A British film which demonstrates the use of their equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. Several shots of fire from a British 2 pounder anti tank gun. A damaged concrete block. A tank approaches the concrete block. A British soldier on the tank. The tank hits the concrete block. A 6 ½ lb beehive kept on a concrete. The concrete blocks. The 6 ½ pound beehive is fired. The damaged concrete block.
A British film which demonstrates the use of various equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. A British soldier in prone position fires 6 strand Cortex by Schermuly pistol. British officers and soldiers stand in the background and look at the soldier firing.
A British military area in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. A main street with British military guards at a barrier enclosing a headquarters and checking up traffic. Various views including name "Bad Oeynhausen" in the background. A British military guard checking papers of entrants. A notice reads "Fraternization Forbidden in this area". Building of "Restaurant zum Lindenhof" in background. German people get off a rail tram. A signs shows directions to "Bad Oeynhausen" and to "Herford".
Excerpt from popular German propaganda film released during World War 2, entitled "Kampfgeschwader Luetzow" directed by Hans Bertram. The dramatizations use authentic German airplanes and include: German air attack on British fleet in European Theater during World War II. German aircraft Heinkel He 111 warms up and the crew enters bomb hatch. The interior of the He 111 aircraft shows the pilot in cockpit, and landing gear moves. The Heinkel taxis past, and other aircraft are seen in the background. Formation of Heinkel aircraft pass over airstrip. Dog mascot. A British convoy of ships underway at sea. The Heinkels in flight. The Bombardier in the Heinkel. The doors of the bomb hatch opens. British transport lays smoke screen. The Heinkel 111 in flight. Bombs dropped from Heinkel. Guns mounted on ships fired.
Views of the British battleship Royal Oak, in Scapa Flow, Scotland, and underway at sea. . The German submarine, U-47, commanded by Captain Gunter Prien, underway and saluting as they are greeted as they return to base at Kiel, Germany, on October 23, 1939, after successfully penetrating Scapa Flow and torpedoing the British battleship, Royal Oak (and also, the British battle cruiser, Repulse, they believed), on October 14, 1939.
Signing of the surrender treaty by Japanese General at Burma Government House in Rangoon towards the end of World War II. The British delegation take their places at the conference table in the Government House. British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, Lord Mountbatten's Chief of Staff, explains surrender terms. The British officers present documents to Japanese Lieutenant General T Numata. General Numata signs the documents, after which General Browning signs.
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