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Body of Edith Louisa Cavell being brought to England from Brussels.

Procession of the body of Edith Louisa Cavell in England. A huge procession seen walking and crowds gathered to see the procession. A carriage carrying the body of Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse during World War I, after it was brought back by the destroyer HMS Rowena from Ostend, Flanders to Admiralty Pier in Dover. A fleet of soldiers, nurses with flower bouquets and army band seen walking with the carriage carrying the coffin. The coffin is covered with the English flag. Soldiers bow as the coffin is brought at the Norwich Cathedral (65 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH, United Kingdom) where it was reburied.

Date: 1919, May 19
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026892
Aerial bombing by German forces of Dunkirk and the English Channel at the Battle of Dunkirk during WW2

A animated map showing the gradual German invasion of Flanders through the Ruhr Region during World War II. On the map, German forces reach northern France and encroaches Dunkirk in the Northern French coast, causing the Battle of Dunkirk. A Heinkel He 111 in flight. A German Luftwaffe soldier unloads bombs from the aircraft to bomb Dunkirk. More bombs fall from a Nazi Heinkel He 111 bomber to Dunkirk. Dunkirk in smoke from bombing. Stuka Junkers JU 87 fighters slightly angle downward to begin dive bombing. Aerial point of view (POV ) of Dunkirk from Stuka Junkers JU 87. German pilot pulling down the center stick, controlling the speed and prevent further descent. Pilot's face as he aims down to Dunkirk and unloads a bomb to the English Channel to attack warships and transport. Side view of flying Stuka Junkers JU 87. Ships sailing in the English Channel.

Date: 1940, June 1
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078986
United States 45th Infantry division troops on foot pass through Wingene in Belgium (WW2)

United States 45th Infantry division soldiers on foot pass through the wrecked and burning town of Wingene, in West Flanders (Belgium) during World War II. Destroyed vehicles are seen on sidewalks. Bombed houses are still burning as soldiers pass through. Debris and various equipment lay scattered on the ground.

Date: 1945, January 7
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080007
Houses burning and destroyed vehicles in Wingene, Belgium (WW2)

Houses burning after Wingene, Belgium is retaken by Allied forces during World War II. A house with its roof covered in flames. Soldiers driving on a Jeep pass by burning house. A United States helmet and helmet liner with shell hole. Wrecked and burning United States vehicles such as Jeeps, trucks in deserted streets. A doorway blocked by burning debris. Thick smoke covers the streets as houses burn. Remains of a bombed house with only its façade left. More burning homes in Wingene, on the Belgian province of West Flanders. Pillars of smoke rises in a battlefield outside Wingene.

Date: 1945, January 7
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080008
Medics rescue a soldier from a tank, in ruined Wingene, Belgium (WW2)

Medics rescue a soldier from a tank in Wingene, Belgium during World War II. The injured soldier is placed on a stretcher. A burning house in Wingene, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Flames erupt from windows of the house. Bodies of two dead United States soldiers lying on a snow-covered street.

Date: 1945, January 6
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080009
The repaired German U-boat Deutschland leaves New London, Connecticut, bound for Germany.

The German U-boat submarine, Deutschland, repaired after a 16 November, 1916 collision with the tugboat "T.A. Scott Jr.", leaves U.S. for Germany on 21 November, 1916. The launch "Efco" opens the pontoon fence guarding the submarine's berth, and the submarine slowly moves out of the dock area. She carries 6.5 tons of silver bullion on this successful British blockade-evading voyage back to Germany.

Date: 1916, November 21
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035172