Several U.S. sailors (or Coast Guardsmen) test fire hose and other fire fighting equipment aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Portland England, during World War 2. LST is tied up to pier and Verne Citadel and Radio mast are seen in the background. Sailor holds fire hose over the side. Group of soldiers sit on deck of LST eating a meal from their individual mess kits. Amphibious barge goes across harbor. Fuel storage tanks seen on beach in the background, as well as Naval fuel depot at R3 Hard embarkation point.
Artillery demonstrations at British Army Royal School of Artillery, Larkhill, on the south edge of Salisbury, England. Gun crews ride in Light Dragon MkII tractors towing 18 pounder field artillery pieces. They wheel about and set up a long battery of artillery that begins firing. Military spectators line the field to watch the demonstrations. Autogyro used for observation lands behind a smoke source. Troops begin firing trench mortars. Tanks race at hight speed through smoke on the demonstration field. Battery of 4.5 inch howitzers seen firing. As the demonstration concludes, MkII tractors tow 4.5 inch howitzers away as spectators disperse.
The cheetahs at the Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, England. A woman with two cheetahs in an enclosure. A man take photographs of the cheetahs. A cheetah wearing a collar near a barbed wire fence. A bear near a sign that reads 'These animals are dangerous'. A rabbit and a tortoise in a cage. A cheetah outside the cage of a rabbit. An officer with a cheetah at the Nairobi National Park. The officers with the cheetahs presented by the Nairobi National Park at an exhibition in the children section of the Whipsnade Zoo. Children pet the cheetah. A small girl take pictures of the cheetah. Several children around the cheetah.
Duke and Duchess of York unveil the Beasley Head Memorial in Eastbourne, England. A motorcade arrives on a street in Eastbourne. People gather on both sides of the street in front of the buildings. The street being decorated. Military guards are lined in the front. Duke and Duchess of York emerge from the open-top Rolls Royce which lead the motorcade. The Duke and Duchess are greeted by officials and military guards. The military guards standing in a line. A large crowd gather to witness the unveiling of the Beasley Head Memorial. The Duchess of York unveils the plaque commemorating the purchase of the Downs from Beachy Head to Folkington by the Eastbourne Corporation. The officials standing beside, watch the event. The Duke and the Duchess leave the memorial led by the town officials. The motorcade passes through a decorated archway across the road. The crowd gather on both sides of the road look on.
Duke of York (future King George VI) acts as the Royal Riveter on Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland, England. Accompanied by other officials, he arrives at the Wearmouth Bridge. The Duke, with the officials, walks past the troops lined on the bridge. A soldier holding a flag in front of the troops. Crowd gather on the bridge behind barriers. The Duke and the officials on a raised platform over the bridge. The Duke drives the final rivet into the structure of the bridge with a rivet tool. Other officials and the men and women gather around to watch the proceedings. The Duke with other officials descend the stairs from the platform. The motorcade with the Duke passes on the bridge past the troops lined on the side. The bridge is opened to the public and a large crowd of men and women, and vehicles pass across the bridge. View of the completed Wearmouth Bridge over the River Wear.
New school for kennel-maids in Haslemere, England. Girls, wearing uniforms, seated in an arc on a lawn outside a building in a school. The girls in the new school for kennel-maids. A teacher in front of them, with a dog on the table. Two girls bathing a puppy on a tub. Other girls seated around, watch. A group of girls giving food to a few dogs. The girls make the dogs eat from their bowls. Four girls, with four puppies in a basket.
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