Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.
British Royal Air Force fighter pilots, in flight gear, including life vests, are scrambled and run from their quarters towards their aircraft during the Battle of Britain. British soldiers stand around a crash-landed German Messerschmidt airplane. Various views of the crashed German plane. (World War II period).
German bombers fly in formation with flak from British antiaircraft fire exploding below them during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Several flights of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters take off from airfield. A spitfire lands. Pilot poses with two thumbs up.
American soldiers and British girls aboard the Queen Elizabeth ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Various views of British girls married to GIs (American soldiers) on the deck of the ship. Two army nurses walk on the deck. Promenade deck with GIs walking about. GIs and their brides on the deck. A war correspondent, an officer and a ship's officer converse. A group of Polish and American officers talking.
The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives on ship 'Prince of Wales' in Iceland. He reviews the United States Marines. Mrs Churchill and high British officials greet him at railway station in London. Railroad cars in the background. Huge crowd gathered at the station greets him.
Wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) being carried aboard a British ship for evacuation from Boulogne during the Battle of France in World War 2. Ship in the background. Ambulances stand on the port. Wounded soldiers are carried on stretchers. Other soldiers carry belongings of the wounded.
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