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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 soldier shows off his tattoo of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during the evacuation of Chindits of 111th Brigade from behind enemy lines in Burma, June 1944. Film: IWM MWY 25 &lt;1/2&gt;

A Hawker Tempest pursues a Luftwaffe Arado Ar 96 near Fassberg airfield in Germany, striking its wing with its 20mm cannon, 9 April 1945. Film: IWM CBS 55

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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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

'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

Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade filmed in the ruins of Wesel, Germany, 24 March 1945. Film: IWM (A70 278-1)

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;

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

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

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

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 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

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

A rider from 11th Armoured Division’s Corps of Military Police demonstrates how to neutralise a German trip‑wire trap near divisional headquarters at Deurne, the Netherlands, October 1944. Film: IWM A70 183-3

In this 1945 British newsreel, tanks are raced across a three-mile, all-terrain course at a proving ground in an undisclosed location. According to the narrator, the course was designed to 'strain the tanks to their utmost'. Film: IWM WPN 221

A soldier shows off his tattoo of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during the evacuation of Chindits of 111th Brigade from behind enemy lines in Burma, June 1944. Film: IWM MWY 25 <1/2>

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>