Aerial view of British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous and a destroyer nearby, which was sunk by German submarine (type VIIA U-boat) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, on September 17, 1939. Scene changes and German submarine U-29 emerges from the water. Submarine cruises surfaced above water, German soldiers stand on the deck. The victorious submarine comes into port in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on September 26, 1939. Soldiers standing on deck saluting. Nazi flag flies. Crew of the U-boat walk across plank to dock and assemble. The crew, standing in a line, shake hands and greet other German officers. The commander and crew are decorated with the Iron Cross award. Close ups of smiling crew. Nazi flag flying. Taken from a Spanish newsreel.
A U.S. Air Force airman and a British man tour the airfield at the deserted RAF Molesworth Air Force Base in England, 1954, ten years after WW2. The two men climb a staircase and ladder to reach the top of the operations building, the windows of which are damaged. The American soldier, once on top of the building, raises his arm and points. Sweeping shots of the now grassy, unused airfield. Trucks and cars pass on a nearby road.
A U.S. Air Force soldier and an British man walk through the abandoned RAF Molesworth in England, 1954, ten years post-WW2. The two men walk through a grassy field toward old buildings, pointing occasionally. The two men approach a ruined building and the American inspects through a window before the two step inside. Close up of the American airman as he opens the old window and looks in. Various angles.
Close up of U.S. Air Force airman, wearing glasses, smiling and chatting with British man at RAF Molesworth, in England, 1954, ten years after WW2. Various angles of the two men chatting, the Englishman smokes a pipe. The two men walk along a road beside abandoned air base buildings. The men enter an old, damaged warehouse, multiple takes shown. Close up of the American clearing cobwebs from a broken window, sticks his head out from inside.
Aerial views over British residential area of Stansted Mountfitchet, England, in 1954, ten years after WW2. Continuous flyover shows large area of townhomes and apartments, fields in the background. People on the streets below. Flyover passes an area of buildings being constructed, dirt plots and warehouse. Ends looking at a second construction site with framing for buildings in place.
An American airman (U.S. Air Force) and a British man tour abandoned buildings at the Royal Air Force Base in Molesworth, England, 1954, ten years after WW2. Various scenes of the men as they enter an old, ruined air force building. Close up of the building label above the door. Repeated shots of the Englishman, wearing cap, as he points up at the building. The two men walk and peer into the window of a warehouse, then walk around the side. Close ups of the men examining through the damaged windows.
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