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United States troops penetrate the Siegfried line in Northern France and take prisoners with them (WW2)

United States troops penetrate the Siegfried line in Northern France during World War II. Troops advance on the battlefield. A sign board reads: 'Kolmar 33 Km'. Soldiers fire. Dead bodies lay on field. Red Cross people help the wounded. Civilians stand outside their houses. American soldiers fight on the snow covered area. Mules carry supplies to the front. Soldiers advance on the front. They build barricades and fire artillery. Smoke arises due to firing. Soldiers take prisoners of war with them. Wounded soldiers. Graves of the dead soldier. Houses in the area. Soldiers on tank move forward on the front.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045619
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
French 501st Combat Tank Regiment soldier cleaning M4 tank in North Dalton, England (WW2)

The Regimental Insignia of the 1st Tank Company Regiment of Free France and the words “1 ere Compagnie” as part of a banner. The previous World War II campaigns of the First Tank Regiment- Narvik (Narvik, Norway), Bjervik (Bjervik, Norway), Ankenes (Ankenes, Norway), Lybie (Libya), Tripolitaine (Tripolitania, in present-day northwestern Libya), Tunisie (Tunisia)- are written on the banner. Reverse of the banner shows the Regimental Insignia of the 501st Combat Tank Regiment with words written “501RCC EN TUER” (“501 RCC in kill” in English). French 1st Company Tank soldiers assembled near the village of North Dalton, Yorkshire, England. French soldiers carrying oil barrels between tanks. A jeep drives past tanks. A French soldier cleans a tank bearing the insignia of the 2nd French Armored Division and the name "Narvik" on side of tank. French soldier wipes the side of a tank bearing the name “NARVIK”. French soldiers cleaning the “NARVIK” French M4 Sherman tank.

Date: 1944, July 17
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079313
German soldiers advance through war ruins in Amiens and its vicinity during the Battle of France (WW2)

German invasion of France during the Battle of France in World War II. An animated map depicts the German attack on Rouen and Le Havre in northern France. War ruins in Amiens and its vicinity. Bomb damaged buildings and structures. The Amiens Cathedral (30 Place Notre Dame, 80000 Amiens, France) amidst the ruined city. Military vehicles leave the building. German convoy including soldiers and artillery advances. Close up views of German soldiers as they walk through bombed town and past actively burning buildings. German soldiers in military vehicles. Soldiers march along the ruins and through the rubble, cross railway tracks. Burning structures. Liquid pours through holes shot in water or oil drums, discharging contents onto the ground. Cattle being herded in a town. German Soldiers milk cows. A calf feeds on the mother's milk. German soldiers feed a calf.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021833
Colonel Seagrave's medical unit gives treatment to wounded soldiers in Northern Burma.

Activities of Colonel Seagrave's medical unit in Northern Burma. Animated map shows Northern Burma. Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, The Burma Surgeon performs an outdoor operation. Wounded soldiers and casualties are moved out by Burmese nurses for treatment. Doctors operate on injured people. Chinese medical personnel take training at American center for Chinese Army in India and they operate. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024961
The battle of Mortain, France, during World War II.

German panzers and infantry preparing to defend against advancing American forces by cutting their supply routes from the coast of France,following the invasion of Normandy. Animated map shows Allied and German opposing objectives converging at mortain, France. American armor bogged down near Mortain. An American crew abandoning a Sherman tank that has been hit and is burning. American infantry taking cover at side of a road. A U.S. Army Captain leading soldiers forward. German artillery fire striking center of a road. An American armored vehicle burning in a field. U.S. infantrymen moving cautiously through fields. Wounded American soldiers being carried off the battlefield on stretchers. British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter bombers attacking German positions with rockets from above. RAF Typhoon aircraft being rearmed and continuing to attack large concentrations of German armored units North of Mortain. American infantrymen firing numerous mortars from a field.American soldiers firing rifles, bazookas, and machine guns.US M7 Priest self-propelled gun firing. U.S. M-16 anti-aircraft halftrack firing quad .50 caliber machine guns. U.S. infantry entering war torn town of Mortain.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060104