Britain's Bulwarks - film of the "policemen of the allies" on the North Sea.View of a British Monitor war ship underway in the North Sea. Sailors march along a road in queues. Naval band plays as the sailors march past. British transport ship at dock. Sailors and officers board the ship. Canons loaded on the ship through cranes. Men and horse disembark ship. Loading operations at dock.
Sailor playing mumblety peg board with jackknife. Sailor eats in the background. Several LST tied up to dock. Buildings in the background. Deck of LST as it makes its way out of harbor. Stern view of LST-75 as it moves out of harbor.
British Royal Air Force fighter pilots, in flight gear, including life vests, are scrambled and run from their quarters towards their aircraft during the Battle of Britain. British soldiers stand around a crash-landed German Messerschmidt airplane. Various views of the crashed German plane. (World War II period).
Women of Auxiliary Territorial Service, in World War II. Several are dressed in flight overalls, others are not. They enter gate of aviation training facility. They are shown an Aircraft Log Book (C.A. Form 27) in which one must record all information pertaining to the operating history of an airplane. A man shows the women access panel on side of an aircraft engine. The women (now all in coveralls) pick up and tow an aircraft backwards, by hand, to a spot on the lawn.
Departure of Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth. People stand on pier as SS Queen Elizabeth moves away. The British flag in view. Passengers aboard the ship. Several people on quay prior to boarding ship. Smoke rises up from smokestack. SS Queen Elizabeth moves away from quay. People on promenade deck. View of SS Queen Elizabeth bow. Tugboats underway. Sailors aboard SS Queen Elizabeth.
A U.S. Army Air Force C-45 Expeditor aircraft taxis up and parks near an Honor Guard. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, steps from the aircraft (which displays "V" tail code usually associated with the XXI Bomber Command, 499th Bomb Group). Members of his party, including Major General Ira Eaker, Commander if the U.S. 8th Air Force, and a British civilian official (Member of Parliament?) stand near the airplane as General Devers inspects the honor guard. General Devers then leads the party to where a group of American Air Corps officers is standing. Devers stands aside while General Eaker and the British official and the other members of their party meet and greet the Air Corps officers. (World War II period).
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