2010 FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM FILE: Seventy years since dramatic evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk

Date: 27th May 2010

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

DUNKIRK, FRANCE (FILE - MAY/JUNE 1940) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (ENGLISH NARRATION)

VARIOUS CLIPS FROM BRITISH NEWSREELS SHOWING EXPEDITIONARY FORCES MARCHING TOWARDS DUNKIRK BEACH IN RETREAT FROM GERMAN FORCES

UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE - MAY/JUNE 1940) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (ENGLISH NARRATION)

ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICEMEN RUNNING FROM TENT TO AEROPLANE

SERVICEMEN LOADING BOMBS ONTO PLANES

PLANES TAKING OFF

AT SEA IN ENGLISH CHANNEL NEAR DUNKIRK, FRANCE (FILE - MAY/JUNE 1940) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (ENGLISH NARRATION)

DUNKIRK OPERATION / SHIPS HEADING OVER TO FRANCE TO PICK UP STRANDED BRITISH AND ALLIED TROOPS

GUNS ON A SHIP

NAVY BOAT

GUNS FIRED FROM BOAT

BRITISH AIRFORCE PLANES IN SKY DROPPING BOMBS

NAVY SHIP FIRING BOMBS

MAN LOOKING AT SMOKE RISING FROM DUNKIRK FROM A BOAT

NAVY SHIP FIRES BOMBS

SMOKE RISING FROM DUNKIRK BEACH

NAVY WARSHIPS/ PAN TO SEE DUNKIRK BEACH AND SMOKE

NAVY PERSONNEL ON BOARD BOATS LOADING MACHINE GUN

NAVY PERSONNEL CLEANING GUNS

SMALL BOAT CARRYING SOLDIERS RESCUED FROM DUNKIRK BEACH

RESCUED SOLDIERS CLIMBING ONTO LARGER BOAT

NAVY BOAT FULL OF RESCUED SOLDIERS

RESCUED SOLDIERS CLIMBING ONTO LARGER BOAT FROM SMALL BOAT

NAVY BOAT FULL OF RESCUED SOLDIERS

WOUNDED RESCUED SOLDIER BEING GIVEN A CIGARETTE

NAVY BOAT CRAMMED FULL OF RESCUED SOLDIERS / CHEERING

UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - MAY/JUNE 1940) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS)

SOLDIER COMING OFF BOAT HAVING ID CHECKED

VARIOUS OF WOUNDED BEING HELPED OFF BOAT

NURSES BOARDING SHIP

RESCUED SOLDIER ON TRAIN / SMALL BOYS TAKE NOTE FROM HIM

VARIOUS FOOD BEING PASSED TO SOLDIERS ON TRAIN

SOLDIERS HOLDING UP KNIVES FROM TRAIN WINDOW

MORE OF SOLDIERS BEING HANDED FOOD AND DRINK AS THEY ARE ON TRAIN

TRAIN CARRYING SOLDIERS SETTING OFF / SOLDIERS WAVING

TRAIN SETTING OFF / FOOD HANDED TO SOLDIERS FROM CIVILIANS STANDING ON SIDE OF TRACK

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