U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Tanks move up. MP (Military Police) directs traffic. Tanks advance.
British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.
Just prior to the outbreak of World War 2, Queen Mary, widow of King George V and mother of kings Edward VIII and George VI, arrives in Shorncliffe, England to review the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own). She is escorted by Commander of the Regiment and a civilian official, as they walk past parked armored vehicles and past the ranks of troops at attention. Carrying a parasol, Queen Mary stops to speak with an aged veteran of the Regiment. Next, she is seen seated on a bleacher bench, surrounded by officers of the Regiment, posing for a group picture.
The Epstein huge stone statue of Adam in Blackpool, England. People gather inside a building. The statue of Adam in the building. People looking at the statue and discussing. Officials standing around the statue.
Gran National Steeplechase horse race in Liverpool, England. A large number of spectators gather at the Aintree racecourse to watch the Grand National horse race. A horse falls on the ground while running along the track. Horses run on the track and cross over fences. Killmore wins the race.
A U.S. Air Force airman and a British man tour the airfield at the deserted RAF Molesworth Air Force Base in England, 1954, ten years after WW2. The two men climb a staircase and ladder to reach the top of the operations building, the windows of which are damaged. The American soldier, once on top of the building, raises his arm and points. Sweeping shots of the now grassy, unused airfield. Trucks and cars pass on a nearby road.
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