The British 2nd Army advances on Tournai, Antwerp, and Ghent in Belgium. Animated map shows the advance in Belgium. Sign of France. The British 2nd Army rolls through Tournai, Belgium (September 3): Soldiers advance on Tournai. Army tanks and soldiers move over bridge and fire. Ghent citizens help wipe out final resistance. Large crowd gathers and allied troops on army tanks fire in city. The British 2nd Army fights in Antwerp on 4th September: German equipment burned and soldiers fire. Troops fight in streets. Nazi defenders run near railway tracks. (World War II period).
Personal items of enemy soldiers captured by British 8th Army in North Africa. A British soldier stands and examines the items of enemy soldiers. The English soldiers inspect enemy soldiers' personal items scattered on the ground. A British soldier tries on a pair of boots. (World War II period).
Activities of British paratroopers in North Africa. View of two British soldiers. Many U.S. Air Force C-47military transport aircraft parked at the airfield. British paratroopers stand in a group for final briefing before boarding aircraft. Planes parked in a line at the airfield. A soldier puts on a helmet. The paratroopers check each others' equipment. They board a plane. Views out the open rear door of the C-47 during takeoff. The field is filled with C-47s and a few other planes. View inside the C-47 cabin with paratroopers in the plane. Paratroopers jumping out the rear door. U.S. C-47s in formation flight. The planes land, one at a time back at the airfield. (World War II period).
British Members of the Parliament arrive at Haneda Airfield (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan. Cars parked outside the airfield. the British Commonwealth member, W. M. Ball and British Political Advisor, A.D.F. Gascoigne talk with Lieutenant General C.H. Gairdner. Parliamentarians leave plane and being greeted. Members of parliament pose at an airfield. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur enters a building.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visiting Montego Bay in the British West Indies. A British West Indies official welcomes Queen Elizabeth. Prince Philip joins them. A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) Boeing Stratocruiser airliner in the background. A sign 'Welcome to the West Indies' is displayed on the airport terminal building. A large crowd gathers to welcome. People stand and applaud. A motorcade moves along a road. A reception line is setup at the airport. Queen Elizabeth II greets crew members on the airport ramp, in front of the airliner.
The British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan (No 1 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). People walk on the Chidorigafuchi Park outside the British Embassy. Sakura cherry blossom trees along the sides of the Chidorigafuchi Park. Men on bicycles pass on street. British family watches the sakura trees. Exterior of the American Embassy in Tokyo (1-10-5, Akasaka, Minato-ku).
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