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The Christmas Truce: The Day the War Stood Still
The Christmas Truce was one of the most memorable moments of the First World War. Today, we'll talk about what it was and why it's so damn important to me.
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The Badass Girl Scouts Who Helped Win World War II
The Girl Scouts, or Girl Guides, have been around for just over 100 years. You probably think of them as smiley campers, selling cookies and earning badges, but I’m going to tell you a different story. Today, let’s talk about their...
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The Maquis in woods France
MOT 1943: FRENCH RESISTANCE: THE MAQUIS: Maquisard sharpening knife on turning round honing stone between tree trunks. Maquisards one blindfolded putting machine gun together. Maquisards raising flag MS Free French Forces (FFL) Cross of...
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1942: JAPANESE AIR FORCES: AERIAL WS Guadalcanal Island coastline. LA TU US Corporal soldier w/ radio looking up. AERIAL WS Unidentified aircraft in flight, possibly bombers. WS (POV Aircraft) PAN Japanese planes in single line flight. WWII, World War II
MOT 1942: JAPANESE AIR FORCES: AERIAL WS Guadalcanal Island coastline. LA TU US Corporal soldier w/ radio looking up. AERIAL WS Unidentified aircraft in flight, possibly bombers. WS (POV Aircraft) PAN Japanese planes in single line...
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Nehru with troops armed people
MOT 1947: PARTITION OF INDIA: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru reviewing Indian troops in valley talking behind standing microphone (No SOT) 'British trained' Indian soldiers firing artillery. VS Civilian men walking through hills armed...
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Streets with Occupied Nazi Germans
MOT 1938: OCCUPIED VIENNA: Street scene w/ large poster of Hitler profile FG / Soldiers moving in trucks in city / Man WEARING Hitler poster around neck / Troops in street soldier ordering (gesturing w/ bayonet-tipped rifle) male in suit...
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Occupied Nazi Germans
MOT 1938: OCCUPIED VIENNA: Soldier for radio 'All laws of the Third Reich effective immediately' Nazi banners hanging above peoples heads / Street vendors w/ photographs of Hitler / German signs on shop windows 'Jewish Business'.
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German Parachute soldiers
MOT 1939: GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOP: XWS LA War airplanes in-flight. MS Building on fire heavy smoke. WS Paratroopers descending in from air. AERIAL: German soldiers jumping out of Nazi plane. XWS Soldiers parachuting down planes BG.
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MOT 1941: NAZI OCCUPIED NORWAY: ESCAPING
WS Men on dock throwing rucksack onto boat, German Nazi guard walking away BG HA MS Man throwing sack into boat WS Men continue talking on dock.
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MOT 1941: U.S. MARINES & DESTROYER SHIPS
WS American soldiers marching on dock, transport ship BG HA WS Soldiers on transport deck, marching BG VS U.S. Navy battleship, turrets XWS Silhouette of ship on horizon.
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MOT 1941: BRITISH COASTAL SECURITY
Soldier on rocky coast / MS Guard w/ binoculars / VS Sea waves rocky coast (Norway) barbed wire FG.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: ADVANCING ON NORTHERN IWO JIMA
VS United States Sherman tanks firing cannon, US Marine running on uneven terrain, taking cover from machine gun fire, soldiers firing flamethrowers, burning ridge area.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MOPPING UP
United States Marines advancing on rocky terrain toward final Japanese fortifications in the North, firing shoulder rocket launcher, explosion, others firing rifles into caves / United States Marines surrounding cave of Japanese...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: AFTERMATH
WS PAN Large pile of empty artillery shells piled high & far on Iwo Jima beach, other debris along beach, Mount Suribachi BG.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES LAND ON BEACH
VS soldiers pouring out of crafts, carrying equipment, taking up defensive positions on beach hill / Marines moving on beach, explosion, dead soldier, various other soldiers maneuvering on beach, pinned down, heavy bombing of island.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: ARTILLERY
VS US Marine, artillery division, loading artillery cannons & firing, explosions along Northern Iwo Jima / MS Soldier on telephone radio / VS Rocket launcher trucks firing artillery shells, quickly repositioning, US Marines carrying...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: FIGHTER PLANES BOMBING MOUNT SURIBACHI
VS Silhouette of light United States carrier fighter planes dropping payload of bombs onto island of Iwo Jima, WS Rocket launcher truck firing rockets, WS Artillery fire across island of Iwo Jima, explosions at base of Mount Suribachi,...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES ADVANCING
VS US Marines maneuvering on beach of Iwo Jima, explosions, soldiers (28th Regiment) spread across island, soldiers & artillery cannons in ditches firing upon Mount Suribachi, aka Hot Rocks.
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1937: MAP: Map of Germany & East Prussia, Hitler's Nazi territory darkens, swastika highlighted.
MOT 1937: MAP: Map of Germany & East Prussia, Hitler's Nazi territory darkens, swastika highlighted.
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MOT: Greece celebrates the end of Nazi occupation - part 2 of 20
MOT 1944: Men, women parade though streets, gather in square.
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World War 1: Introduction | History | Social Sciences | FuseSchool
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1942: BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA: WS PAN (R) U.S. Navy battleship sailing along side aircraft carrier w/ Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber aircrafts on flight deck. VS Sailors & pilots on deck mobilizing airplanes, attaching torpedo bomb under wing. WWII
MOT 1942: BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA: WS PAN (R) U.S. Navy battleship sailing along side aircraft carrier w/ Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber aircrafts on flight deck. VS Sailors & pilots on deck mobilizing airplanes, attaching torpedo...
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MOT 1941: NAZI OCCUPIED NORWAY: REBELS SABOTAGE
WS Norwegian street, trolley, cars VS Construction workers mixing cement, wheelbarrow, shovel VS Men packing hanging dry fish CU Man pouring kerosene on packaged fish CU German writing on crate lid.
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MOT 1941: BRITAIN TASK FORCE: ATTACK
DAWN: (POV Ship deck) WS Mountains, Norway LA WS English & Norwegian soldiers up ladders to ship MS Norway flag WS Bombed Nazi post WS Exploding oil tanks, refinery.