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British youth enlist for military service; King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspect balloon barrages (WW2)

Military recruitment efforts of Great Britain as it starts conscription in preparation for World War II. The Prime Minister of United Kingdom Neville Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street in London, England. London residents read posters and conscription advertisements on the sidewalk. Military conscription of youth between 20 and 21 for immediate military training. A crowd of young British recruits for the army leaves a building after joining military service. Closeup view of legs and feet of British troops marching. British troops march in the countryside. United Kingdom's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive at a military station. They are accompanied by several military officers. The King and Queen inspect London's new barrage balloons, part of the defense against attack from the air. Two barrage balloons on display. The royal couple departs after the inspection.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057815
RCAF pilots in NA-64 Yale training aircraft in a mock attack and simulated dogfights in preparation for World War 2 combat

The Royal Canadian Air Force pilots train at Camp Borden in Ontario, Canada. RCAF pilots rush towards and board all-metal fuselage NA-64 Yale training aircraft at Camp Borden. The aircraft engines have already been started by ground crews, to save the time of manual starting. The aircraft take off for a mock attack. The aircraft in formations. They make interception attacks on approaching Avro Ansons. Explosions during the mock bombing raid. Simulated dog fights. the aircraft fly low during the fight. Pilots in the cockpits. The aircraft return to the Camp after the exercise.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057838
Superior officers award commissions and wings to USAAF cadets at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama (WW2)

U.S. Army Air Forces cadets at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama during World War II. Cadets marching. They march past a line of AT-6 Texan trainer aircraft. The cadets halt, do a left turn and open ranks. Several cadet graduates are given their wings and commissions. USAAF superior officers congratulate the cadets and present the wings. The cadets shake hands, then step back into rank. Several EM are cited. Infantry officers. Senior officers pin wings on infantry officers. The wing on the officer's uniform. Newly commissioned officers are congratulated by their families after graduation. Two new officers admire their wings and pose for the camera. Parked AT-6s in the background. The graduates at attention at "open ranks." Cadets in charge of men make hasty inspection and stop to square hat of Cadet. Superior officers award commissions and wings to the cadets. Graduates wave their hats, cheer, then break ranks.

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057839
Reinforcements for U.S. 35th Infantry Division are briefed. U.S. troops occupy Houffalize, Belgium during World War 2

The United States Army on the Western Front during World War II. A map depicts Allied offensives at Malmedy, Houffalize and Bastogne. New reinforcements for the 134th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 35th Infantry Division are briefed by an officer near Bastogne, Belgium, on January 10, 1945. Aerial view of tanks and infantry of the U.S. 6th Armored Division moving across a snow-covered barren landscape as they attack German troops in Belgium West of the Luxembourg border. Officers observe through binoculars. U.S. patrols of 1st and 3rd United States Armies meet on January 16 as they capture Houffalize. View of bombed out buildings in Houffalize on January 18.. U.S. troops occupy Houfflaize. A damaged German Pz.III tank on a street and an overturned Panther tank with a hole in its underside in a river. The troops walk along bombed out buildings in Houffalize.

Date: 1945, January 10
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057868
Francisco Franco reviews Spanish Army maneuvers in Spain during World War 2

Spanish Head of State Regent of the Kingdom Francisco Franco in Spain during World War II. Francisco Franco reviews Spanish Army maneuvers. Francisco Franco arrives with other officers. He see as soldiers load a boat. The soldiers construct a pontoon bridge. They march in review.

Date: 1943
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675057917
German and Romanian forces evacuate from Kuban Bridgehead, ahead of advancing Soviets, during World War 2

German and Romanian forces of the 17th Army, evacuate Kuban Bridgehead, at Taman, in Caucuses, and cross the Kerch Strait to Crimea, in World War Two. German and Romanian Officers study a map. S-mines aka 'Bouncing Betty' and Teller Mines are laid and barbed wire strung to impede the Russians. A convoy of trucks carries supplies. Some of local population evacuate along with the military. People carry their belongings in horse pulled carts. Many depart on railroad trains. Romanian troops set off charges that destroy sections of railroad behind them as they depart. Supplies are carried to ships at Port Kavkaz on the Russian shore of the Kerch Strait. Men roll drums in a dock area. Supplies are also transferred on the German-built aerial tramway, capable of transporting 1 thousand tons a day across the Kerch Strait.

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675057919