Ongoing ceremony to commemorate 1st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in England during World War II. ATC (Air Training Corps) boys at service on the aerodrome. The ATC boys bow their heads and pray. The group marches on field led by an officer. Captain of Aerodrome reviews Air Training Corps.
ATC (Air Training Corps) boys in England during World War II. Cadets get out of uniforms and change into football gear. Players on the field playing football (soccer). Onlookers seated on bench, watch the game. People walk by the field. A dog sitting next to the bench.
'Know Your Ally: Britain' - An Allied propaganda film to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as to counter Nazi German propaganda aimed at weakening the alliance during World War II. Scenes in the United States of a college football game as a player makes a touchdown and a crowd erupts in loud cheering. Football team at blocking and tackling practice on a practice field. A World War 2 tank fires. British and American soldiers fire artillery and infantry forces running on a battlefield. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Views of soldiers of China, Russia, Britain and the United States. Allied troops march. Idaho, United States and Britain on a map showing population. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians on a road including cars and double-decker buses and pedestrians showing congested space in Britain. People talk to their neighbors. British policemen seen. British citizens emerge from underground transit system. Groups of British men, women and children in crowds are seen. Image of British Bobby police officer with hand up and narrator relates that British police do not carry a gun. Newspaper headlines about a strike, a catastrophe in Britain. Animated map of the Great Britain shows that it is surrounded by sea. Ships at sea. An old man and a boy sitting on a stoop with a model of a tall masted sailing ship. Brief views of cities in different parts of the world, including Sydney Australia; an unidentified South African port; an aerial view of the city of Wellington, New Zealand; parliament and government buildings in Ottawa, Canada; a large passenger ferry boat passing by with the skyscrapers of Manhattan New York City in the background.
Several military runway ground crew members resting outside. They get get up together and look at the sky. One crew member counts on his hand as he looks at the sky. Another picks up wheel chocks as the crew moves off camera.
View of military air base tarmac and ground crew. One crew member reads a newspaper while others repair a bicycle. Crew member seen through bicycle wheel while its is fixed while upside down.
Wide shot of building on a military air base. Three men look out a window on the building. Another man emerges from a doorway but then jumps backwards back into the building. Close up of three men looking out window at sky waiting for airplanes...probably bombers, to return to base.