Historic Military Events

Black and white footage depicting significant military events during World Wars, showcasing soldiers, buildings, and vehicles.

Front view of military airplane flying over city and landing on runway, 1940s

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The Royal Navy during the Second World War The story of Richard D Emerson as he joins the Royal Marines at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stone House, Plymouth. The next day, accompanied by a Marine Orderly, Emerson enters the barracks gates.

Plymouth - Gateway To Freedom -- The base of the national memorial to Sir Francis Drake on Plymouth Hoe. December 01, 1948. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC IIIE Surveillance Bataljon Batavia. Veranda. Two men, one in raincap, one with bare outlook. October 28, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Dante monument with conquered Italian weapons in Trento. Recorded between 26 to 30 May 1916..

Photo collection Government information service. The Hague. German prisoners of war are drained with a sloper car. Soldier with girlfriend. June 1945. The Hague, South Holland

Germany's Silent DemonstrationTraffic comes to a halt in West Berlin's Kurfuerstendamm on the opening day of the Geneva conference, July 18.Throughout Western Germany a two-minutes' silence was observed as a demonstration to the statesmen at Geneva of Germany's will for reunification. July 20, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Giving gifts to policemen, Policeman's Epiphany, January 6, 1950, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Royalty at Stockholm Central Station.

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Reykjavik. Sailors of the German light cruiser Leipzig to passenger. 1934. Iceland, Reykjavik

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. West. May 14, 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

SA march on the occasion of Hitler's birthday. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

The British Army in the Interwar Period

Italian workers going to work, Italy, World War II, photograph by Luce from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXX, No 40, October 3, 1943.

Drummer and trumpeter. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

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