A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) de Havilland Comet (MK2) airplane in flight. The aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce engines, is flying from Zürich to London at a speed of almost 400 miles per hour. The jet plane is seen cruising above clouds.
British Royal Air Force AVRO Vulcan jet bomber in flight alone and then in formation with several AVRO 707s. The Vulcan delta wing design allow its 4 engines and fuel to be housed completely in the wing, leaving the fuselage free for bomb-carrying. The smaller AVRO 707s are low speed prototypes. One, the model 707C has been designed as a trainer aircraft.
British actor and then soldier, the famous David Niven, on a crowded street in London, in military uniform, as people greet him after announcement of German surrender in World War II (VE Day in Europe). Citizens of London England gather to celebrate victory in Europe as word has arrived of the German surrender. Procession of Winston Churchill and members of parliament in the street, leaving Westminster Abbey. Man carries a scepter, followed by procession including Winston Churchill. A man on crutches walks in the procession. A large crowd gathers to watch the procession. Big Ben in London showing time of about 16:30.
British Destroyers on patrol off the coast of France. View of Landing Craft underway against early sun. A Patrol Boat (PT) on patrol. Aircraft lookouts scan the skies for any threat from above.
German Count Von zu Donah Schlodien, Captain of the Cruiser SMS Moewe (Seagull) on the bridge with ship's officers . Views of rough seas as they make way in the Atlantic ocean, during World War I. Several Ship's Officers taking navigational readings with sextants. Lookout in foul weather gear climbs rigging, relieving his shipmate. View of the British three-masted Schooner, "Duchess of Cornwall,"carrying salted fish from Newfoundland to Gibraltar. After German prize crew takes over the Schooner, her crew rows to the Moewe. A gun aboard the schooner is fired. Her crew being taken aboard the Möwe.
British steamer "Georgic" bound from Philadelphia to Brest and Liverpool with cargo of munitions, is interdicted at sea by the German cruiser SMS Möwe (or sometimes written SMS Moewe), during World War 1. View of the steamer and members of its crew rowing a lifeboat towards the Möwe. German sailors from the Möwe are seen in a boat, flying the German flag, as they row to take control of the steamer. Explosions in water to Georgic's starboard.
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