View of the British aircraft carrier, Courageous, from Fairey Swordfish aircraft that has just taken off. Captain Schuhart, commander of the German submarine U-29 enters harbor with crew on deck after successfully sinking the British Aircraft Carrier, Courageous, off the coast of England, on September 17, 1939. Captain Schuhart steps from the U-29 to the shore and is immediately awarded the Iron Cross, first class. His crew members are seen wearing awards of Iron Cross, second class. German Destroyers underway in the North Sea. They maneuver guns and torpedo launchers. A boarding party from a German destroyer accosts a merchant vessel, which they board and signal as OK. The boarding party returns to the destroyer, which then steams away at high speed.
Allied officers attend a conference in Wilton House, Wilton shortly before D-Day landings during World War II. Group of U.S. and British officers attend a conference at Southern Command (Wilton House). British General Miller at his desk.
British troops in Caen, France during World War II. British troops preceded by a bagpiper march along a road.
British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.
British Royal Marines land in Holland during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts en route to Walcheren Island. Men and equipment aboard the landing crafts. A convoy of the landing crafts. British Marines cleaning rifles and loading cartridge clips. Rockets are fired from a ship. Hits on the island. An airplane drop bombs on the island. Smoke rises from explosions. Enemy artillery hits near a landing craft. A shell explodes near a landing craft. Men climb into Landing vehicles Tracked (LVTs). Troops coming ashore.
British and French officers in Brazzaville, Congo during World War II. British Consul General Major General Sir Edward Louis Spears seated at a desk with other officers and working. Air Chief Colonel Cartier leaves the residence of the Governor General Felix Eboue. Meeting of the members of the Superior Council of Defense of the Empire. The members enter a conference room. French General Edgard de Larminat and General Sice. The members discuss agenda. General Sice, Edgard de Larminat and Governor General Felix Eboue walk along a corridor. They come out of the building.
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