Blind British golfer William J. Oxeham plays golf at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Various golfers drive the ball. Oxeham hits the ball. He poses and talks to another golfer.
A turtle-shaped car developed by British broker and sportsman John Cobb. 2630 horse power car being taken out on road by two men. Flags of U.S. and UK painted on the car. It is made to break the world's auto speed record held by Captain Eyston. Cobb seated in the car.
U.S. landings on the Utah Beach for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. A U.S. transport ship underway and small boats in water around the ship. U.S. Army nurses in small boats are hoisted aboard British hospital ship Prague (#61).
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. A 6 inch Howitzer fired at German first line in Mametz, France. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A Canadian 60 pounder fired at German positions. Soldiers fire the 60 pounder from behind sand bag mounds. Shrapnels burst over German trenches. Infantry and cavalry units of London Scottish and East Yorkshire march forward for the battle area. A Priest conducts a prayer service as soldiers stand around him in a circle before the Battle of Somme.
From "The Battle of the Somme." British gunners bombarding German forces with 9.2 inch howitzers, during the Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. A large gun crew, of about a dozen soldiers,work together coordinating the loading and firing of a 9.2 inch howitzer. Shells for the gun are piled around the emplacement. Many infantry stand in background watching the howitzer in action. Smoke rises from shell strikes in the nearby German lines.
British Troops of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at their campsite prior to the big advance in the Battle of the Somme during World War 1. They stand amongst their tents and assemble for supper near a camp fire tended by unit cooks who fill their mess kits with hot soup. View of no man's land with shells bursting in area of Beaumont Hamel. A fresh battalion of reiforcements for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment resting on their way to trenches at the front. Later they are seen march along a dirt road to the front.
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