U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference in World War 2 aboard USS Augusta in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. U.S. General George C. Marshall, Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Admiral Harold R. Stark, descend steps to main deck of U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, where they greet top ranking members of the British military establishment as they arrive for the Atlantic Conference. U.S. General Marshall is seen greeting British Field Marshall Sir John Dill. President Roosevelt is assisted by his son, Franklin, Jr. who helps him obtain a handhold on a fixture of the ship. (This is a rare shot of President Roosevelt where he is seen walking a few steps with his cane, assisted, as his disability was typically not captured on film to be shown to the public.) President Roosevelt greets British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He also greets British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives, salutes the President, and walks past. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. steps forward and guides Churchill back to stand with President Roosevelt, for the camera.
British Army General Bernard Montgomery with his staff during the Battle of Caen in World War 2. General Montgomery speaks with a Naval Liaison Officer. General Montgomery and British soldiers meeting in a forest. Soldiers refer to a map during the meeting. British Army soldiers in tanks (likely Mk IV Churchill tanks) approach Caen. A British Army tank covered in foliage moves towards Caen. British soldiers move towards Caen. A tank fires in the darkness. Silhouettes of German soldiers raising their hands to surrender. British soldiers moving though the fields. Captured German soldiers raise their hands.
British Palestine troops search for suspects of the bombing of the Goldsmith British Officer’s Club in Jerusalem. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists down the stairs of a house. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Zionist Irgun and Stern Gang are taken by British officers. Two British soldiers hold their rifles as they watch detained Jewish men and women heading to a tennis court. A soldier searches a detained Jewish man for weapons. Jewish men are being frisked before entering the tennis court. British soldiers guard outside the tennis court.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. An animated map depicts the German attack on Dunkirk. The map depicts advancing German forces and retreating British, French and Belgian forces. View of British Expeditionary Force soldiers firing artillery, and of French soldiers firing artillery, as German forces continue to close in. Germans advance on Dunkirk in France. German soldiers take aim and fire artillery. German artillery guns behind nets. Explosions in the battlefield. German soldiers communicate over the radio. They take cover under enemy fire. Machine gun fire. German tanks advance at high speed. German soldiers on foot advance amid explosions on the battlefield. German soldiers climb onto tanks. German troops eat and drink beer while they rest. The British forces on camouflaged tanks. British and French troops board British boats and ships during the Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo).
Japanese propaganda film touting victory of Japanese forces over British forces in Hong Kong. Contains Japanese-accented narration in English. Shows scenes of fall of Hong Kong to Japanese forces during World War II. Wrecked British fortifications in Hong Kong. Japanese soldier cheer after surrender of Britain. Views of British tanks and artillery captured during this war. British soldiers taken as prisoner, are seen seated in groups outside building where surrender takes place. British officers emerge after signing surrender of city, and shake hands with Japanese officers. Number of warplane aircraft from Imperial Japan fly over Hong Kong. Cavalier officers of Japanese military patrol on streets of Hong Kong.
Ferries transport British people to British ships in waters off coast of Iran, during nationalization of Iranian oil industry. British People in a ferry. A sailor on the bow of the ferry. An anchor on the bow near him. He throws a rope on the pier. People get off the ferry, climb up a ladder to board a British ship. A sailor carries luggage up the ladder. British Navy officers on the ship. People milling about outside a building with their luggage. People board a ferry which transports them to the ship.
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