King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon take a tour of ammunition and gun factories in Scotland during World War II. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom visit strategic ammunition and gun factories. King George VI speaks to officials. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon view machinery. Crowds of Scottish factory workers cheering. A white-hot steel is being turned into armor plates for ships and tanks. A slab of steel is lowered to a furnace. King George VI watch how steel is molten inside a furnace.
United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft in formation flight in March Field, California during World War II. A squadron of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers fly in formation over the Los Angeles area. Closer view of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress cockpit as seen from another bomber in flight. Bombers fly over a mountain range. View of the belly of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
Local boys build a steam-powered automobile in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Three boys make the amateur version of a Stanley Steamer auto. The boys use kindling wood to stoke a fire for steam power. Steam rises from the device. The boys hop onto their car and drive it down a road in before a gathered crowd. (World War II period).
Heavy rain affects transport and supply to the war front during the Korean War. Trucks bog down on a muddy road in the rains. Men roll drums and transfer them into a net. Jeeps driving through flood. A soldier wades on muddy flood. They pack cartoons in the net. Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopters come to rescue and move tons of supplies to all parts of the far-flung battle lines. A cargo of supply hanging below a flying helicopter.
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Convair CV-240-4 crash landed near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dutch officials inspect the crashed aircraft, Paulus Potter (PH-TEI), resting on a field. The Convair CV-240-4 bound for Paris lost altitude just after takeoff from Schiphol Airport. Men inspecting the damaged wing of the Convair CV-240-4. Men search for clues among the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane broke in two. Aircraft seats from the wreckage.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco welcomes the Portuguese President Francisco Lopes in Madrid, Spain. President Lopes is in Spain for an official six-day state visit. Moorish Guards flank the motorcade of the Portuguese president and Generalissimo Franco. Colorful display in a parade to welcome the President. People on houses, trees and streets see the parade. Boys sit on top of trees to watch the motorcade. Portuguese and Spanish military officials welcome President Lopes. President Lopes and Franco review marching troops. A sign: 'Viva Espana'. Spanish troops march.
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