipment losses in the evacuation at Dunkirk, France, in World War II

Opening scene shows a cathedral and houses near the English Channel coast in World War 2. German troops, part of a force of 100 Divisions, are seen advancing through French towns toward the coast. A German army band leads some. Others march through the countryside. Close-up of some ot the marchers, along with a Sd.Kfz.9 Half-Track pulling an artillery field piece. A column of German army trucks raising dust on a French country road and many waiting in line to cross a canal. A covered German halftrack pulling a covered trailer across a partially collapsed bridge. View from a moving railroad train with German troops and one manning an MG-08 machine gun on an open flat car. German soldiers in a "bucket brigade" passing cargo, including jerry cans, being off-loaded from a German Junkers Ju-52 transport plane at a grass airfield in France. A German Krupp K5 railway gun being run up an elevated rail. Imaginative animated map showing Nazi-dominated Europe in contrast to the British Isles. British troops marching. Change of scene to the beachhead at Dunkirk, France, during the mass evacuation of British forces ahead of approaching German armies. View from a British Destroyer of troops wading out through the water towards it. Close-up of two British soldiers being pulled from the water onto a boat, by two men in fowl weather gear. In skies above, British and German aircraft are engaged in aerial dogfights. A British Destroyer filled with soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk. Vickers/Maxim Octuple QF 2-pounder Mark VIII guns being fired by a British warship. British soldiers, some covered with oil, on the deck of a destroyer. Scene shifts to armor and weapons abandoned by the retreating British forces, including trucks, tanks, anti-aircraft guns and armored cars. Scene shifts to England where rescued soldiers begin ascending a gangway from the crowded deck of a warship to a pier above. Smiling British soldiers relaxing as they arrive on a pier. Many rescued soldiers getting organized on land. Narrator mentions that the losses of war materiel leave Britain short of its needs. Soldiers standing around a British Infantry Tank Mk.III Valentine. Soldiers manning a coastal defense machine gun position. Views of the British English Channel coastline. A British battleship (or Battle Cruiser) showing two forward triple gun turrets, is seen underway, ahead of an aircraft carrier. Silhouetted distance views of several British destroyers, and closer view on one escorting a supply shiip. (Narrator notes the British navy was absorbed in protecting supply lines all over the globe.) Animated map illustrates the overwhelming superiority of German Air Forces directed against Britain. view of British airfield displaying flag with Union Jack and RAF roundel. Several RAF personnel stand around an Avro Anson twin engine airplane, parked on the ramp. Several Supermarine Spitfire aircraft are seen parked on an airfield. Close-up of two flying in formation. View of St. Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London, England. British people are seen in a city and at home engaged in ordinary activities, scrubbing floors, chatting over drinks at a Pub, and waiting on a customer in a lady's shop. A farmer tends sheep in a field next to a church, where he converses with the Vicar. A baby crawls across pavement to his mother who reaches out from a doorway. New recruits in uniform mingle with people on a sidewalk. Mature women in uniform walk along with British Army officers in uniform. British sailor and an officer walk past the camera. A boy and older men at work in a field. Four businessmen dressed in civilian clothes are next seen in military uniforms, shouldering rifles. Home Guard civilians carrying rifles are trained in close order drills on a lawn. A home guard man points to a drawing of a tank as he asks a question during an outdoor training session. Recruits watch demonstrations with Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun, and hand grenade launcher on Enfield rifle. A recruit takes his turn firing a single round (to save ammunition) from a Thompson M1921 submachine gun. He hands the weapon back to the instructor and returns to his place.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031680
British troops during evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2

Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053151
German Luftwaffe aircraft blast Dunkirk

Animated maps show the conquest of low counties and France. German bombers and Stukas in flight. The German Luftwaffe aircraft blast Dunkirk. Enemy bombers shot down. German Air Force Strafe at the harbor and enemy warships. German pilots seated at the controls in the cockpit. German antiaircraft batteries fire at British ships of Dunkirk. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041497
Adolf Hitler reviews German troops at Dunkirk and Ypres

Adolf Hitler reviews troops at Dunkirk and Ypres near end of Battle of France in World War 2. He drives in a car through the ruins in a jeep to visit his soldiers. Wreckage and rubble in Dunkirk and Ypres, Belgium. He passes by Cathedral of St. Martin in Ypres. Adolf Hitler confers with officers. He eats with German soldiers in a field kitchen. Hitler then visits a World War I German cemetery.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041499
Germans troops invade Dunkirk (WW2)

Street fighting between German Army and Allied soldiers at Dunkirk, France during World War II. Buildings burning and car wreckage on the streets. Gun fire and explosion can be heard in the background. German artillery crew firing, a building explodes from afar. A German military official surrounded by infantry troops. German soldiers firing at enemy positions. Smoke rises from a burning Allied tank from afar. British soldiers surrender to the Germans. A German officer talks to British prisoners of war. British prisoners of war carrying wounded comrade. A German soldier wearing glasses smokes a cigarette. Upturned damaged vehicles at Dunkirk. German artillery guns on the road. A truck transporting a Howitzer drives past a field with dead British soldiers. Corpse of a British soldier lying face down. More dead British troops.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080365
British troops are rescued from ships in Dunkerque, France during World War II.

British troops withdraw in Dunkerque, France during World War II. Barges at a port. Damaged ships in a harbor. British soldiers get off a ship into a landing barge. Barges approach towards the beach in Dunkirk as smoke rises from the beach in the background. Troops wade through water towards the beach. Men aboard a Dunkirk rescue ship. British troops being rescued from a ship.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059031