British forces operating in Southern Italy, during World War 2. British infantry are seen, somewhat sheltered, prone on the ground near armored vehicles.Smoke is rising in the distant background. Scene shifts to infantrymen in a field of wild flowers. Closeup of one manning a Bren gun. Closer view of several others positioned close to him. Several rise up and begin moving forward. British camouflaged A22 Churchill tank moves through the wild flower field. Broader view from piles of fallen rocks shows infantry and tanks moving in concert across a wide front. Back in the field of wild flowers, more tanks and infantry are advancing. Another broad view shows considerable white smoke behind advancing tanks (possibly smoke screens set by the advancing troops). More views of tanks and infantry moving across the fields of flowers. British soldier examines a knocked out German 3" gun. Smoke issuing from an disabled German armored personnel carrier abandoned in the field.
German Military attacks the British Forces in Libya, North Africa during World War II. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel among three German officers atop a hill, viewing scene through a pair of binoculars. German military vehicles drive down hill slopes. A man looks through binoculars. A military truck pulls a trailer loaded with military equipment. German soldiers arrange the equipment. German Field Marshal General Erwin Rommel in a staff car. German 88 mm guns and mobile anti- aircraft guns fire against British tanks. Smoke rises as a British tank is hit. German soldiers march forward. German soldiers in prone position in the sand firing at British enemy positions.
British Forces entrap Axis Forces in Africa. British warships patrol. German troops attempt to escape in small boats. The British Navy captures the fleeing Germans. A small boat near a shore. A dead soldier lay nearby. British General Eisenhower and French General Giraud review a gigantic French American military parade in Tunis. Allied planes fly overhead. American and French flags. Two girls wave to the marching armies. General Eisenhower and General Giraud salute to the armies. (World War II period).
The Malta Conference in Malta, January - February 1945. The Malta fortification, building and towers. A plane taxis on the Luqa Airport on the island. General Woods, Smith, Marshall and Brehon B. Somervell deplane in Malta. Major General C.P. Woods shakes hands. Lt. General Walter B. Smith met by British Air Commander Whitney Strait. Ambassador W. Abel Hellemen with Major General F. M. Andersen. Arrival of Admiral Ernest J.King at the airport. Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theater. Admiral Andrew and B. Cunningham greet each other. General George C. Marshall steps off a plane. General Brehon B. Somervell greets England's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. On February 2, 1945 an American warship arrives with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is saluted by the British Prime Minister Churchill. Sailors on deck. View of the Montgomery House. Combined meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff at the Montgomery House. The chiefs are seated around a table, military plans agreed upon. A wall map in the background. Delegates leave for another conference. Policemen control the crowds on either sides of a street. A Russian airport near Yalta in the Crimea. A transport plane lands at the airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Allied leaders outside a tent. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off the plane. UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. The flags of three countries fly over the field: US, UK and Soviet Union. Secretary of State outside the tent. Harry Hopkins arrives. Prime Minister Churchill gets off a UK plane. Kremlin Guards form the guard of honor. Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by Russian reception committee. Daughters of Roosevelt and Churchill talk All the delegates around the transport plane. Delegates salute during the national anthem. British Prime Minister and U.S. President inspect the guard of honor after the national anthem. Kremlin Guards march past in review. (World War II period).
British Royal Air Force operations early in World War 2, during deployments of British Expeditionary Force to France. Whitley bomber takes off from France for a raid on Austria. Harrow bomber parked in a field and British airmen around it. Close up of two British airmen The airmen board the bomber. The bomber taxis and takes off for a raid on Austria. The bomber in flight and two bombers parked in the foreground.
Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. A group of British military officers, members of British Physical Damage Team, examine damages by atomic explosion. Officers visit the destroyed Nagasaki Prison at approx 1000 feet distance from the ground zero. Officers examine effects of immense heat from explosion, on a discolored steel piece found in debris. Team of British officers, one of them smokes a pipe. Members of British delegation are shown in close ups: Captain W.N. Thomas, Professor of Engineering at Cardiff College, who led the team; Flight Lt. H. Elder; Squadron leader R.G. Whitehead; Squadron Leader J.B. Hawker; Special Duty Officer O.C. Young.
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