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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

A Sherman fires at Japanese forces following their breakout in the Pegu Yomas mountain range in Burma, 21 July 1945. Film: IWM JFU 283

A British soldier of the Somerset Light Infantry filmed with a PIAT projector during the assault on Anholt, Germany, 29 March 1945. Film: IWM A70 285-4

A Hawker Typhoon fires its rockets at a railway, July 1944. Film: IWM MTE 1829 &lt;1/2&gt;

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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;

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

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

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

'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

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

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

British Army jungle training filmed in Belize for a 1978, Ministry of Defence-sponsored film. Find the film in full here: Film: IWM BFH 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

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

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

Scenes from the Dunkirk Evacuation. Operation Dynamo began on 26 May 1940. This amateur footage was filmed by Lieutenant Philip Roderick Hall while serving on HMS Whitehall during the evacuation. Film: IWM MGH 6859

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

A German road convoy destroyed by RAF fighter-bombers is found on a country road east of the Falaise-Argentan highway, 20 August 1944. Film: IWM A70 130-5

A soldier of 1st Battalion Black Watch grapples his way up to a window during street fighting practice, possibly at Limehouse, London, 1944. Find the full footage here: Film: IWM A70 14-2

Admiral Fraser transfers from HMS Duke of York to a destroyer, and thence to USS Missouri where, on No 2 gundeck, he invests Admiral Halsey with KBE in Japanese waters, 17 August, 1945. Find the full footage here: Film: IWM ADM 523

British Commandos link up with American airborne forces at Wesel, Germany during the Allied crossing of the Rhine, 25 March 1945. Film: IWM A70 278-4

A Hawker Typhoon fires its rockets at a railway, July 1944. Film: IWM MTE 1829 <1/2>

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>