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German Army fights Allied infantry and tanks while retreating from the Western Front in Europe, during World War II.

German Army fights with the Allied infantry and tanks on the Western Front in France and England, during the summer of 1944 in World War 2. Animated maps show English and French invasion coastlines. During Battle of Caen, German soldiers load ammunition on a camouflaged truck. The truck driven on roads. A German soldier on truck observes American bombers in sky overhead. Truck parks to the side and German antiaircraft guns fired. Night view from ground of bombs being dropped and buildings burning in the distance in Caen, France. German military trucks move at night on roads passing by burning fires. View from inside cabs of moving German vehicles. Daytime view of heavily bombed and destroyed city of Caen with ruins of houses and shops; German infantry walk through the streets of the destroyed and empty city. German soldiers fully loaded with their weapons ready for a battle. Close views of their faces with determined expressions. German tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry move on roads. Among them are two Borgward IV remote-controlled demolition vehicles (Schwerer Ladungsträger Borgward B IV, or heavy explosive carrier Borgward B IV) each driven by one man. Soldiers of German Army observe approach of U.S. Army forces. A German soldier arranges shells for artillery to fire as they fire on Allied positions. Wehrmacht infantry soldiers advance cautiously along roads. German soldiers take cover and prepare to attack as American tanks pass through a village. German soldiers fire on U.S. Army tanks. German soldiers direct an unmanned, remote-controlled small armored vehicle laden with explosives across a field and detonate it near U.S. Army vehicles (it is known as a Goliath Tracked Mine, or Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b); also known as a "beetle tank" to Allied forces, or a German robot tank). Large explosion as the remote-controlled demolition vehicle is detonated. Dead U.S. Army soldier along a road side, and injured German soldiers are aided by other German soldier

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675056378
Italian pilots with Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany

View of Italian Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes parked on a flight line at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, in West Germany, during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, in September, 1951, A U.S. Air Force A U.S. Air Force pilot, in flight suit, is perched on the wing of one, looking into the cockpit. Italian aircrew members are standing nearby. Closeup of the U.S. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the Vampire jet. Closeup of him in the cockpit. He wears a side cap with Captain's bars insignia. He smiles as he peruses the controls and instruments in the aircraft. Several Italian Air Force officers stand and converse next to a Vampire Jet plane. One wears a flight suit. Another man joins them and gets ready to smoke a pipe.

Date: 1951, September 27
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048618
Renewed tourism in Western Europe five years after World War II

Transworld Airways Lockheed Constellation passenger airplane arriving from New York City and Shannon,Ireland. It taxis to parking ramp at Orly Airport, Paris, France. Closeup of another airliner shutting down on the ramp. Passengers walk across the ramp and under the tail of an Air France plane, on their way to the terminal building. They are greeted by a band of men in red huntsmen uniforms playing hunting horns. A railroad train in a picturesque setting. Patrons relaxing on a cafe terrace, at an Italian train station, as an electrified train pulls in. An excursion boat draws near to Chillon Castle On Lake Geneva Switzerland. More views of the castle, from its footpath. Ancient Greek ruins near the Mediterranean Sea. Saint Mark’s Basilica on St. Mark’s Square in the city of Venice, Italy. Many visitors walking in the square, and a flock of pigeons taking flight. The Palace of Versailles, viewed from behind statues in the garden. Chartes Cathedral, Chartres, France. St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Views of Copenhagen, Denmark, including the Little Mermaid statue. A man rowing a boat on a lake in the Alps Mountains. Snow-covered mountains. Trains running in the mountains. Border guards of Italy and Switzerland on their respective sides of their mutual border at a train station. A train transiting the border. A Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle) car and other vehicles being processed at a German border crossing.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060859
German Stuka dive bombers bomb British Naval ships in the English Channel in Western Europe.

German Stuka dive bombers shell British Naval ships in the English Channel. Stukas drop bombs on British Naval ships and British spotters. British fire pompom guns. The bombs hit water close to the ships and aircraft carriers. The bombs are released from the plane and drop towards the sea. They explode near a ship which swerves to avoid them. Waves of Stuka fly high in the sky. A pilot in a cockpit. An aerial view of a plane dropping a series of bombs. Huge explosions as a bomb hits a wooden bridge. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675046410
German Heinkel bombers drop bombs on Western Europe.

German medium Heinkel bombers in flight. Heinkels drop bombs. Machine gunners fire. A series of bombs are dropped. Smoke rises due to explosions. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046412
German Heinkel bombers in flight in Western Europe.

German medium Heinkel bombers in flight. A squadron of 9 Heinkels. The bomber fly through the clouds and move past barrage balloons.

Date: 1940
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046413