A ship burns furiously while docked in the Dunkirk Harbor. Partially sunken ships devastated after the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. A soldier lying face down and motionless next to a truck. German soldiers carrying military equipment in Dunkirk beach, abandoned military equipment and dead Allied soldiers scattered all over. Gun turrets and scattered military equipment in Dunkirk Beach, materiel abandoned by the British Army when they evacuated days earlier. Sign on booth reads, "Patinoire" On Dunkirk Beach, military vehicles formed as a bridge used by the British to cross the water to reach their evacuation ships. A rubber dinghy on the beach, left behind by the British Army. A British Brodie helmet partially buried in the sand in Dunkirk Beach. Artillery guns in the Dunkirk docks. Unexploded bombs in pile, left behind by the retreated Allied forces. A French Army M26 Adrian helmet over a casket-like military equipment. The camera pans down to show “3” and a design showing a dwarf from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (likely Bashful the dwarf) riding a bomb in the sky and holding a pennant.
British Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser on deck of the HMS Swiftsure, a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy, in Shanghai. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaks to British officer onboard. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaking with other British Navy officers and laughing onboard HMS Swiftsure. Various ships in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China.
Air raid siren sounding. British citizens take shelter during The Blitz in World War II. A British Home Guard runs to warn people to take shelter. German bombers flying for Blitzkrieg. A child looks up to the sky for German bombers before being snatched by his mother. British soldiers rush to man anti-aircraft artillery. The name "Popeye" painted on artillery. A farmer plowing his field, looking up for bombers. An RAF solider rings a with words written on it, “Don’t come and tell. Ring this like “HELL”!”. RAF pilots rush to their Spitfire fighter planes. Close up of propellers spinning and exhaust smoke as Spitfire planes take off from airfield. A Spitfire fires at a Heinkel He 111 bomber. Heinkel He 111 bomber tailfin explodes from Spitfire strafing. A downed German bomber falls into the English Channel. Wreckage of downed German bombers in England. Palace of Westminster (Westminster, London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) at sunset. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill give alms to a woman, raises his hat. Hands adjusting a slide rule. View of early radar tower.
The British Navy captures a Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine. The immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. The Haim Arlozorov (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53) after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. Some civilians watch the refugee ship near the coast. Jewish immigrants crowd the deck of the Haim Arlozorov. British navy men form a human shield on the deck. Sign in English and Hebrew reads “Haim Arlozorov”. Medics carry a woman on a stretcher. An injured Jewish man with splint is escorted out of the ship. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim.
Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. United States Army Lieutenant General Mark Clark walking toward flag ceremony area, with Vichy-French aligned Admiral Darlan following close behind. Timeframe is mid November during ceremonies surrounding the signing of the Darlan Agreement, also called the Clark-Darlan Accords. Other high ranking Allied officers are seen at the event, including British Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, and other American, British, French Army and Navy officers attend the ceremony. Soldiers give a gun salute. Allied officers salute during the ceremony. Officers seen exiting the ceremony area, walking as they talk to each other. Scene changes to new location and shows dark scenes of vegetation and then very dark scenes of Generals entering an unidentified building. The first appears to be Lt. General Mark Clark followed immediately by Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower. Both salute. British officers enter the building after them. Final scene in good light shows Lt. General Mark Clark exiting building followed by Lt. General Eisenhower, and then Admiral Cunningham. Clark and Eisenhower salute as they exit and walk by nearby parked cars.
German Kriegsmarine Grand Admiral Erich Raeder inspects coastal artillery units along the English Channel during World War 2. He arrives and is greeted by German Naval officers. They study maps on a table. He inspects the guns. A coastal gun raises its barrel, while under a camouglage net. Scene shifts to residents of a German town that had been struck by British RAF bombers. Local residents work to clear up the rubble. Views of bomb-damaged homes, with entire front walls missing. View of damaged kitchen in an apartment. Teams of men working to clear rubble. German children fill a town square to watch the demolition of an unsafe structure. Sign with skull and crossbones next to an unexploded bomb, warning that it is a dud and life threatening. German workers pouring concrete for an airfield. Scene shifts to Kriegsmarine activity in Norway. View of a fjord, and then to many German float planes in a bay near a city. German warships come under attack by British warplanes. German ships antiaircraft guns are brought to bear. German Focke Wulf FW-190 aircraft scrambled to engage the British. Views from German aircraft in flight over the area. Snow covered mountains. View from German ships in the North Atlantic. The German battleship, Gneisenau, underway. Formation of German warships underway. Two German U-boats moving on the surface. A motor torpedo boat. German Stuka, Junkers JU-87 dive bombers, in formation flight. Motor torpedo boat dropping depth charge.
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