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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Beaufighters of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 489 Squadron set out on a sortie, 1944.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2437

Film: IWM ARY 36-1

13 hours ago (edited) | [YT] | 3,126

Imperial War Museums

Two 4.2 inch mortar teams from No. 12 or 13 platoon in the 2nd Battalion Kensington Rifles' 'D' Company filmed firing at German positions in the vicinity of Rijkevorsel, Belgium, 6 October 1944.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2113

Film: IWM A70 174-5

2 days ago | [YT] | 4,725

Imperial War Museums

A Medium C Hornet tank filmed during trials at the William Foster Works in Lincoln, England, autumn 1918.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4176

Film: IWM 1191

2 days ago | [YT] | 4,375

Imperial War Museums

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Black Watch, land in Sicily at dawn, 10 July 1943.

You can find the footage in full here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2154

Film: IWM AYY 496/2-1

5 days ago | [YT] | 5,904

Imperial War Museums

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the United States Army Air Force takes off ahead of a bombing raid on Naples harbour, 1943.

The clip appears in an episode of the British newsreel 'War Pictorial News'. You can watch the episode in full on our website: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2532

Film: IWM WPN 96

6 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 4,718

Imperial War Museums

Two British soldiers drive a motorcycle into a Horsa glider ahead of Operation Market Garden, 1944.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/37479

Film: IWM WPN 180

1 week ago | [YT] | 6,319

Imperial War Museums

Stirling bombers flown by No 38 Group RAF drop urgently-needed supplies over over St Aubin d'Arquenay, Normandy, for men of the 6th Airborne Division, June 1944.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/739



Film: IWM A70 57-6

1 week ago | [YT] | 6,263

Imperial War Museums

Priest self-propelled guns filmed in action in the Western Desert, 3 November 1942.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/10362

Film: IWM AYY 275/2-4

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 5,596

Imperial War Museums

Men of the 174th Field Ambulance RAMC help a wounded German Fallschirmjäger troop onto a Kangaroo following a skirmish around Boxtel, the Netherlands, October 1944.

Film: IWM A70 183-2

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4,887

Imperial War Museums

The British Mark IV tank HMLS 'Intimidate' passes by soldiers as it tows a captured German 150mm howitzer back to the rear areas after the Battle of Cambrai, Western Front, 29 November 1917.

Find the full footage here: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/3255

Film: IWM 508-47

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 5,940