View of the French Legion Headquarters in London, with flag at half-mast following the capitulation of France to Germany in World War II. Several French officers, including French Admiral Emile Henry Muselier, who support General Charles de Gaulle and his free French forces, walking on the sidewalk. General de Gaulle enters his Headquarters at St. Stephens House (Present day Norman Shaw Building South, 1 Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 5AQ, United Kingdom) in London, and broadcasts, via the BBC, to the French nation, exhorting them to continue fighting, with their Allies, against the Germans.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) in World War 2, in the Middle East. A British flag flying atop a flag pole. A British Bristol Blenheim I aircraft parked on a Western Desert airfield near El Daba. RAF ground crewmen standing nearby. Can by can, they refuel the aircraft, of 211 Squadron. Four-gallon petrol cans lying on the airfield. 250lb bombs loaded on a trailer. The bombs are loaded in the aircraft. British aircrews pose, ready to depart on a mission. Blenheim bombers taking off on the sand airfield. Avro Anson Bristol Bombay transport aircraft taking off.
Maneuvers of U.S. Navy motor torpedo boats in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy PT boats underway. Aerial view of the boats. U.S. fighter airplanes in flight overhead. They engage in a mock battle. (World War II period).
French fliers get new U.S. warplanes in North Africa during World War II. United States Army Air Forces General Carl Andrew Spaatz and Major General James Harold Doolittle present at an air base. A soldier holding the U.S. flag. Soldiers march in formation. Officers review the soldiers and salute them. Aircraft parked at the airbase.
College boys practice crew rowing in Washington, United States. Students including National Champions from University of Washington Husky team seen at a dock carrying oars. They board crew boats. The boys row the boats during their first training session of the new spring season, despite World War 2.
Navy fliers being decorated in the United States during World War II. A submarine crew returns to a e harbor after a victory. They cheer and wave towards people. They repair the submarine. Japanese flags on the conning tower of the submarine. Sailors, navy fliers and officers aboard an aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey arrives at the aircraft carrier. He awards the Distinguished Flying Cross to the fliers.
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