Historical Film Clips

Vintage film snippets covering historical events including the construction of a dam and military briefings, providing insight into wartime activities and daily life in the 1940s.

1940s - In this propaganda film, Hitler Youth and German soldiers march in Nazi Germany.

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DD-865 Charles R. Ware , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Blurry photo. November 23, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

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ARVN soldiers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (also accompanied by Vietnamese marines) pictured during a military operation on July 26, 1962.

An interior view of damage caused to the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV41) in a collision with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Emperor Charles I in the XI. Isonzo slaughter.

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Failed recording. Man on bed or bank. November 22, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Bronze Cannon captured at Vigo, made by Canthals exhibited in the Tower of London.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting army technical service in Meester Cornelis (Batavia). Workplace. February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Two military board on board the ship.Two militals on board the ship

Interior of the Telegraph Central Barracks of a Corpskomdos. .

Field gun The riding artillery division NR..6, built in the position of the field hunter battalion No. 9 north Sinkow. .

AGMR-1 Annapolis Inclining Experiment , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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DD-441 Wilkes , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

24 cm mortar in position at Valparola.

Korean War PSYOP - Plane dropping psyop leaflets over Korea circa 1950.

United States, c 1918Artificial limbs, probably for WWI soldiers.

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC S.R.O.I. Tjimahi. Table with all kinds of hand grenades and igniters. September 1, 1948. Cimahi, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Boys peeking out from a tent

Dog pilot holding handgun

Vintage Photograph. Hand pulling fire alarm in front of housefire

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Red Cross IndramaJoe. IndramaJoe: On September 30, a red crucial wagon was shot by republicarangs with a machine gun north of Djatibarang. Comrades visit a wounded soldier. September 30, 1947. Indonesia, Idramayu, Dutch East Indies

Cremation ovens at the Buchenwald concentration camp near Jena, Germany, April 16, 1945. Prisoners from all over Europe and the Soviet Union worked as forced labor in local armaments factories. Most deaths were caused from malnutrition, overwork and harsh conditions. It was liberated by the by 6th Armored Division, US Third Army, on April 11, 1945, World War 2 (BSLOC_2015_13_5)

18th century highwayman and victim

U.S. Navy men in Rear Control Car of a Dirigible, ca. 1933. The April 4, 1933 crash of the Navy Akron with the death of 73 crewmen heralded the end the dirigible fleet. - (BSLOC_2015_1_229)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjitjambe at Terise and Soebang. Tjitjambe, the recovery work on the thermother power station of Tjitjambe, the Goenoeng Tuea destroyed by the extremists at the time, are in full swing. A military rests on a british in a space of the central. November 12, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

070310-M-6500K-019. Complete Scene Caption: March 10, 2007, Joint Security Forces from the 7th street Security Station in Ramadi, Iraq to include Iraqi Police along with Marines from st Battalion, 6th Marines (/6), Second Marine Division and Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct Operation Okinawa. The operation consisted of several dismounted patrols to specific buildings near the"Race Track"area. These buildings were searched and cleared and then Marine Combat Engineers constructed and fortified a new Observation Post. /6 is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. Ramadi, Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Michael Kropiewnicki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: OKINAWA Base: Camp Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Ma