Activities of U.S. 96th Aero Squadron at the First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I. Hangars of the First Aero Depot and mechanics working on French Spad XIII biplane fighters, Spad XVI, and Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplane reconnaissance aircraft parked on a ramp at a French air base. Large canvas-covered maintenance hangars in the background. Two Spad XIIIs, a Spad VII and four British Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplanes parked in front of the canvas-covered hangars. Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter in a flight line at the air base. Mechanics push a Spad VII. A group of officers get in cockpits and looks over a group of Spad XIIIs at the air base.
Sequence 1; The launching of the USS V-1 (later Barracuda SS-163) on July 17, 1924 from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Sequence 2; Two surrendered German U-Boats, most likely the U-117 (L) and the UB-148 (R) circa 1918/19. Sequence 3; The USS S-19 circa 1925 either looking to moor or pulling away to sea. Sequence 4; U.S. "L" class submarines ay Bantry Bay, Queenstown, Ireland circa 1918 World War 1, American submarines had to place an "A" before there name to avoid confusion with the British "L" class submarines. L to R are L-11 (bow), L-1, L-10, L-4 and L-9.
The British Zone of Occupation in Germany, shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Hamlin (Pied Piper town) near Hanover shows 15th century buildings. German people stroll along the streets.
Garden allotments, small plots parceled out, for the townsfolk to grow vegetables in the British Zone of Occupation in Germany. The outskirts of Hamlin town: German women at work to grow vegetables, children in the foreground. Views of heads and bare feet of sturdy German women thrusting spades into soil. A very old woman. Hanover region- countryside: a farming area. Two old German peasants work in the foreground. Two old peasants rake the soil.
The night life in Soho, an entertainment district in London, England. Store fronts and neon signs. The interior of a store decorated with the British flag. Street lights outside the store. A sign 'Ladies' on a door. Night scenes of the streets.
Trade unions in a building in Hamburg, Germany. At an outdoor ceremony Colonel Armetage, British Military Government, restores free trade unions and union buildings for the people of Hamburg. Paul Bebert, formerly a prisoner in a World War 2 Nazi concentration camp, speaks to a crowd and then mounts a scaffold and with a hammer and a chisel destroys a swastika on the facade of a building.
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