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American warships at various locations during World War I.

USS Manley, 4-stacker, flush decker destroyer, painted in camouflage,underway in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At location in United States, Battleship, USS Arizona, underway, with its 3-gun forward turret visible. U.S. battleship Texas, underway, in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At a different location, U.S. 4-stacker Destroyer making way slowly. Many small sailboats in distance.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060912
Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in Miami where Duchess will undergo dental surgery. Crowd greets them.

Edward (formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom), the Duke of Windsor and Governor of the Bahamas, and Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, arriving in Miami where the Duchess will undergo dental surgery. A bay and palm trees as seen from a veranda of building in Miami, United States. Railings in foreground. Exteriors of a building. A ship enters the bay and harbor pulled by a tugboat and is backed to a dock. United States Coast guardsman on dock. The Duke of Windsor talks with men aboard ship. Passengers embark on ship. Crowd wave from behind fences on dock. Duke and Duchess of Windsor at microphones. Local policemen and ship's crew in background. Edward VIII makes a statement. Crowd breaks up and leaves the pier. The ship moves away from the dock.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053150
Life in Britain on eve of War. Chamberlain, Hitler and Mussolini signing the Munich Agreement during World War II.

An Allied propaganda film to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as to counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the alliance shows British soldiers in Great Britain during World War 2. 1938: in the United States New York Yankees win the pennant in baseball; scene of Yankees team members shaking hands. View of aviator Douglas Corrigan nicknamed Wrong Way Corrigan after his accidental flight from New York to Ireland instead of California as planned. View of trains on the 6th Avenue Elevated (or Sixth Avenue El) before that service was halted in Manhattan New York City. British citizens go about their daily life. Derby horse race in a stadium. A British boy and his father shovel dirt for a backyard garden. Players play a football (soccer) game at Wembley Stadium in England as spectators cheer the 1938 FA Cup Final with Preston North End taking the Cup versus Huddersfield Town as George Mutch scores the winning goal. Scenes in Germany: People cheer for German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and give Nazi salute. Newspaper headlines about Czech occupation. Graves in a cemetery. British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini sign the Munich Agreement. Despite a peace agreement Hitler invades Czechoslovakia. People read 'Military Training Act, 1939'. British soldiers march along a road. View of Adolf Hitler smiling and laughing. Artillery is fired. A poster reads 'Britain Declares War on Germany'. Airplanes in flight and drop leaflets over Germany. German airplanes in flight. Parachutists jump from the airplanes. Hitler talks to officers and considers the war to be over. Radio news broadcast of the British declaration of war on Germany by Neville Chamberlain. Many different British citizens and families shown in living rooms and work places gathered around radios to hear the so called "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940. Clip includes scenes from 1938 through 1940; from a film produced in 1943.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072088
British soldiers help farmers plow and prepare fields, using BREN carrier to pull plow, during World War II.

British farmers tilling soil in United Kingdom. British soldiers use modified universal carrier to pull plow. A small child rides with operator on the tracked universal carrier. Another small child rides with soldier on a truck. Soldiers pitch hay. Two women join in to pile hay with pitch forks.

Date: 1940
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675043469
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and two parliament members inspect a British aircraft factory in Britain.

Inspection of a British aircraft plant in Britain during World War II. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and two parliament members enter an aircraft plant. They inspect a British aircraft factory. An unidentified aircraft being assembled in the background. Factory workers at work in the plant. Queen Elizabeth looks at a partly assembled British Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber. The King and the Queen and the parliament members walk in front of the aircraft being assembled. Civilians and factory workers in the background.

Date: 1940
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068887
Troops of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) depart from England via ship during the Battle of France of World War II.

The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) heading for France during Battle of France of World War II. British troops embark ship in United Kingdom with their baggage. The British soldiers wave standing on ship deck. Officers waiting to board the trooper transport ship. The ship departs from the dockyard.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064180