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Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers and Maj.Gen. Ira Eaker escort British civilian official in visit to an airfield in England.

U.S. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, escort a British official visiting an air base in the UK. The official speaks momentarily with U.S. ground crewman. Then a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel escorts him in a walk around a B-17, named "Delta Rebel" while the Generals and others stand nearby.(Captain Robert K Morgan, Pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is a member of the visiting party.) The British Official has an extended dialog with escorting officer. All members of the visiting party begin climbing aboard a C-45 aircraft. Change of scene show the party walking from the C-45 past an honor guard. General Devers greets several Air Corps officers standing in a line. He is followed by the British official, with his Lt. Col. escort. Generals Devers and Eaker speak with the Lt. Col. escort and then General Eaker walks with the official to a waiting car (appears to be a 1938 Packard sedan). The official enters the car and drives away, followed by American staff car and another vehicle.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061349
U.S.Generals Devers and Eaker escort British official meeting air crews of U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses in England.

Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of U.S. 8th Air Force accompany a British civilian official who meets and talks with crews of B-17 bombers. (U.S.Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is seen with the visiting party.) General Devers and the British official talk to each other. Air and ground crew of the B-17 "Delta Rebel" are inspected. A British lady is seen speaking with a B-17 crew member. (A 1938 Packard automobile is seen parked near the B-17s.) A C-45 Expeditor aircraft taxis on the airfield. Officers around the airplane.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061350
The Marshall Plan help to increase the foreign trade of Great Britain.

The Marshall Plan at work in Great Britain. Mining operations undertaken by people. Men operate different machines during mining. Freshly plowed farm land and a factory set up near the farm. Women work at a production line of a factory for what appears to be soap bars. Wome at work in a textile mill, processing raw cotton and spinning it on large industrial loom equipment. A man rolls a barrel of whiskey. Barrels of scotch whiskey are readied for export. Text on barrel indicates it is 1938 aged scotch from Glen-Kinchie Distillery, then one marked Cragganmore Glenlivet, then a barrel marked Aultmore Glenlivet. A man inspects different whiskeys and tastes them. Scotch Whiskey is bottled in a bottling factory and labeled. Readied whiskey bottles. People purchase whiskey from an export shop. A tourist in a British clothing store. A man looks at different clothing in a clothing shop, as a tailor shows him bolts of cloth for making a new suit. A woman inspects a sweater that she might purchase.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069023
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain makes a speech at Heston Airport in London, England before leaving for Germany.

Scene of boats docked on the Thames River with Houses of Parliament in the background, in England. Scenes related to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's trip, September 15-16, 1938. to meet Adolf Hitler, at Berchtesgarden,Germany. Chamberlain steps from an airplane. Neville Chamberlain, on September 16, 1938, after returning from Bertchtesgarden. He is seen making his way through a crowd at Heston Airport in London, England, where he speaks into a microphone. Scenes from September 15, 1938, before leaving to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler,in Berchtesgarden. Crowds gather on top of the airport building. Cameramen record the event. Police officers and officials stand about waiting for Chamberiain to depart. A British Airways aircraft lands and taxis in at Heston Airport. German Charge d'Affaires, Herr Kordt, Lord Halifax and Prime Minister Chamberlain talk with each other. Chamberlain cuts open a letter, from the King, and reads it, privately. Chamberlain makes a speech , surrounded by microphones, as photographers take pictures. Chamberlain poses beside the airplane. Lord Halifax joins him. Chamberlain doffs his hat and looks about to enter the aircraft.

Date: 1938, September 15
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073971
British-Irish Trade and Defense pact signed by De Valera and Neville Chamberlain in London.

Prime minister of Ireland Eamon De Valera arrives London to sign a British-Irish Trade and Defense pact with British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain. De Valera and others dignitaries exit out of train station, through crowd and into a waiting car. Shows Prime Minister Chamberlain making speech in a conference. PM De Valera and others come out of building and pose for cameras. 25 April 1938.

Date: 1938, April 25
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028776
German-Jewish young refugees whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps arrive on shores in Harwich, England.

German-Jewish young refugees "whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps" (Source: Original 1938 Universal Newsreel film description sheet) arrive on shores in Harwich, England. 206 refugees walk out on the ramp of a ship, carrying their luggage. Refugee young men, young women and children walk towards the refugee camps. Most appear to be teenagers. Refugees wave from their quarters. They eat food at a mess hall and smile.

Date: 1938, December 12
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037207