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SHS troops get off a Landing Craft Mechanized during a joint amphibious training at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England.
A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) comes onto the beach. A U.S. Army Sherman tank unloads from the LCM. An explosion occurs in the foreground. Smoke billows up due to the explosion. An LCM loaded with SHS (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) troops approaches the beach. The ramp of the LCM being lowered and the troops get off. Soldiers wade through water to reach the shore. A jeep passes on the beach.
Scenes from the life of Princess Margaret of Great Britain
Life of Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Interspersed are scenes from various periods of Princess Margaret's life, from early childhood through adulthood. Princess Margaret greeting women with babies. A young Princess Margaret shakes hands with a courtier. Her older sister, Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) is ahead of her. Sister Elizabeth helps Margaret cross a log as parents, King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, look on. Teenaged Princess Margaret with King George VI picking flowers. Princess Margaret inspects troops wearing white uniforms. Princess Margaret with dancers in native costumes during a state visit to South Africa. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret play a game with sailors on deck while crossing the equator. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret riding black horses. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret accompany their parents, the King and Queen of England, during a wedding. Princess Margaret as a bride’s maid for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (later known as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Princess Margaret attends the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a white dress. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned as the Queen of England. ( Notes: The scene with Princess Margaret at the coal mine was photographed in Calverton Colliery, near Nottingham on 7 April, 1954. Near the end of the film, King George VI is seen at his coronation in 1936.)
Iron Liege wins the Kentucky Derby and Sundew wins the Grand National Steeplechase.
The Kentucky Derby in the United States, and the Grand National Steeplechase in the United Kingdom. The spectators seated in a stand to watch the Kentucky Derby horse race. A weapon trainer, James E. Fitzsimmons. The horses run in the Kentucky Derby horse race. America Jockey William Lee Shoemaker on horse Gallant Man during the race. Iron Liege competing against Gallant Man. Iron Liege wins the race. Iron Liege with jockey as they receive the prize. Change of scene to Liverpool, England. The horses jump the famous fences in the England Grand National Steeplechase. The horses fall while jumping. Sundew wins the race in Liverpool, England.
African-American WACS pass in review before Major Charity Adams and General John C H Lee during World War II.
During World War 2, African American women soldiers of the Women's Army Corps (WACS) stand in formation at a parade ground in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, during a formal military review on February 15, 1945. The women are from the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed “Six Triple Eight, which had just arrived in Birmingham. The WACS' commanding officer, Major Charity Adams, stands beside General John C.H. Lee. The African-American female soldiers of the WACS march in a column, eight deep, passing by General John CH Lee and Major Charity Adams, who salute the soldiers. Other male officers stand on the review stand behind officers Lee and Adams. Note: Major Charity Adams (Charity Edna Adams; later Charity Adams Earley) was the first African-American woman officer in the WACS, and, at the end of the war, then Lieutenant Colonel Adams was the highest ranking African-American woman in the United States military.
Britain prepares for World War II
Film opens with a glimpse of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a forum. Next, Big Ben and the British Parliament building are seen in the background as soldiers (and some civlilans) gather around a British 3-inch antiaircraft gun. British civilians assembling sections of a Anderson Shelter (a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal.) View of a crowded railroad platform where hundreds of British children board a train to evacuate them from London to safety in the countryside, as part of Operation Piper. Parents and loved ones stand back on the platform to see them off. Closeup of children, each tagged with their personal information, climbing aboard the train. Next, after they have boarded the train, parents and others move close to the train windows to wave goodbye to the children. Parents, at a different railroad station, waving goodbye to children on a train carrying them to safety. complete change of scene shows the U.S. freighter ship, SS City of Flint, with hundreds of passengers onboard, who were rescued from the liner SS Athenia, sunk in the first hours of World War II, by the German submarine, U-30, on September 3, 1940. (The City of Flint landed its passengers in Halifax, Nova scotia, and New York City.) A formation of British soldiers is seen marching through a village in the United Kingdom. Glimpse of an underground control room of a German Fort in the Siegfried line. German troops entering the fort, Werkgruppe Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238, to take up defensive positions there. Heavy guns firing from underground.
Preparations for Quebec conference in Canada (WW2)
Preparations for the Quebec conference at Hotel Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 4P5, Canada) in Quebec, Canada. View of the Pentagon in Washington DC and the front door of 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom. Soldiers guard the hotel and the city. Hotel Frontenac entrance sign. The Wolfe-Montcalm Monument (Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 5J5, Canada). Various services carried on like courier service, mail censorship service. (World War II period).
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