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Why's a Meter a Meter?
Meter is the standard unit of length used by most countries around the world. But how did they define it?
Curated Video
Dunkirk: A Historic Retreat Captured on Film
Discover the historic and captivating footage of the Allied evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, captured by Pafe, a British businessman who documented world events on film. Now available online, this valuable archive provides a remarkable...
One Minute History
070 Dunkirk - One Minute History
World War II - France - The German army flanks the British Expeditionary Force and the French 1st and 7th armies, separating them from the rest of the Allied forces. Despite a series of desperate counter-attacks, the Allies are unable to...
AllTime 10s
10 Military Blunders That Changed The World
The world would have been very different if these military mistakes has never happened!
One Minute History
Operation Dynamo - DUNKIRK - The Miraculous Rescue - World War II - One Minute History
The amazing stroy of the rescue of British soldiers at Dunkirk
History Hit
Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht: Life during the war
Learn how Dr. Vecht lived during the war. What particular item saved his and his fathers life? Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht, Part 1
History Hit
Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht: Remembering the holocaust
How did Dr. Vecht come to have a certain stamp and what was unique about it? Why is it important for himie to tell these stories? Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht, Part 2
History Hit
Interview with Romeo Vecht, holocaust survivor
Dan interviews Romeo Vecht, a Jewish refugee captured and imprisoned in Spa, Belgium during the Second World War. This episode is part of a series of films revealing the experiences of children during the Holocaust.Voices of the Victims:...
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 10 Minutes
An extended animated video combining World War 2 in 7 Minutes and 10 More Things About WW2.
Getty Images
Jonathan Trappe Crossing The English Channel Flyin
EXCLUSIVEASHFORD AND DOVER, UNITED KINGDOM AND DUNKIRK, FRANCE- MAY 28: Jonathan Trappe in flight over Dover during his attempt at crossing the English Channel flying a cluster balloon on May 28, 2010 in Dover, England. American...
Press Association
French police evacuate migrants from camp near Dunkirk
French police have evacuated migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk where at least 1,500 people had gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain. Migrants, including some families with young children, packed...
British Movietone
BEF BOYS REACH HOME -
Smoke hangs over Dunkirk as the Navy works by night and day to bring the men of the BEF home. The men are in confident mood as they arrive back on home ground. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
DUNKIRK NAVY COMES HOME -
The gallant little ships that have brought the men from the beaches of Dunkirk. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
British Movietone
EPIC OF DUNKIRK -
Lord Gort arrives back in London signalling that the evacuation of the BEF from Flanders is nearly completed. The epic withdrawal was carried out courageously by the many small vessels bringing British and French troops from the beaches....
Getty Images
WS AERIAL ZI ZO PAN View of industrial area at Dunkirk harbour / Pas-de-Calais, France
WS AERIAL ZI ZO PAN View of industrial area at Dunkirk harbour / Pas-de-Calais, France
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WS AERIAL ZI ZO View of Dunkirk town / Pas-de-Calais, France
WS AERIAL ZI ZO View of Dunkirk town / Pas-de-Calais, France
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Huge fire destroys France's Grande Synthe migrant camp (2)
A huge fire tears through the Grande Synthe migrant camp outside the northern French city of Dunkirk which was home to some 1,500 people living in closely packed wooden huts
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Huge fire destroys France's Grande-Synthe migrant camp
A huge fire apparently started deliberately tore through the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk late Monday reducing it to a heap of ashes the regional chief said
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Graves of dead sailors of Vichy French Navy in cemetery in Algeria during World War II
Two lines of sailors of Vichy French Navy facing one another at cemetery, large cross and French flag on flagpole in background, pan across to rows of grave markers for Vichy French sailors killed in battle of Mers El Kebir / three...
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Dunkirk
The arrondissement of Dunkirk is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region. It has 16 cantons and 115 communes. It roughly corresponds to the French Westhoek (part of French Flanders), where...
Bridgeman Arts
RESEARCH IMW World War II in Colour
Tape 177 and 237 10:31:07:00 1939, Germany: ME-109 fighter squadron during training 10:31:39:00 1939, Germany: Airfield - maintenance - pilots during discussion - pilot boards aircraft 10:44:52:00 1940, France: Motorcade with Hitler...