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Prime Minister Winston Churchill returns to London and Vichy is liberated.

Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill arrives at the train station in London. He detrains and is greeted by officials and dignitaries. Allied soldiers fight Germans in unoccupied territories. Soldiers and tanks advance. Smoke due to explosions and bombardment. Vichy: Troops march on the streets after the liberation of Vichy. A large crowd of civilians gathered to welcome them. A lady presents a bouquet to a soldier. (World War II period).

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020653
African American WACS of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion march in formation after arrival in Birmingham England.

African American women soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed “Six Triple Eight", Women's Army Corps (WACS), march in formation on February 15, 1945, during World War 2. Location is Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, at the time of the unit's arrival in Birmingham. A military band of male soldiers precedes the group of marching WACS. The long column of African American WACS, marching 4 deep, is led by commanding officer Major Charity Adams. Close up views of the women marching. WACS in front of the unit carry the American flag in the procession.

Location: Birmingham England United Kingdom
Date: 1945, February 15
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078785
British soldiers with guns at beaches and soldiers check identity of people in England during World War II.

Aerial view of buildings and beaches on coast of England, United Kingdom, during World War 2. Narrator describes preparations by British soldiers for an invasion of England by German forces. British soldiers train for defensive operations. They run holding rifles and take up positions along the coast. Artillery gun barrel as the gun is fired. A group of soldiers run carrying guns. Two soldiers walk. A church and a field. A soldier checks the identity of a woman and a man. Another one stops a vehicle and checks the identity of a civilian driver. Soldiers board vehicles. British aircraft overhead in flight, on patrol against German attack. British troops hold guns and march. New recruits are processed: Man in civilian suit stands in queue to receive military uniform and equipment as he enters the British armed forces. A ship carrying troops from Canada departs its home port bound for the war front. Families of the troops wave from dock and wish them good bye.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032052
The discovery and production of penicillin and its first import to the United States

Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming isolates antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus at St Mary's Hospital in London, United Kingdom. A petri dish with penicillin. Articles on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy are published. Pharmacologist Howard Walter Florey extracts penicillin at Oxford University. In June 1941, tiny flask of penicillin brought to the United States. Chemists work and develop penicillin in refined form. Penicillin Production Factory. Penicillin is built in many forms. Penicillin is made in huge fermentation tanks and passed through many machines for purifying and refining. Quantities of penicillin reduced in gallons to recover it. It is concentrated in the laboratory. Water contained penicillin, evaporated at laboratory. Penicillin transferred to sterilized vials and packed in boxes. Penicillin prepared for use.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024752
United States and British military officials convene for a high-level meeting (WW2)

Front pages of various American newspapers such as the New York World Telegram and Journal American reporting World War 2 related news with headlines such as “INVASION FLEETS AT STATIONS”, “INVASION “IMMINENT”! FLEET SET FOR ACTION” “ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL MAP INVASION STRATEGY”, and “INVASION THRUST AT EUROPE EXPECTED HOURLY IN LONDON”. United States and United Kingdom senior military officers gather for a meeting. Two officials read a report together.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079279
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg attend a wedding at Habsburg House in Austria.

Artillery mounted on rail cars. United States President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a crowd. In London, King George V and Queen Mary arrive in the royal carriage for the King's coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Royal guards among the large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony. Queen Mary leaves the palace in a horse carriage. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary inspects troops in Vienna. Members of the Habsburg royal family. Archduke Franz Ferdinand attends the wedding of Archduke Karl to Princess Zita at the Schwarzau Palace in Lower Austria. His wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, stands beside Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria during the ceremony. Royal family members and other dignitaries, such as the Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (mother of Princess Zita), Prince Xavier of Parma (brother of Princess Zita) and the Spanish Infante Don Jaime Duke of Madrid, are present for the wedding.

Location: Europe
Date: 1911
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020545
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