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German prisoners who served as forced labour in Chancellor Hitlers labor battalion.

An American cameraman walks among the group of German prisoners. Cameraman speaks to a number of prisoners who served in Chancellor Hitler's labour battalion as forced labors. Cameraman notes down the details on a document. Prisoners talking to each other. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 8
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038880
Gliders, carrying Allied infantry, take off for the invasion of Normandy in World War II.

A British Dakota (or U.S. C-47) taking off from an airfield towing a British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa glider. Both aircraft are painted in D-day stripes. Formation of C-47 aircraft towing WACO CG-4A Gliders. A C-47 in D-day stripes parked in front of a hangar.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038897
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, David Lloyd George and Aristide Briand French Prime Minister meet at Chequers.

French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Aristide Briand, other officials, and women pose on steps of Chequers building (Missenden Road; Aylesbury; Buckinghamshire; HP17 0UZ). Exteriors of Chequers. Marshall Ferdinand Foch, David Loyd George and Aristide Briand discuss in lawn.

Date: 1921
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039998
State funeral procession for British Nurse Edith Cavell.

Following a State Funeral at Westminster Abbey, coffin bearing Nurse Edith Cavell's body is carried out and put on gun carriage. Mourners attend the funeral. Mourners, sailors with wreaths, nurses and other services in procession with horse-drawn carriage move on road. Soldiers lift the coffin. Coffin transferred at a ship for its transport to Norfolk for burial at Norwich Cathedral. (This state funeral followed disinterment of Cavell's body in Belgium, after her execution on October 12, 1915).

Date: 1919, May 19
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040081
British use coal gas as substitute motor fuel during World War I

Large tank filled with coal gas seen mounted on a motorcycle. Campion Motors Nottingham, is written on side of the tank, and Campion Coal Gas Motors on the front. The motorcycle pulls away from the company works at Mettham Street, Nottingham. The motorcycle and tank structure driving along a highway, with driver plus two men riding on the tank undercarriage. They are accompanied by another man on a motorcycle and one in its sidecar. The cycle with the tank demonstrates its maneuverability. Change of scene shows driver of a coal gas fueled bus refueling from a gas pipe. Fumes surround the connection as he refuels. He disconnects and tucks his refueling hose away. Passengers are sitting in the bus. Closeup of rear of bus shows huge inflatable gas tank atop the bus. "Chapman's, Driven by Coal Gas," written on back of the tank. The bus drives down a village street, as small boys run along beside it. World War 1 period.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026891
Prince of Wales visits women working in aircraft factory during World War I

British women at work in an airplane factory during World War 1. They are seen working with the framework of wings and other flying surfaces. Young Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in military uniform, examines parts in the factory during a visit with officials. He speaks briefly with a woman at her machine. The next scene shows women making adjustments on a Sopwith Camel aircraft. One tightens bracing on a left wing. Others rotate a propeller showing the movement of the airplane's rotary engine as its cylinders move with the propeller. Several women hold down the tail, as propwash from the running engine blows over them. Various tent-like structures are seen in the background. The number 6003 is seen on the aircraft vertical stabilizer. (WWI; WW1)

Date: 1917
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027190