Allied armour advances to the front during Operation Goodwood, 18 July 1944 | IWM A70 85-4
Universal carriers, a Valentine 'Scissors' bridgelayer and a Sherman tank move to the front for Operation Goodwood, 18 July 1944.
IWM A70 85-4
Oxford I trainers in flight, 1941 | IWM RMY 148-47
A squadron of Airspeed Oxford I trainer aircraft are filmed in flying in formation in this film from 1941, each marked with training numbers.
A surviving example of the Airspeed Oxford, V3388 is now on display at IWM Duxford: https://bit.ly/4dtltL5
IWM RMY 148-47
Testing a Northrop N9M-B 'flying wing' | IWM WPN 46
A Northrop N9M-B flying wing (one third scale development aircraft for the projected XB-35 bomber) filmed during a test flight in California in 1942.
IWM WPN 46
The role of the Glider in airborne assault operations | IWM AMY 514
This US-produced information film from 1943 details the role of the Waco CG-4A Glider in airborne assault operations.
You can find the full film on our website: https://bit.ly/46dF0MV
IWM AMY 514
Italian Alpini, 1959 | IWM NAT 2021
A segment on the Alpini, Italy's 'crack mountaineers', featured in an episode of NATO's film series 'The Atlantic Review', 1959.
You can watch the full episode on our website: bit.ly/45YD6jb
IWM NAT 2021
A machine gunner fires practice rounds during the Falklands War | © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4831)
A machine gunner fires practice rounds at an unseen target during the voyage to the Falklands, April 1982.
Learn more about the conflict: https://bit.ly/3qPeycn
© Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4831)
American, British and Polish troops in the Netherlands, 1944 | IWM A70 183-7
American, British and Polish airborne troops - sheltered by the Dutch Underground after being cut off from 2nd Army's lines during Operation Market Garden – are filmed comparing captured German weapons, eating and drinking, and posing for group portraits.
IWM A70 183-7
Sappers ride through the village of Colleville-sur-Orne in Normandy, 20 July 1944 | IWM A70 90-3
An Anglo-American patrol crosses the Dutch-German frontier at Beek-Wyler, three miles south-east of Nijmegen, 20 September 1944.
IWM A70 172-4
A clip on the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service | IWM WOY 32
A recruit to the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) learns the importance of short hair in this clip from a 1942 ATS training film.
Find the full film, titled ‘We Serve’, on our website: https://bit.ly/4faVrxM
IWM WOY 32
British paratroopers in training, 1941 | IWM WPN 35
British paratroopers filmed in training for a British newsreel, 1941. The narrator celebrates the rigour of their training and their coming role in 'the restoration of freedom for Europe and the rest of the world'.
Find the full newsreel here: https://bit.ly/4bvy5jj
IWM WPN 35
The 1st Airborne Division flies to Holland during Operation Market Garden | IWM A70 169-6
The view from inside a No 46 Group RAF Dakota as it transports men of the 1st Airborne Division to Holland during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944.
Read more about the operation here: bit.ly/3Es8Pw9
IWM A70 169-6
British soldiers in Cyprus, 1959 | IWM DRA 1127
British soldiers search a house for suspects and weapons during the Cyprus Emergency, 1959.
The clip comes from a War Office-sponsored film intended to illustrate some of the methods used in dealing with the EOKA ('National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters') in Cyprus.
You can watch the full film here: https://bit.ly/4f1SqQn
IWM DRA 1127
The Gloster Javelin | IWM COI 334
A segment on the Gloster Javelin from 'This Jet Age', a short 1953 documentary on the aircraft flying at Farnborough Air Show.
Watch the full film here: https://bit.ly/3RPY7qv
IWM COI 334
An Avro Vulcan prepares for takeoff, 1973 | © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1136)
An Avro Vulcan prepares for takeoff ahead of a flight out of RAF Waddington to Akrotiri, Cyprus.
The clip comes from a 1973 recruitment film explaining the various roles of the RAF. Watch in full on our website: bit.ly/3La2CZ9
© Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1136)
The Royal Australian Air Force in action in New Guinea, 1943 | IWM WPN 123
Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force, including Bostons and Beaufighters, attack Japanese positions in New Guinea in this 1943 clip from War Pictorial News.
IWM WPN 123
Mechanics assemle and test Welbike miniature motorcycles, 1944 | IWM A70 22-3
Mechanics from No 3 Commando's motor transport section assemble Welbike miniature motorcycles and take them for test runs and check on the condition of bicycles belonging to the Commando's cycle troop, 1944.
IWM A70 22-3
A clip from a British government film on the use of improvised mortars by the Irish Republican Army | IWM MIL 307
IRA members fire an improvised mortar in this dramatised attack included in a 1978 British government film.
Sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and produced by the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment in 1978 - during the Troubles - the film examines the weapons and tactics of the Irish Republican Army.
You can watch the film in full on our website: https://bit.ly/4dq6Xoa
© Crown copyright. IWM (MIL 307)
A British Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopter in West Germany, 1962 | IWM (DRA 1168)
A British Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopter is filmed flying over the West German countryside for a 1962, government-sponsored film on the British Army of the Rhine.
Find the full film here: https://bit.ly/4cjj5pY
IWM (DRA 1168)
Fairey IIIF aircraft of RAF 14 Squadron fly over Mount Kenya, 21 March 1932 | IWM 880-02c
Fairey IIIF aircraft of RAF 14 Squadron fly over Mount Kenya, 21 March 1932. The squadron was filmed for a newsreel on how the RAF linked the 'Empire's far-flung colonies'.
IWM 880-02c
The de Havilland Mosquito | IWM WPN 191
A segment on the de Havilland Mosquito from the British newsreel 'War Pictorial News' showing the planes under construction and in flight, 1945.
Watch our video on the Mosquito here: https://bit.ly/45Oo931
IWM WPN 191
