Germany invades Poland. The view of a bridge with a damaged railway track in Poland. Ruins in the city after bombing. German soldiers on horse carts. Troops load and fire artillery. Rifles kept on snow covered surface. German ski troops advance in winter clothing. Soldiers load and fire artillery at Polish enemy on hillside. British and Polish prisoners of war march on street.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip arrives in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a ceremony to mark the 350th Anniversary of the first British settlement in the New World. Queen Elizabeth is escorted by the Governor of Virginia, Thomas Bahnson Stanley. She addresses the United States people. Queen Elizabeth takes a look at copy of the Magna Carta and signs the guest register. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomes the Royal couple in Washington D.C. Photographers take pictures. The honor guard stands with rifles in hand. Mamie Doud Eisenhower welcomes Queen Elizabeth at the White House.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. Men wearing Bell Rocket Belts fly in the air. They fly over traffic on road and land on roadside. Single engined biplane bomber Hawker Horsley British aircraft taxis and takes off. German jet fighter EWR VJ 101, United States Ryan XV-5A aircraft and M2-F2 Lifting Body in flight. NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Lunar Landing Research vehicle and XB-70A in flight.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. Reporter interviews Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith. Charles Gibbs-Smith talks about people mistaking natural objects for UFOs. UFO footage taken by a couple from a flight. A British cameraman takes a picture of the same UFO from the aircraft.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Flashback to 1940 of British citizens gathered in London underground tube shelters during a blitz air raid by Germany over London. A woman distributes snacks to families. Some people at a microphone provide entertainment to the waiting crowd underground during the Battle of Britain. View of aircraft drop bombs over targets on ground. Explosions due to bombing. Back in the United States, Air Raid Warden in his uniform with civil defense armband shows families how to black out basement windows with blankets. Family makes room for basement shelter. Electric gas burners used. Adequate food supplies kept in the basement. One of the room windows sealed to avoid gas entering the room. The curtain dropped quickly over the window when the alarm is raised.
Views of a gun battery comprising one camouflaged U.S. 14-inch fifty-caliber Naval gun, mounted on a railway carriage, accompanied by a train of rail cars containing everything needed for its operation and supply, in France, during World War 1. An American Army officer discusses the train and gun with an American 4-star Admiral, and Allied officers, including one British and several French officers. A U.S. Navy Captain accompanies the Admiral. A French officer climbs aboard one rail car to examine it. Next sequence shows the gun battery crewmen in a mess line being served in front of the train's mess car. Brief view of gunners going down into dugout beside the train. More views of gunners in mess line.
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