Bridgeman Arts
General Philippe Leclerc and troops prepare to liberate Paris. Allied troops enter Paris welcomed by civilians. 1944
General Philippe Leclerc and troops prepare to liberate Paris. Allied troops enter Paris welcomed by civilians. 1944
Bridgeman Arts
Eisenhower visits paratroopers prior to Normandy. Troops load up and board planes. 1944
Eisenhower visits paratroopers prior to Normandy. Troops load up and board planes. 1944
Bridgeman Arts
Spitfires bombs targets in France prior to D-Day, followed by gliders that crash-land, June 6th 1944
Spitfires bombs targets in France prior to D-Day, followed by gliders that crash-land, June 6th 1944
Bridgeman Arts
Dwight David Eisenhower talking to camera 1943, victory parade in Tunisia; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Dwight David Eisenhower talking to camera on the German defeat 1943, victory parade in Tunisia; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill with diplomats
Bridgeman Arts
Allied leaders arrive to sign the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Allied leaders arrive to sign the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Bridgeman Arts
EDIT IMW 931097 Allied Leaders arrive to sign treaty of versailles
EDIT IMW 931097 Allied Leaders arrive to sign treaty of versailles
Bridgeman Arts
Soviet counterattack to Nazi invasion, Operation Barbarossa, 1941
Soviet counterattack to Nazi invasion including fighting, German prisoners, Russian workers in munitions factories, Operation Barbarossa, 1941
Bridgeman Arts
Hitler Youth are trained to use motorised boats and landing craft, on the German home front in 1943
Hitler Youth are trained to use motorised boats and landing craft, on the German home front in 1943
Bridgeman Arts
Allied navy in a storm en route to Sicily, allied troops land on Sicily, 1943, George Smith Patton Jr walks ashore
Allied navy in a storm en route to Sicily, allied troops land on Sicily including tanks and equipment, 1943, George Smith Patton Jr walks ashore on Sicily
Bridgeman Arts
First trip to the north pole by Bird and Bennett, 1926
Commader Richard E. Bird and and Officer Floyd Bennett flying to North Pole
Bridgeman Arts
Japanese POWs, marines are decorated, US Army arrive to take over. Guadalcanal 1942
Japanese POWs and casualties, Barney Ross receives Japanese flag, US soldiers and pilots receive medals, US military funeral, US troops arrive to take over, Marine leave the island.
Bridgeman Arts
B-29s take off and en route to Tokyo, US Army, Pacific War
B-29s take off and en route to Tokyo, bombers lined up, several taking off from different angles, propaganda film, title "Target Tokyo"
Bridgeman Arts
Germans surrender to Montgomery on Luneburger Heath. Montgomery speaks to camera. WWII Victory celebrations in Holland and England, Royals on balcony, King George's gives speech.
Germans surrender to Montgomery on Luneburger Heath. Montgomery speaks to camera. WWII Victory celebrations in Holland and England, Royals on balcony, King George's gives speech.
Bridgeman Arts
Charles Lindbergh pilots the first flight from New York to Paris, May 20th 1927
Charles Lindbergh pilots the first flight from New York to Paris, May 20th 1927
Bridgeman Arts
Grahame-White at the 1910 London to Manchester air race
Footage of English aviator Claude Grahame-White at the Daily Mail sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
Bridgeman Arts
Mobilsation of troops, ready for D-Day. Storm on the English Channel. Eisenhower talking to troops, paratroopers take off for Normandy, 1944
Mobilsation of troops, ready for D-Day. Storm on the English Channel. Eisenhower talking to troops, paratroopers take off for Normandy, 1944
Bridgeman Arts
Britain reacts to the invasion of Poland, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, King George VI, conscription in UK, training, devastation in Poland
British planes bomb German navy units, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, King George VI, conscription in UK, training, scenes of devastation in Poland accompanied by Winston Churchill' speech to the allied Delegates from June 12th...
Bridgeman Arts
Allies arrive to invade Sicily, 1943
Allied navy in Malta, troops embark. Naval bombardment of Sicily at night. Aircraft carry airborne troops to Sicily and allied paratroopers drop on Sicily
Bridgeman Arts
Amelia Earhart, posing with plane, speaking to camera after first female solo flight across Atlantic, disappearance in 1937
Various shots of Earhart with plane. Speaking to camera: "I can't help feeling my flight meant little to aviation. But if it meant something to women then I feel it justified."
Bridgeman Arts
Trains carrying deported Jews to Poland, 1944
Footage of moving trains carrying deported Jews on their way to concentration camps in Poland, 1944.
Bridgeman Arts
Chiang Kai-shek forced to leave for Formosa, 1949
Former leader Chiang Kai-shek leaving for the island of Formosa (Taiwan). American troops, and a newspaper headline showing support of Britain for Communist China.
Bridgeman Arts
Address given to German troops in preparation for invasion of Holland and Belgium, 1940
Shots of hundreds of German troops stood listening to an address prior to the invasion of Holland and Belgium, 1940.
Bridgeman Arts
German troops advance through Belgium to Holland, May 1940
Map showing series of canals from Liege to Holland, German infantry cross canal in rubber boat. Panzer II tank shells enemy bunker on opposite bank then advances across bridge with support infantry. German soldiers in open car fitted...
Bridgeman Arts
Hitler greeting crowds and giving speech inviting Britain to back down, Berlin, 1940
Hitler travels to the Krolloper in an open Mercedes car along route lined with cheering crowds. Hitler enters auditorium to standing ovation and salutes. Goebbels, Goering and other generals present as Hitler makes speech inviting...