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Allied pre-invasion base and activities in Scotland,1941. Allies in Algeria preparing for invasion of Sicily,1943

Activities of the Seabees in Scotland in 1941 and in Algeria in 1943, during World War II. News headlines in 1943 read : ' Italy is out of war' and '17 more Italian towns taken'. An animated map. The Clyde valley in Scotland showing a base built by the U.S. Navy Seabees, in 1941. Numerous quonset huts and vehicles are seen. View of the River Clyde, where 2400 feet of oceangoing dock are being assembled. A ship anchored at a harbor displaying U.S. flag. Allied troops board a landing ship with their belongings. An animated map tracing travel of Allied invasion forces from Scotland to Oran, Algeria, where Seabees are seen testing a floating causway that would be used for invasion of Sicily. Scuttled axis ships and other obstacles and damage that Seabees must repair in occupied ports. Allied ships and troops proceeding for invasion of Sicily. Allied warships bombarding Sicilian coast.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044972
Unemployed people march on the roads to London, England.

Unemployed men and women from Scotland, Wales, Midlands and the South march to London during the Great Depression. Signs seen include, 'Scotland vs. London,' 'National Hunger March,' 'Revolutionary United Mineworkers of Scotland,' and 'We are Against Starvation.' Slate at head of film reads, 'Jobless Hordes End Weary Dole March at Parliament Gate.' Sign in background within village reads, 'The Castle Restaurant.' Research suggests this is the The Castle Restaurant on Norwich Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 5JN This section of film ends with views of Parliament Building and Clock Tower in London. (Background to the next section of film: In Ireland a so-called Outdoor Relief Strike, supported by the Falls and the Shankhill united, Catholics and Protestants, was launched by the unemployed of Belfast. On Oct 3, 1932, 60 thousand attended a torchlight meeting at the Customs House in Belfast Ireland, to protest relief levels. Sporadic looting and rioting ensued in the following days and more mass demonstrations were planned for Oct 11th.) Film picks up on Wednesday October 5, 1932 as the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) attempt to maintain order. A series of street scenes is shown in which the RUC has begun patrolling. Officers are seen patrolling in Lancia armored car No. 105, with a machine gunner on top. Another Lancia armored car (No. 33) patrols near a park at the corner of Stage Street, Belfast. Boys are seen running across cobblestone streets where they have piled up stones for use in rioting. An RUC Crossly tender truck, carrying several police officers, drives along a Belfast street. View of an empty street where piles of stones and slates obstruct the roadway. Pedestrians appear to be going about their daily affairs as usual. (The primary mischief makers seem to be youths.) Final scene is that of a funeral. (In the course of the week's troubles, two of the rioters were shot dead by the RUC.) A horse-drawn hearse carries at least one. But behind it is a group of pallbearers also carrying a coffin. The street behind is filled with masses of mourners.

Date: 1932, October
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033280
U.S. 306th and 91st Bomb Wing aircraft and personnel return to McCoy AFB, Florida and Glasgow AFB, Montana

U.S. Air Force (Strategic Air Command) B-52 bombers land back in the U.S. after 6 months deployment in Southeast Asia, during the Vietnam War. United States 306th Bomb Wing planes and crews return back to McCoy Air Force Base in Florida, and those of the 91st Bomb Wing return to Glasgow Air Force Base, in Montana. Both units had been operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, in Guam. The commander of 306th, Colonel Earl L. Johnson steps from the last B-52 to return to McCoy AFB. He meets his daughter and wife. Men take pictures in the background. Officers stand in the a group. He shakes hand with local officials. Crewmen with their luggage. A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis as it brings home ground crews and other support personnel. Relatives of the crewmen wait to meet them. They step from the plane. A banner reads '306th Bomb Wing Reception Center Happy Day'. The airmen enter a hangar and go through customs. The airmen meet their relatives. The scene changes from Florida, to Montana, where the final U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress of 91st Bomb wing arrives at Glasgow Air Force Base. "McNamara's Band," playing kazoos, pot, and other contrived instruments, greets the arrivals. Colonel George Phieffer Jr., Commander of 91st bomb Wing greets his wife and others. Ground crews and other support personnel also meet their families.

Date: 1967
Duration: 5 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047101
Scottish youth participating in the discus throw and caber toss contests during opening games of clan athletes in Braemar, Scotland.

'Braw laddies' meet in the opening games of clan athletes in Braemar, Scotland. The highlanders gather for the annual games on a field in Braemar, Scotland. Many cars parked outside the field permiter. Youth wearing traditional kilts participating in the discus throw contest. The audience standing around the ground watch the contest. One of the young men participates in the caber toss. The caber falls with the heavy tapered end towards the ground. A few men hold the caber and bring it upright. Another youth does the caber toss.

Date: 1930, May 24
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054961
Miss Louise Miller of New York marries J F Gordon Thompson, an Edinburgh lawyer at Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Scotland.

Miss Louise Miller of New York marries J F Gordon Thompson, an Edinburgh lawyer at Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Scotland. The eighteen-year-old granddaughter of late Andrew Carneigh Miss Miller and Thomson walk out of the Dornoch Cathedral (Dornoch Cathedral Church Of Scotland, Dornoch IV25 3SH) after their wedding. Security guards block thousands of spectators gathered to witness the wedding. The couple sits in a car and drives away as others watch and smile for them.

Date: 1938, August 8
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037135
The nuclear submarine 'USS Patrick Henry' arrives at Holy Loch in Scotland

A helicopter in flight over the submarine. Submarine USS Patrick Henry surfaces in the Atlantic Ocean, off Scotland, after setting a new underwater cruising record of 66 days and 22 hours. The submarine carries a full load of sixteen Polaris missiles. Crew seen aboard the nuclear submarine, as it makes its way into Holy Loch, Scotland. Some antinuclear protestors demonstrate against the ship from canoes. View of the Patrick Henry, tied up next to the Submarine Tender Proteus, where it is being resupplied.

Date: 1961, March 9
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041456