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Extract from 1927 British feature film "The Somme," portraying events during the Battle of the Somme, in World War I

Scene from 1927 feature film about World War 1. British tank crosses a battlefield under fire. It is a Mk V tank with dummy guns fitted to simulate a fighting tank. British troops sheltering in a shell-hole recognize it as friendly and follow it towards enemy lines, where it rides over the parapet of a German trench and crushes a machine-gun position. (The tank is an anachronism; the Mark V did not enter service until 1918.)

Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066063
Men, women and children in the underground shelters built to protect them against German attack, in London during World War II.

A film on the underground shelters in London against German attack by rocket buzz bomb ( V-1 flying bomb during World War II). British men, women and children evacuated to the underground shelters built to protect the people against German attack. The canteen in the shelter or bunker. Women drinking from cups. People in the canteen taking food. Men behind counters. A woman with a child. A doctor in an underground shelter attending to a child, mindful of infectious disease risk among the people in close quarters. People sleeping on beds in the shelter. A group of children singing with a boy playing the accordion. A woman feeding her child from a bottle.

Date: 1944
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066217
Group of U.S. and British officers attend a conference in Wilton House, Wilton prior to D-Day landings of World War II.

Allied officers attend a conference in Wilton House, Wilton shortly before D-Day landings during World War II. Group of U.S. and British officers attend a conference at Southern Command (Wilton House). British General Miller at his desk.

Date: 1944, May 25
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074618
Dignitaries and soldiers greet Queen Elizabeth II who arrives to open the parliament in London.

Queen Elizabeth II opens the parliament in London, United Kingdom. The first State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II broadcasted on television. Soldiers stand in line outside the building to greet the Queen. Guards open the door to the parliament. Soldiers on horses follow the cart of the queen. She arrives in the parliament. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, holds the queen’s hand. Queen Elizabeth II is seen wearing the Imperial State Crown. First to the House of Lords preceded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Dignitaries in the parliament greet the Queen. She addresses the dignitaries with her speech.

Date: 1955, October 30
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045475
German narrated film shows operations of Allied forces attacking German-held Holland during World War II.

German narrator describes a map of the plan of an Allied aerial and land operation, pointing at locations in the Netherlands including Nijmegen and Arnhem and Eindhoven. British bomber aircraft parked on a British airfield. Still images of British gliders on airfield being loaded with equipment including tanks. Still image aerial view of British glider flying, attached to tow rope. A British airfield filled with parked gliders and a British soldier driving a jeep into the belly of a glider transport.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675076987
The Women's Army Corps (WACS) African-American division, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, assemble for review (WW2)

WS of African-American WAC soldiers assembled on field for review. They hold an American flag before them. General John C.H. Lee emerges from his car and shakes hands with other officers before ascending to a platform to review. Major Charity Adams, leader of the battalion, shakes hands with officers as well and then stands in front of platform to review. View of officers, including WACS from other battalions. (World War II period)

Date: 1945, February 15
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078784