Imperial War Museums
Telling the stories of those who have lived, fought and died in conflict, from 1914 to the present day.
IWM encompasses five sites: IWM London, IWM North, Churchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast and the historic airfield IWM Duxford. Our five sites and extensive archives tell stories of war and conflict around the world through film, photographs, objects and testimonies. Look out for new videos on this channels three times a month.
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VE Day celebrations in London, 8 May 1945.
News that Germany had surrendered had been broadcast the day before and a national holiday was declared in Britain for the following day. This footage was filmed by amateur cameraman Derek Stewart. Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4388
Film: IWM MGH 6901
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A soldier of the 159th Infantry Brigade eats and rests during the advance from Winsen to Sülze in Germany, 15 April 1945.
Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/500
Film: A70 303-1
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Men of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, load and fire an ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun at Japanese positions near Mount Popa, approximately 40 miles west of Meiktila, Burma, April 1945.
Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/19660
Film: IWM JFU 186
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Three Royal Signallers from 30th Corps' HQ examine the remains of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 'Gustav' fighter shot down near Bayeux in the course of a 'tip and run' raid on the Allied beach-head in Normandy, 13 June 1944.
Find the full footage on our website: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/305
Film: IWM A70 43-2
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A woman pours wine for men of the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) in Broglie, France, during 2nd Canadian Corps' advance to the lower Seine, August 1944.
Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2487
Film: IWM A70 135-6
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Men of 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, fire volleys during the burial of Baron Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) at Bertangles on the Western Front, 22nd April 1918.
Richthofen was killed on 21 April near Vaux-sur-Somme, France and buried the following day by Commonwealth forces with full military honours. He was perhaps the most famous ace of the First World War.
Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4275
Film: IWM 661b
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A soldier of No. 5 Army Commando, 3rd Special Service Brigade, checks his Thompson submachine gun ahead of an (abortive) raid on Ramree Island in Burma, November 1944.
Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/1236
Film: IWM JFU 206
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North American B-25 Mitchells of RAF 320 (Dutch) Squadron filmed during a day attack on a German Army barracks at Oldenburg near Bremen, Germany, 17 April 1945.
Find the full footage in our film collections here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4761
Film: IWM OPF 278
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A Churchill tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade advances through smoke in Uelzen, Germany, April 1945.
Find the full footage on our website: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/41190
Film: IWM A70 304-7
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A Soviet soldier entertains onlookers with a dance during the meeting of the US 69th Infantry Division and the Soviet 58th Guards Rifle Division at the Elbe River in Germany - a meeting later remembered as Elbe Day - 25 April 1945.
Find the full footage on our website: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/41828
Courtesy USA Government (NAT 1385)
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