Fashion Show at the Highclere Castle (Highclere Park, Highclere, Newbury RG20 9RN, United Kingdom) in Britain. Women visiting the castle stands near a private tour bus (“Richards” YXP 810). Interiors of the castle with its arches and carvings. The Earl of Carnarvon shows paintings to visiting fashion models. Portrait of the third Earl of Carnarvon. Models wearing finely fabricated evening gowns of brocade and chiffons. Distinguished women seated in the panel observe the dresses. A model twirling on the catwalk. A woman in chic cocktail dress walks down the stairs. Women walking down the stairs in colorful dresses.
British Lincoln bombers of 90 Squadron at an airbase in the United Kingdom, circa 1947. Hangar in the background. The bombers taxi.
A U.S. and Royal Air force training film on Fighter Tactics against B-29 aircraft, similar to those of allied U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress in United Kingdom. A UK Royal Air Force (RAF) officer addresses a group. Models of B-29, C-47 Skytrain and C-82 Packet aircraft on desk. B-29 stationary and crew lined up in front of a plane for inspection. A pilot inspects the crew in front of a plane. Crew gets into the bomb bay of B-29. The guns being revolved, top turrets, side turrets, tail guns all being tested on the ground. A pilot hold hands out of window and signals to ground crewmen. The engines starting. The engines starts. B-29 taxis out from taxiing area. A tail section of B-29 and 15th Air Force insignia on tail. Large letter 'W' on tail. B-29 takes off. Aerial formation of B-29. An English officer addresses the group then goes over to wall and points out B-29 group tactical formations on bombing runs. The chart and pattern for B-29 formation. RAF pilots sit and listen to a briefing officer. (World War II period).
British women of the "Land Army" at work in agricultural activities in the United Kingdom, during World War II. They wear uniforms consisting of Jersey, breeches, and slouch hat. They handle produce on a conveyor belt in a farm shed, and pack produce in boxes. They tend vegetables growing in raised beds, watering and harvesting. The women pass through an archway and enter a classroom, where an instructor explains the fundamentals of an internal combustion cycle. Women line up on dirt field and pick up potatoes as they are uprooted by a tractor driven by one of the women.
British troops at an Army base in the United Kingdom at the end of World War II. The troops are demobilizing and preparing to return to civilian life at the conclusion of the war. Scenes of happy British soldiers congratulating one another. Officers shake hands with the troops. An officer speaks with a South East Asian soldier. A group of British soldiers offer a hip hip hooray cheer. Several soldiers stand on the steps of a supply barracks and look over civilian clothes and shoes that they are preparing to wear again. One brushes off a suit coat. A line of soldiers turn in rifles back to Army personnel at the end of their military service.
Part of a British production, circa 1940, highlighting the work of the Royal Air Force during World War II, and discussing the history of the RAF while showing World War I Royal Flying Corps (RFC) images. The Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. The flag of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on a mast. RAF personnel from all parts of the commonwealth march in a mass formation during World War II, including mainland Great Britain pilots and Indian RAF pilots and crews. A line of aircraft stationed on an airfield in the UK. History of RAF is discussed by narrator, with images from World War I of Royal Flying Corps (then part of British Army) airmen and their aircraft. Views of several World War I aircraft on an airfield and taking off, including the Sopwith Camel, the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, the Bristol F.2 Fighter. Royal Flying Corps pilots and crews gathered for group photos.
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