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Prime Minister of UK , Winston Churchill observes practice maneuvers of British forces. General Charles de Gaulle is present
British officer speaks with General Charles de Gaulle, while standing in a group of Allied officers and officials, including Winston Churchill, who is smoking a cigar and holding a cane. A light airplane flies overhead, as troops in the field engage in practice maneuvers. Tanks advance in the field and smoke rises from explosions. Churchill poses by a heavy armored vehicle on which his name is painted. He inspects the troops in the field and removes his hat, as the soldiers wave theirs and give three cheers for the Prime Minister. Churchill poses with officers and lights a cigar. (World War II period).
RAF ground crews arm British spitfire fighter aircraft with machine gun ammunition during Battle of Britain
British spitfire aircraft on an airfield. Few planes take off. Pilot climbs out of the cockpit of a spitfire. Royal Air Force ground crews work on plane and load belted machine gun ammunition into boxes to be installed on the aircraft. The men pose with belts of ammunition around their necks. Ground crewman loads belt of ammunition into wing of spitfire and completes process by securing the ammunition box, itself, into the wing cavity. He then closes wing hatch and attaches fasteners with screwdriver. (World War II period).
French actor Charles Boyer and British actress Merle Oberon talk about alien registrations at a post office in U.S.
French actor Charles Boyer and British actress Merle Oberon at a post office. A sign reads 'United States Post Office'. Charles Boyer meets Merle Oberon at the steps of the building. They both have alien registration forms in their hands. Boyer and Oberon talk together.
Several British war brides are interviewed with their American husbands, upon arrival in New York City by ship from England
An English war bride is interviewed with her husband, a United States Army Captain, in uniform, upon her arrival in America after World War II. She says she doesn't know what to say, they have waited so long for this day. Another couple is interviewed with their baby. The British woman says it had been weeks and weeks since she had seen her husband. A third English war bride and her baby, reunited with her American husband, said she read, in American newspapers, that American girls are not too pleased about soldiers marrying English girls. She says further, that she hopes they won't feel too badly about it, because love is love, all over the world.
Reception center in New York City, where British war brides and their children are reunited with their American husbands
British war brides being reunited with their husbands (former United States Army soldiers) at a reception center in New York City, after their arrival by ship from England after World War II. Identification tags can be seen on wives and children. The families crowd the sidewalk to claim their luggage as it is unloaded from a truck. U.S. Army officers help the couples to find their luggage.
German soldiers recover wreckage of British Wellington bombers (WW2)
German soldiers fire and down six British Wellington bombers over English Channel during World War II. Explosions and firing. German soldiers recover wreckage. Building in the background. Germans search with spades. They find and pick guns and other war material. A sign from the wreckage reads 'Bombs to lie in this direction'.
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