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Historical Military Events

Black and white footage captures significant historical military events, including troop inspections, parades, and battles from the early to mid-20th century.

A parade occurs after a compromise is reached in the Greek-Turkish Cyprus dispute in 1959
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The Civil War, General William Hoffman, Commissary General of Prisoners, and staff, Washington DC, photograph, April, 1865.
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Anefo photo collection. Government: House of Representatives. Binnenhof in The Hague. Opening of the House of Representatives. Minister of Finance P. Lieftinck. 25 September 1945. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland
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German soldiers marching past the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (unknown date).
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Czech Crisis: Scene in Sudenenland.Armed police guarding a shop in Eger during the disturbances which took place this week-end. October 13, 1938.
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Bringing Out The Dead - Bodies being brought from the scene of the Stratford tube disaster this morning. April 9, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Fiestas de Barcelona. Desfile de la carroza del mercado de la Libertad, del barrio de Horta, por el parque de la Ciudadela,. Tarjeta postal coloreada. Año 1910.
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Photo collection First World War. Fire on the Admiraal de Ruyterweg .. January 1918. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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The Republican supporters leading to Rossio Square an official of the Navy acclaimed by the crowd, revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, photo from L'Illustration, No 3529, October 15, 1910.
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Paris (16th-XVII arr.), France on avenue de la Grande-Armée decorated with flags for the victory celebrations of July 13 and 14, 1919 , (French - Paris ( XVIe-XVIIe arr. ) , France L' avenue de la Grande-Armée décorée de drapeaux pour les fêtes de la Victoire des 13 et 14 juillet 1919). Political celebration, commemoration, post-war period, flag, Festival, First World War, France, Paris, avenue de la Grande Army
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The London Blitz (hand coloured photograph from 1940) showing firefighters near St Paul's Cathedral in London during world war two
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The Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 outlawed the use 'disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language' about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during World War 1. In 1922 families of imprisoned dissidents protested for their release.
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03/01/1919. Barcelona. At war. 1.-Automobiles Requisitioned by the Military authority. 2.-the public forming a queue at the door of a Tahona. 3.-delivery of weapons to the Somatenes in the artillery park.
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Primera celebración del 11 de septiembre después de la Guerra Civil en Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, bajo la consigna de Llibertat, amnistia i estatut d´autonomia. Unas 80.000 personas participaron en esta primera Diada convocada por El Consell de Forces Politiqyes y la Asamblea de Catalunya 11 de setembre del 1976.
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Germany, Nuremberg. Documentation Center Museum located on the once Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Historic photo display.
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Civilians Reading news of D-Day Invasion, Times Square, New York City, New York, USA, U.S. Office of War Information, June 6, 1944
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German veterans from the franco-Prussian war 1871 gather to support the Nazi party in 1931
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War album 103, Figure 31283.
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Some guards searching a civil, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Russian Revolution, photograph by the Daily Mirror from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3867, April 14, 1917.
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The Army Exhibition in Oxford Street, London, 1943 The bombed site of John Lewis, Oxford Street, London which was used for the Army Exhibition.
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