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P-38 planes fly over B-17 planes in European Theatre of Operations
38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing. (World War II period).
Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 77th birthday with his family, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren and John Houston in London.
Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 77th birthday during the filming of 'A Countes from Hong Kong' in London. A Charlie Chaplin figure on a cake. Charlie Chaplin puts his hat on the figure. Hollywood actors including Sophia Loren and Tippi Hedren present. Photographers click pictures. Oona O'Neill arrives with her daughters Josephione and Victoria. Charlie Chaplin's family including Sydney Chaplin and the film's actors near the cake. He cuts the cake as they look on. Veteran movie maker, director John Huston offers his congratulations and speaks to Chaplin.
London Fire Raid response to German incendiary blitzkrieg attacks of December 29-30, 1940 (WW2)
London is hit by incendiary bombs for the first time during the London Blitz. Nazi incendiary bombs fall, and fires break out at night. View from Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) of buildings set on fire by incendiaries. Firemen spray water on the buildings. A central switch board handles fire reports and assigns equipment to various sectors. A woman talks over a telephone. A large map is displayed in front of the room. A woman moves pegs on a pegboard, assigning firefighting equipment to parts of London. The pegboard reads 'no. of appliances available'. (World War II period).
Burning factories and warehouses and firemen spray water on buildings in London and Suffolk during World War II.
The work of London's fire guards during a German blitz incendiary bomb raid in Britain during World War II. Warehouses and factories on fire in Suffolk across the Thames. Firemen spray water on the buildings. Explosives which were kept in the buildings increased the intensity of the fire caused by the blitzkrieg.
Damaged buildings of Guildhall, Old Bailey, Lawrence Jewry Church and firemen spray water in London, Britain after German Blitz (WW2)
From film 'London Fire Raids' on the work of London's fire guards during a German blitzkrieg incendiary bomb raid in London on December 29 and 30, 1940. Buildings on fire. Firemen spray water on the buildings. Water converts to steam as soon as it comes out of the sprinklers due to high heat of the fumes. The fire is put out at an old building. Damaged buildings. A flag above the Guildhall. Damaged Guildhall building (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). The St. Lawrence Jewry Church (Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA, United Kingdom) is almost destroyed. Debris and abandoned firefighting equipment lie in front of the buildings. At a burial service, a tribute to the firemen who lost their lives. Soldiers stand on rubble. The Old Bailey courthouse building (Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH, United Kingdom). The Lady Justice on top of the Old Bailey. (World War II period).
Night scenes in London during German blitzkrieg (blitz) of World War 2
Night time in London during German aerial bombardments during World War II. Citizens go home in the evening rush hour, crowded London Street. Police and air raid wardens man their posts. Citizens in queue waiting to enter air raid shelters. British citizens bedding down in public air raid shelters. Search lights and anti aircraft units are activated. Fire fighters battle blazes in London following blitz raids.
