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British factory workers visit RAF Station Feltwell to see the Vickers Wellington Bombers they built, in action

British factory workers visit Royal Air Force Station, Feltwell, in Norfolk, East Anglia, England, during World War II, where RAF Squadrons fly the Victor Wellington I Bombers they helped build. The factory workers walk up to a British Vickers Wellington medium bomber aircraft and meet flight personnel in front of the aircraft. The pilot shakes hand with the factory workers. Two crew members in the foreground. The nose of the Wellington Bomber in the background. A British enlisted man removes tarpaulin cover from stacked bombs. Steel scaffolds in the background. The pilot and crew members enter the Wellington bomber through the nose hatch. The factory workers watch as the bomber takes off on a mission to bomb Germany.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1940
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068888
Allied landing craft being loaded in preparation for the D-day assault on Normandy in World War II

Allied troops and equipment being loaded on landing craft for the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. A Landing craft tank (LCT) Number 153, with ramp down alongside Stone pier,Castletown, Portland, England. A halftrack backs onto the LCT. "That's all Brothern!" written on side of the halftrack. Soldiers aboard an LCT, watching vehicles load. "Berlin" and picture of girl with words "Ma-Cherie" written on side of the craft, which also displays and American flag and C-232. LCT 214 with her ramp down. Troops standing and waving from an LCT as her ramp is being raised.Several landing craft maneuvering in the harbor. View of a transport ship and a Coast Guard 83-foot cutter alongside.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 4
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069838
Wounded American airmen at a rehabilitation center in English countryside during World War II.

Wounded American airman, accompanied by uniformed nurses on the grounds of a rehabilitation center in England during World War 2. One airman picks a tulip for U.S. Army lieutenant (Nurse) accompanying him at the infirmary. Several recovering wounded are seen fishing from the bank of a stream on the grounds. One catches an eel. U.S. Air Force Captain Clark Gable, a Hollywood movie star, visits one of the recovering wounded 8th Air Force B-17 pilots to see how he is.They discuss the events surrounding his wounding. Captain Gable asks his opinion of the B-17 aircraft. The pilot responds that it is the "best in the world."

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070030
U.S. 351st Bomb Group airmen watch Bob Hope in USO show at their base, RAF Station Polebrook, in World War II

Bob Hope on a USO tour, entertaining airmen of the U.S. 351st Bombardment Group at their base, RAF Station Polebrook, England, during World War 2. He and Jack Pepper are seen tap dancing and clowning for the audience of servicemen. Sweeping view of the audience.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070034
American paratroopers engage in large-scale exercise, jumping from C-47 airplanes during World War II

Seen from inside the airplane, a "stick" of U.S. paratroopers jumps from open door of a C-47 during a World War 2 practice exercise in England. Aircraft crewmen retrieve their static lines after they jump. An aerial view from adjacent airplane, of paratroopers jumping from a C-47. View of the formation flying South to North over RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire (home to the 437th Troop Carrier Group between Feb 44 and Feb 45). Numerous hardstands can be seen on the airfield, below, as paratroopers jump from aircraft. A U.S. paratrooper captain leads his men in a jump. A formation of C-47s overhead with parachutes deployed below them. Close views of paratroopers hitting the ground after the jump. Camera focusing on a single paratrooper, as he descends, hits the ground, flips over, and is dragged by his still open chute.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077003
British troops prepare landing craft before D-Day (WW2)

Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie, Commander of the British Third Division, inspects landing craft preparations on the Solent strait at Gosport, England. Soldiers, vehicles, and supplies crowd on landing craft deck. A tank parks on landing craft deck. LCTs, destroyers, and other vessels anchored a day before D-Day. Barrage balloons flying above the ships. A crewman signals using flag semaphore above the deck. Camera moves to deck where soldiers are seen resting, playing card games, smoking, sleeping, beside vehicles as they wait for departure. A soldier reads a France guidebook. British soldiers reading books and eating and drinking. Some British troops sleep and chat under trucks.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080759
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