Historical War Footage

Black and white images capture intense wartime moments, including aircraft attacks, firefighting efforts aboard naval ships, and destructive raids, showcasing historic military actions.

The Desert Battlefield - Inglorious end of a German tank. A falls directly on to a tank of a German *****. August 29, 1942.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pankelan at Krawrang. Supply is dropped to parachutes. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

Frenchman's Flat, Nevada, May 23, 1953 - First atomic artillery shell fired from the Army's new 280-mm gun. Hundreds of high ranking Armed Forces officers and members of Congress were present. The fireball ascending.

Exhibition in the arena for the Firemen's congress, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, photograph by Treves, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVI, No 39, September 24, 1899.

USA/Japan: The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

The Royal Navy during the Second World War As darkness falls the bombardment of Japanese positions begins during a typical operation by Coastal Forces of the Royal Indian Navy, which include units of the Royal Navy, South African Naval Forces and Burma RNVR. Here the forward gun of one of the coastal forces boats is being fired.

Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941

The two Japaneseanese ships in the background have just gone down and the one in the foreground is on fire after planes of the 5th Air Force's 3rd Bombardment Group, 13th Bombardment Squadron flew in very low to deliver their parachute bombs on June 9

An Impressive Display of Germany might and Power. To conclude the Nazi congress celebrations on the Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, a monster display of airplanes, tanks and troops...etc was held.A mock battle between tanks and ***** on the Zeppelin field during a *****. September 16, 1936. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited.).

Centre British Convoy in channel ***** from French coast. October 9, 1940

ONE FOCKE-WULF DESTROYED over occupied France. This Nazi plane skims the tree-tops trying to evade the pursuing American fighter plane. 2-Hit by the American's bullets, the Nazi plane suddenly explodes in a blinding flash. 3-An instant after the

New U.S. Weapon Shoots River Of Flame -- A new American flame-thrower sends a stream of fire 20 to 30 feet high, arching down to a target 60 yards distant, during a demonstration by U.S. tank crewmen in Luxembourg. January 3, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

Images of a military exercise on the Kromme Rijn in Bunnik on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Framework School of the Pioniers and the School for Reserve Officers of the Pioniers: The Waterzuil of an exploding practice grenade in the water.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

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Rhenania-Ossag, Germany'S Largest Oil Refinery At Harburg, Near Hamburg, Germany, Was Hit 7 Times By Us 8Th Air force And Results Of The Attack Of Aug. 6 1944, Are Shown On The German Picture Captured After V-E Day. Explosions Of The Burning Gas Tanks Dotted Th

Parafrags Over Formosa - Moments Later - Another View Of The Destruction Wrought By A Few Low-Flying B-25 Mitchells Of The U.S. Army 5Th Air Force, Over Chickunan Railroad Yards, Formosa.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions II-2 RVA at Salatiga. Reksosari: field artillery in action. It is not always necessary to use the full gunload. What remains is brought to ignite in the free field. October 23, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Rekosari

Normandy Landings.Allied and British troops landing on the beaches of Normandy to begin the second front to liberate France and Europe. (June 6th 1994 marks the 50th anniversary of the landings). June 06, 1944. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press Photo).

The caption reads: Remarkable photo of the Germans burning Reims, Incendiary shells can be seen falling, adding to the conflagration. This photo dates to World War I.

Another Malta Convoy Gets Through -- The sky filled with the bursts of anti-aircraft shells from the warships and merchant ships during an air attack on the convoy.An Admiralty statements on August 14th, stated that supplies and reinforcements had reached the fortress of Malta despite very heavy enemy concentrations designed to Prevent their Passage/ The convoy took them through. August 22, 1942. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

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US Marines in battle exercises during atomic bomb testing. Over 2,000 soldiers participated in BEE Shot on March 22, 1955 at Yucca Flat, Nevada.

German soldiers leave a Belgian town in flames as they march to a battle front in World war One 1914

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Burn. Fireplace in forest area. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photograph of a French barrage balloon falling to the ground in flames, after being shot down by a German aircraft. Dated 1917

Symmetrical Cloud Erupts on Bikini Lagoon -- Water and steam rise after the underwater atomic explosion on July 25 to produce a symmetrical pattern on the surface of Bikini lagoon. A ship is visible inside ring at lower left. This photo, released by Joint Army-Navy Task Force One in Washington, Aug. 3, was made from a plane flying several miles away from the blast. August 3, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Low angle view of missile taking off, Martin TM-61B Matador

The Sino-Japanese War.Boom across the Yantse River set on fire by Japanese. January 8, 1938.

GINGER ROGERS in LADY IN THE DARK (1944), directed by MITCHELL LEISEN.

Bombing od east london fuel tanks during world wra two 1941

Firefighters practice extinguishing a fire on a simulated aircraft crash. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967), directed by ROBERT ALDRICH.

The Iranian frigate IS SAHAND (74) burns after being attacked by aircraft of Carrier Air Wing II from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) in retaliation for the mining of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58). The ship was hit by three Harpoon missiles plus cluster bombs. Country: Unknown

General View Of The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius On 23 March 1944. Italy.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kuala and Banten (II). Kuala and Bants: Scorched Earth .... In practice, this amounted to Chinese homes and stores were burned down. Indonesian properties were spared. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Battle of Khalkhyn Gol was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War fought between the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The conflict was named after the river Khalkhyn Gol, which passes through the battlefield. In Japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the Nomonhan Incident (Nomonhan Jiken) after a nearby village on the border between Mongolia and Manchuria. The battles resulted in total defeat for the Japanese Sixth Army. Casualty estimates vary widely: Some sources say the Japanese suffered 45,000 or more soldiers killed with Soviet casualties of at least 17,000. The Japanese officially reported 8,440 killed and 8,766 wounded, while the Soviets initially claimed 9,284 total casualties. Although this engagement is little known in the West, it had profound implications on the conduct of World War II. It may be said to be the first decisive battle of World War II, because it determined that the two principal Axis Pow

Photograph of Military Individual Using Flamethrower (Believed to be an Exercise at Exhibit).

Cassino Monastery Spared From Artillery Fire -- American artillery is shown pounding Cossino, where the moat stubborn fighting of the Italian campaign is raging. Visible on top of th6 hill is the famous Cassino Monastery, which Allied gunners have thus far spared despite the fact that the enemy had established observation posts in the building. February 15, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Official Photograph).

The U.S. Army Jeep.... A Militarist's Dream Come True -- For towing planes away from a field under attack. October 03, 1942.

12/06/1941. The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked, without prior declaration of war, the port of Pearl Harbor. 13 Ships and 188 Planes Destroyed and 2,403 Military and 63 Civilians Dead It was the balance of the attack that marked the entry of the United States into the War and the beginning of Hostilities in the Pacific.

One Up -- 706 To Go. This image depicts a mine, laid by Japanese in the Kii Suido straits off Japan, go up in smoke and spray. The explosion flung the bulkhead-piercing metal fragments at the Coast Guard-manned LCI, destroying it in an explosion.

Probably Dutch company on a plain at a smoking volcano in the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of Germany, Switzerland, the Suez Canal and the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support eruption (of volcano) Dutch East Indies, The

The Battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) Fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-Caliber Guns while Taking Part in a Night Mission off the Coast of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

One of Georges Guynemer's victories - French World War I ace

The brilliant RAF raid on the German naval bases: a bomb hits a German battleship amidships. A German battleship attacked at Wilhelmshaven by a formation of British bombers swooping out of the clouds. Date: 1939

The flareback, Published, 1911. Illustration shows a large cannon labeled 'Violence' exploding out the back end, catching J.J. McNamara, J.B. McNamara, Samuel Gompers, and possibly Clarence Darrow in the blast. Two large cannon shells labeled 'Murder' and 'Dynamiting' sit on the ground on the left.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Fireworks in Paramaribo on the eve of the departure from Suriname. October 1, 1955. Paramaribo, Suriname

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

USS West Virginia on Fire

Fire exercise in Bromma.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Stoker Petty Officer showing two of his class at the Naval Fire Fighting School, Devonport the correct way to extinguish a blazing oil fuel tank using a water hose.

Vintage Photograph. Helicopter fighting forest fire at White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire.

Vintage Photograph. Union Wharf Fire at Boston Massachusetts.

Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - members of 11th AB Div. kneel on ground as they watch mushroom cloud of atomic bomb test 1951

Seamen rescue a survivor from the water near the USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA December 7, 1941

Anefo photo collection. Hostage of the train at the point; Negotiators Mrs Soumoukil and Dr. Tan accompanied by hijackers walk to train (arrival). June 9, 1977

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Atom Bomb's deadly punch. June 12, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

First Pictures of Bombing Of Chungking When 5,000 Were Killed -- A general view along the Yangste water front soon after the bombing. Fire are seen raging and many of them burned for more than 24 hours. In the background are the hills which surround Chungking, war-time capital of China.These are the first pictures to be received of the Japanese bombing of Chungking, China, in which it is estimated 5,000 civilians were killed and 2,000 wounded. Most of the city was ablaze after the bombing, and although the fire fighting arrangements were of a primitive nature they undoubtedly saved the city from worse destruction. May 29, 1939.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Men under training at the Naval Fire Fighting School, Devonport passing through blazing oil fires in asbestos suits.

Vintage Photograph. Firemen fighting fire.

Day order 1st regiment hussars; Photo and collage book 'The Hidden Camera'. Dagoner of 9 May 1940 in which it is warned against landing of the enemy between Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Ships Burning and Sinking After Attack on Pearl Harbor

Vintage Photograph. Firemen fighting fire in church building at Lititz Pennsylvania.

Flames envelop an Iraqi truck as other equipment lies stranded on a roadway in the Euphrates River Valley following attack by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Warding off a night attack, U.S. Navy

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