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'Park for captured guns' British and Australian troops pile up captured German guns, from heavy calibres to machine guns, in Flanders during the Allied advance to victory, September 1918. Find the full footage here: Film: IWM 508-80

British soldiers pose with a dog in the Béthune area on the Western Front, April 1918, during the German spring offensive. Film: IWM186

A Canadian sniper filmed firing from the ruins of a house's front room on the Western Front, February 1918. Film: IWM 255

Men of the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, pose with a captured Nazi flag and sign reading Adolf Hitler-Strasse in Kranenburg, Germany, February 1945. Film: IWM A70 239-2

Men of the 4th (South African Scottish) Regiment filmed on the Western Front with their springbok mascot, early 1917. Film: IWM 169

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British infantrymen demonstrate how to clear a house in this instructional video from the Second World War. Film: IWM DRA 433

'The effect of atomic weapons on troops in the field' This clip comes from a 1954 training film describing the main effects of flash, heat, blast and radiation from a nuclear bomb. Film: IWM DRA 1089

'Rough weather landing' This footage from IWM's film collection follows an exercise by No. 4 Commando during a landing on a coast in rough weather. Film: IWM COI 488

The British-made Blue Streak rocket takes off from its launch site at Woomera, Australia, 1964. Film: IWM COI 1125

How to cross a street under fire. This clip from a 1943 British instructional film from the Second World War explains how to cross a street quickly and safely under enemy fire. Film: IWM DRA 433

This British instructional film from 1973 describes and demonstrates how soldiers should respond to 'aggro'. Film: IWM DRA 1314 &lt;1/2&gt;

Tank training filmed during the First World War. This footage comes from a July 1918 film featuring scenes from the Tank Corps training school at Bovington, the Western Front and Palestine. Film: IWM 452

In this incredible footage shot on D-Day, 6 June 1944, troops of 45 Royal Marine Commando disembark on 'Queen Red' Beach at La Breche, amidst the burning tanks of the 22nd Dragoons and 13/18th Hussars. Learn more about Operation Overlord: © IWM A70 31-2

How to stop an enemy advance. This clip comes from a 1943 filmed produced for the School of Infantry to explain how to handle weapons and tactics of firing. Film: IWM DRA 444

'A trial of an incapacitating drug'. Volunteers from 41 Royal Marine Commando are filmed engaging in a field exercise after imbibing the hallucinogen LSD in 1964. Film: IWM MGH 4464

In this unique footage filmed shortly before the Dambusters' Raid in May 1943, an Avro Lancaster flies low off the Kent coast, trialling a cylinder-type "Upkeep" bouncing bomb. Learn more about the incredible story behind the raid: © IWM MTE 3437

The coffin of the Unknown Warrior arrives in Britain from France and is taken to the Cenotaph before the final burial at Westminster Abbey, 10-11 November 1920. Film: IWM 505

Troops serving with No 3 Commando's No 5 Troop are tossed into the air to grab at a rope some twenty feet high. Filmed during D-Day preparations in Britain, 1 June 1944. Film: IWM A70 24-3

Footage of 6th Airborne Division troops after landing in Germany during Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945. Film: IWM A70 278-6

Men of the New Zealand Division participate in an impromptu triple-jump contest during a rest in a village square on the Western Front, 1916. Film: IWM 138

An Italian Airacobra makes an emergency landing at Vis Aerodrome in Croatia, 1945. Film: IWM AAY 242 &lt;1/2&gt;

This clip from a 1941 instructional film explains how a British soldier might disarm their German captor. The training film, which you can find in full on our website, explains all the possible methods of unarmed combat. Find it here: Film: IWM DRA 202

British troops examine and pose next to a V2 rocket after the train carrying it was wrecked in an RAF airstrike near Nienburg, Germany, 16 April 1945. Film: IWM A70 301-3

Having landed in Normandy, women serving with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) set up camp at No 79 General Hospital outside Bayeux, 20 June 1944. Film: IWM A70 53-2

A snowy scene with the French 27th Chasseur Battalion marching through Vosges, France, December 1917. Film: IWM 508-40

This British instructional film from 1973 describes and demonstrates how soldiers should respond to 'aggro'. Film: IWM DRA 1314 <1/2>

An Italian Airacobra makes an emergency landing at Vis Aerodrome in Croatia, 1945. Film: IWM AAY 242 <1/2>