Britain's Military Academy at Sandhurst, presents a Silver Service to be used at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Major General John Leonard, U.S. Army, military attaché in the United Kingdom, accepts the Silver Service, on behalf of the West Point Academy. The Sandhurst cadets march past in a parade ground. Britain's War Secretary, Emmanuel Shinwell, and General Leonard review the marching cadets.
United Kingdom's King Edward VIII pays a visit to Royal Navy fleet, Portland. Royal Navy fleet in Portland harbor. The monarch passes lines of men standing at attention as King Edward VIII reviews sailors and marines aboard a ship.
Free French 2nd Armored Division troops meet with Free French naval officers during World War 2. A French naval officer with cigarette checks a map with other soldiers. Soldiers and convoy personnel check the map. Close view of the two Free French officers wearing French naval side caps with anchor insignia. View of officer's insignia denoting him as a Lieutenant Commander in the Free French Navy. A soldier’s hand pointing to the map. French 2nd Armored Division soldiers pose with a scared kitten on top of a vehicle flying the Free French flag.
Opening scene shows a motor launch being lowered from the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33). View of a Coast Guard Crewman with many U.S. soldiers on deck behind him. Next, the troops are seen descending a landing net over the side of the ship, into Higgins boat landing craft. Waves cause the net to sway out over the water with several soldiers on it. Silhoutttes of landing craft underway in the water with sun rising through haze in background. Landing craft heading toward a beach, and then troops charging ashore over the beach. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Interior of the River Don Works steelplant and forge shop at Sheffield (later Sheffield Forgemasters). Exteriors of steel mill shows stacks emitting smoke. In the mill, molten steel poured. Men at furnace. Steel block is heated and shaped. Men fuel the giant furnaces, standing at some distance due to the heat.
U.S. sailor gives a soldier a haircut on deck near 40mm mount. Other soldiers chat and smile. (World War II period).
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