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Lend Lease materials transported across the world by convoys of American and British ships in World War II
Opening scene shows Lend Lease military equipment covered with canvas, at a port in the United States, during World War 2. A B-26 bomber with wings removed outboard of its engines, is being maneuvered for shipment at a port in the United States. A Lockheed P-38 airplane is moved on a crane and then rolled along a pier toward the stern of the U.S. Light Cruiser, USS Phoenix (CL-46) which is docked there. Wings of a Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull scout plane can be seen on the Phoenix. Two more P-38 aircraft are rolled along the pier, past another Brooklyn class Light Cruiser at the end of the pier. (Her triple 6-inch gun turrets are noticeable.) Crated supplies are seen being lowered into ship cargo holds. An American M2 light tank being lowered from a crane. An American M3 Lee tank being secured in a ship. Numerous tanks in a ship’s cargo hold. Next, a convoy of ships carrying war materiel overseas is seen at sea. A U.S. Cruiser plunging through heavy seas. View from her bridge overlooking her triple gun turrets, as her bow is awash in waves. A formation of U.S. battleships, led by a Nevada class Battle Ship armed with twin over triple forward gun turrets. She is followed by what appears to be a modernized Pennsylvania class Battleship and other battleships. A British Battle Cruiser followed by another British warship. Various Allied battleships firing their heavy guns. Animated map tracing the “Lend-Lease” routes across the North Atlantic to Iceland, the British Isles, and Murmansk. Map also shows routes by sea and air to the West Indies, Brazil, and South Africa and West Africa, and then by air across Africa, to egypt and the Middle East. Other routes are shown to Suez, Iran, India, and China, as well as trans-Pacific routes to various places. American soldiers crowd the upper deck of a troop transport ship. A military chaplain conducts religious services aboard ship at sea. More views of ships in convoys. A U.S. Navy Kingfisher float plane in flight over the water. A barrage balloon aloft. A U.S. Navy Catalina PBY flying boat in the air above a fleet of supply ships in a vast convoy.
Street scenes in British Crown Colony, Hong Kong. Chinese boats unloading cargoes
British Crown Colony , Hong Kong. Chinese coolies using small hammers to break stones into gravel on a road in Victoria. Children walk on street. British officials in a building ignore an old Chinese man begging at entrance. Chinese children walking on road. Views in the Chinese district: residents squatting on the ground, cooking and eating, outside large thatch roofed dwellings. British Naval Officers in immaculate white uniforms, walk through the area. Chinese families, with small children. Chinese food vendors on sidewalks. Boats tied up at dock. Chinese workers unload cargoes from wooden boats, using manual capstans and winches and lines.
British ships and United States convoy underway at sea in the Pacific Theater.
British ships underway at sea in the Pacific Theater. British aircraft in flight. The United States convoy underway. Planes on flight deck of aircraft carrier. View of many planes. Sailors aboard the ships. British Officer, Admiral Rawlings transported from his ship at sea via breech buoy to an American ship alongside. Men observe through binoculars. Japanese land installation strafed. Explosions and firing. Admiral William Halsey aboard ship speaks to men in fire control room. The U.S. battleship's guns fired in the battle of Honshu Sea. Ammunition sent on upper deck of a battleship. (World War II period).
People listen to radio broadcast as Prince Edward VIII bids farewell to his people and British Empire.
Prince Edward VIII chooses to abdicate the throne of United Kingdom to marry his companion Mrs Wallis Simpson. He broadcasts a farewell to his people and British Empire in London, England. He declares he would not face the heavy responsibility without 'the woman he loves'. Clip primariliy shows radio broadcasting operations preparing to deliver the news and people listening to vintage radios. Views of radio transmission equipment, transistors, power generating equipment, and broadcasters with headphones preparing to deliver the news. Various British citizens seated and listening to radios of all sizes, as they hear the news. Men, women, children, boys, and girls all seen listening to the radio. A family gathered at a table listening to the radio while a boy eats a sandwich. Various console radios in living rooms and kitchens of British homes with people gathered around.
British civilians gather to celebrate VE Day in United Kingdom.
British civilians in the streets on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom. Cars and buses move along the streets. A huge crowd on the streets. People wave flags. A British soldier sits on a statue. Large number of men and women gather to celebrate the VE Day. A group of men stand in front of an automobile. 'Evening news' written on the automobile. An advertising banner on the street. A huge crowd on the street. People carry British flags. A boy stands in the street. (World War II period).
Edmund Allenby, British High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan. Also Sultan Ahmad Fouad with Premier Pasha.
Edmund Allenby, British High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan, relaxing in his quarters. He is handed a dispatch, which he reads. He poses for photo. British troops standing by armored vehicle, as they patrol the streets of Cairo. British troops stand guard at bridge, as camel caravan crosses.Sultan Ahmad Fouad walks in garden with Premier Youssef Wahba Pasha and a military officer.
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