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British Spitfire fighters take off from a convoy of Allied ships to attack German aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean (WW2)

British Spitfire fighters take off from a convoy of Allied ships to attack German aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Men aboard an aircraft carrier. British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter planes are parked onboard the aircraft carrier. A naval officer gives out order to fire at enemy. A British soldier adjusts a rocket artillery into position. RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes take off from the aircraft carrier to attack U-boats. Explosions occur at sea. German Heinkel 111 bomber aircraft dropping bombs. A Nazi plane shot down. Smoke rises from the coast. Fleet of aircraft carriers underway at sea. Spitfire fighters come in for landing. Mechanics push the Spitfire fighter into place.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049254
British and American Admirals and Generals aboard HMS Prince of Wales for Atlantic Conference producing Atlantic Charter

Atlantic Charter Conference during World War II. Highest ranking British and American Admirals and Generals aboard Royal Navy battleship, HMS Prince of Wales. Among those present are; U.S. Admiral Ernest J. King; U.S. Army General George C. Marshall; British Army General Sir John Dill; U.S. Admiral Harold R. Stark; British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound.

Date: 1941, August
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049357
A British antiaircraft gun manned in England during Battle of Britain.

British artillery of World War II ready for operation during Battle of Britain. A British soldier looks through binoculars from behind sandbag mounds. Soldiers work on a telescope. They look through a sighter. Men at a British antiaircraft gun. Soldiers operate a radio transmitter as barrage balloons fly over head.

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049633
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, together with others in the royal family, visit the British Industries fair in Birmingham.

Queen Elizabeth II visits the British industries fair in Birmingham, England. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and members of the Royal family, visit the fair. The President of the British Board of Trade welcomes Queen Elizabeth II. They are shown a miniature model of the Queen's coronation chair. The miniature coronation chair even has a removable Stone of Scone. Prince Richard (Richard Alexander Walter George), and Prince William (William Henry Andrew Frederick), the sons of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, are seen viewing mechanical models of cars. Sir Miles Thomas, Chairman of British Overseas Airways greets the Royal guests and shows them an aircraft model of the Comet jet liner, the world's fastest passenger plane.

Date: 1956
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049716
British Vice Admiral William Pakenham is knighted by King George V aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in World War I

British Vice Admiral William Pakenham, Commander of the Battle Cruiser Force, is made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, by King George V, during his visit to the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, during World War 1. (The knighting ceremony was the first one aboard a ship since the year 1794.) Following the ceremony, the entire ship's company is seen assembled on deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth in formation for a formal farewell to King George V on his departure. The officers and sailors stand at attention and then remove their hats and cheer the King, three times. View from a rapidly moving vessel, of HMS Queen Elizabeth silhouetted against the sun as she steams underway, in the distance. Closeup of British white ensign fluttering in breeze. (Note: Slate at start of film incorrectly gives the Vice Admiral's name as Falenham.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1917, July
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049924
British 8th Army tanks, trucks and infantrymen advance in the desert of North Africa.

British Army Cruiser tanks in North Africa. British 8th Army tanks roll along desert roads in North Africa. British soldier atop a tank turret. Tanks, trucks and infantrymen move along the desert. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050513