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Operations of United States 8th Air Force 492nd Bomb Group in England during World War II.

Operation Carpetbagger by the 492nd Bomb Group of United States 8th Air Force during World War II. View of automobile traffic on a London Street. London "Carpetbaggers" personnel working at the London headquarters of United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force. At Harrington field men load supplies on trucks for French resistance forces (Maquis, FFI). Men workout the daily packing schedule. Men pack guns, grenades, machine guns and other ammunitions. Special H containers and C containers for loading 303 ammunition. Boots, socks being packed. Gasoline Jerry cans being put in containers. Men place guns in containers. Instructions in French also placed with the supplies for the French resistance forces. Men pack explosives and radio sets. Medical supplies put in baskets. Harness and parachute shops in Holmes where men attach parachutes to containers. Packages being transported to airfield for dropping to the targets. A man on a telephone informs about the daily supplies to Special Forces headquarters in London. S-2, an intelligence officer forwards the list received from London. A man plots the target area on a map. In the weather room detailed map of the area is being prepared. Officers make a selection of the targets. S-2 informs the headquarters about the route of the planes. Supplies being loaded onto United States B-24 aircraft specially configured to carry and drop the containers using the bomb rack system in the aircraft. Flight crew is briefed before the operation. Chief Navigator talks about the course to be taken by the planes and the targets to be hit. Pilots work on a flight plan. Aircraft take off. An officer reports about the take off of the aircraft to the 8th Air Force headquarters.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1945
Duration: 15 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049535
German surrender, UN founding, and Chiefs of Counsel meet before conducting Nuremberg and other trials after World War 2.

A film on preparations that are made for prosecution of axis war criminals following World War 2. Ratification of the surrender documents (from surrender two days earlier at Reims) held at Soviet headquarters in Karlshorst, Berlin, on May 9, 1945. German officers Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine enter room and are seated. View of Keitel signing the surrender document. Scene change to Hall of the United Nations Conference, held in San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945, with delegates from 50 Allied nations creating the United Nations. This was officially the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO). Leaders of various United Nations countries address delegates present in the War Memorial Opera House of San Francisco, including Edward Stettinius Jr of the United States. Next: A meeting of the military tribunal Chiefs of Counsel of many nations, including France, Russia, Great Britain and the United States, held in London, England, United Kingdom. They sign the International Military Tribunal Charter governing how the major war criminals from World War 2 would be tried.

Location: Europe
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065511
Large crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square to celebrate Victory in Europe day in London,England at the end of World War II.

Victory in Europe Day celebration in London, England at the end of World War II. Crowd gathered watches two Norwegian soldiers seated on top of a monument waving flag of Norway. American soldiers walk holding American flag. Men gather beside an “Evening News” van. Flags flutter in wind atop a building. French cosmetics company Bourjois advertisement unrolls from building which reads 'Bourjois Creators of Fine Perfumes and Toilet Soap'. Crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square for Victory in Europe (V-E) day celebration. They hold British flags in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Children seated on shoulders of their parents. View of the Big Ben in London.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072733
Heavy traffic on a street in London, England on Victory in Europe Day.

U.S. Army Captain in uniform holds slate. Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in London, England. Traffic on street in London. A car and a double decker bus on the street. Pedestrians. Two London policemen (Bobbies) talk to each other with a bus in the background.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048982
David Niven and British citizens celebrate in London, England as allies achieve victory in World War II, on news of German surrender.

British actor and then soldier, the famous David Niven, on a crowded street in London, in military uniform, as people greet him after announcement of German surrender in World War II (VE Day in Europe). Citizens of London England gather to celebrate victory in Europe as word has arrived of the German surrender. Procession of Winston Churchill and members of parliament in the street, leaving Westminster Abbey. Man carries a scepter, followed by procession including Winston Churchill. A man on crutches walks in the procession. A large crowd gathers to watch the procession. Big Ben in London showing time of about 16:30.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049766
Memorial of the Glorious Dead in London, England, and sights of British crowd on Victory in Europe Day at end of World War 2.

Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in London, England. 'The Glorious Dead' engraved on the Cenotaph monument to war dead at Whitehall, London England. People place wreaths at the monument. View of War Office Building (now Old War Office) in background. A woman and a boy buy British flags from a vendor at the corner of a street. A Police officer on horseback controls a large crowd by Buckingham Palace. An ill woman carried away by Royal guards. People gathered around the Queen Victoria Memorial outside the Buckingham Palace. Many people sitting on a Lion Statue in front of the palace and Victoria Memorial. People carry British flags as they cheer and wave to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on V-E Day.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048983
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