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War Pictorial News No.200 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 172 Date: April 12, 2008 The cheery British voice over tells us of the arrival of various British military and diplomatic officials, hinting at the huge amount of work the...

Warwork News No.79 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 65 Date: April 10, 2008 This clip opens with a view from a moving vehicle entering the gates of the house where the conference is being held. Newspaper correspondents are ...

The Battle of the Somme 1916 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 256 Date: April 09, 2008 The clip starts with a title and sequence showing British tommies rescuing a fallen comrade who later died. We then see the famous shot of a soldie...

Krimskaya Konferentsia (main) Yalta Conference (alternative) Channel: UK National Archives Length: 39 Date: April 08, 2008 The clip opens with triumphal music and scenes of the flags of the Big Three fluttering in the wind. The Russian commentary then starts over scenes...

Join the Barnsley Pals Channel: UK National Archives Length: 252 Date: April 08, 2008 In this clip Private Henry Fairhurst describes what motivated him to join up. He talks about the setting up of Pals units. He then comments on how ...

We were still wearing tropical kit Channel: UK National Archives Length: 215 Date: April 08, 2008 Henry opens by explaining he was first posted to Egypt, but little happened. He then came to France in Spring of 1916. He then explains the value ...

'il Cammino degli eroi der marsch der helden' [Alternative] [The way of the heroes] Channel: UK National Archives Length: 195 Date: April 07, 2008 This clip opens with Italian troops in action and then moves swiftly to show flight crews loading aircraft with bombs. We see Italian troops and Af...

For The Empire Part 2 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 217 Date: April 07, 2008 This clip takes us first through a sequence of ruined cities in Belgium and France and shows scenes of complete devastation. This is contrasted wit...

Dublin after the Easter Rising 1916 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 175 Date: April 07, 2008 The film opens with titles locating scenes of the fighting in Dublin at Easter 1916. Several different shots follow that focus on the huge amount o...

Supplies to the Soviets Channel: UK National Archives Length: 46 Date: April 06, 2008 Clip opens with trucks and heavy machinery being loaded on to ships to go to Russia. The commentary stresses that this cooperation will continue af...

The three powers meeting, Germany’s fate decided at Crimea Conference Channel: UK National Archives Length: 38 Date: April 06, 2008 This short sequence is essentially a photo opportunity for the leaders at the Yalta Conference. The three leaders enter the courtyard and sit down ...

War Pictorial News No.243 Channel: UK National Archives Length: 112 Date: April 05, 2008 This is a newsreel clip aimed at French and British audiences. The British voice over explains what is happening. The Foreign Secretary, Anthony E...

Westward Ho! Channel: UK National Archives Length: 33 Date: April 05, 2008 This film has a soundtrack that describes the arrival of the evacuees at their destination and the preparations that have been made to receive them...

Evacuation of Children Channel: UK National Archives Length: 76 Date: April 05, 2008 These scenes show the evacuation of children from one of the big cities, probably London, to more rural areas at the start of the war. The first s...

Dangers in the dark Channel: UK National Archives Length: 55 Date: April 05, 2008 This clip contains two extracts from a larger film about preparations for war in 1939. In the first, the hazards of the blackout are identified, p...

Home Guard Channel: UK National Archives Length: 22 Date: April 05, 2008 The clip shows machine gun practice in the Home Guard. The tone of the narration is far more personal than the other clip on the same topic.&#3...

Some of ‘em are as big as kittens Channel: UK National Archives Length: 182 Date: April 05, 2008 In this clip Henry starts off describing rats and the soldiers’ hatred of them. The rats eat the dead, and Henry explains how bodies can be found ...

Citizen’s Army Channel: UK National Archives Length: 25 Date: April 05, 2008 This extract shows examples of the training that Home Guard units received in 1940. It shows how Home Guard units might attack an enemy making its ...

Heart of Britain Channel: UK National Archives Length: 32 Date: April 05, 2008 This film shows scenes of devastation after a bombing raid on a British city, probably London in 1941. Dramatic music composed by Beethoven provid...

If war should come Channel: UK National Archives Length: 75 Date: April 05, 2008 The four extracts from this film cover essential preparations against possible attack in 1939. The first urges people to build their Anderson shelt...

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