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German troops move through a village and interrogate Canadian and British prisoners of war in France during WWII.

Allied invasion of northern France during World War II. Allied bombers attack the coast during invasion of France. German coastal fortifications are shown. A German officer looks through binoculars. He surveys Allied ships and crafts approaching the coast. German coastal guns fired at the Allied fleet in the English Channel. Smoke due to explosions in the water. Soldiers fire artillery. They load shells. Ships hit by the artillery fire. German pillboxes and fortifications. German soldiers inspect damaged and wrecked crafts washed ashore. Soldiers look out to the sea. Camouflaged German tanks and infantry move through a French village. Explosions in fields. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover, fire in prone positions. They advance past wrecked and damaged Allied tanks. Allied prisoners marched in the forest. Seated prisoners. German officers discuss the strategy. German fortifications on a French beach. Germans pass downed Allied and British planes. Invasion stripes on an aircraft. German officers arrive to inspect the wrecked aircraft. Captured British and Canadian prisoners of war (POWs). Soldiers of The Nova Scotia Highlanders, The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion held prisoners. Wounded prisoners. A soldier with an eye patch. A German officer talks to the prisoners and check their papers.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 5 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021807
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight path from New York to Paris.

Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic route from New York to Paris, France. An animated map depicts the flight path and distance. Lindbergh’s path begins from New York, via Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, across the Atlantic, Ireland, England and then Paris.

Date: 1927, May
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031353
Lumberjack water sports, trained deer, trout fishing and other amusements at a sports show at Grand Central Palace, New York.

Antics at the sports show at Grand Central Palace in New York, United States. Men dressed as African tribesmen knock on the door of an igloo in a winter diorama and greet a man dressed as an Eskimo. They are joined by others; one dressed as a Canadian Mountie and another as a Scotsman in a kilt. Lumberjacks joust each other while balancing in their canoes. Lumberjacks in a log rolling competition. The lumberjack from Nova Scotia falls in the water. Trained deer jump through hoops and extend their front legs in exchange for a treat. A man catches trout at a water display, complete with water wheel.

Date: 1938, February 22
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069226
Men aboard Gertrude L. Thebaud schooner underway off Gloucester, Massachusetts hoist sail and prepare for a forthcoming race.

Captain Ben Pine and crew aboard Gertrude L. Thebaud schooner underway at sea off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. They are preparing for upcoming sailing boat races against Canadian schooner Bluenose from Nova Scotia, Canada. Crew hoisting sail aboard the Gertrude L. Thebaud. crew members aloft on the masts and in the rigging. Captain Ben Pine in white shirt with bow tie, wearing a cap, looks aloft toward crew member high above. One crew member slides rapidly down a rope line.

Date: 1930, September 29
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075495
British prisoners are led and interrogated by German soldiers in Normandy, France.

British prisoners in Normandy, France during World War II. The prisoners with their hands raised are led by German guards towards a prisoners of war compound. Smashed British gliders on a field. German troops drive out a jeep from a grounded British glider. Shoulder patches of the prisoners read: 'Nova Scotia Highlanders' and 'Canadian Parachute Battalion'. Interrogation of the prisoners. Wounded prisoners.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077010
Lord Halifax travels aboard HMS King George V on a secret trip to United States during World War 2.

Lord Halifax arrives in United States aboard a new British warship. British Ambassador to United States, Lord Halifax travels aboard HMS King George V on a secret trip. Lord Halifax and his wife aboard the ship. Sailors stand on deck of the ship. United States President Franklin Roosevelt meets Lord Halifax before the warship reaches the port. Lord Halifax and his wife give a speech. Lord Halifax states that it was a great honor as President Roosevelt came to meet them.

Date: 1941, January 28
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053973