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Lt General John Northcutt and other officers review marching troops of Commonwealth forces in Japan on British Empire Day
British forces in Japan celebrating British Empire Day after conclusion of World War II. Marching troops of Commonwealth forces at British Empire Day ceremony in Tokyo. Marching troops and bands of Cameroon Highlanders, Indian Troops, Royal Air Force from England, troops from New Zealand, Australian troops. Commander in Chief Lieutenant General John Northcutt and other officers review the marching troops.
Infantry, artillery, and warplanes during the D-Day invasion by Allies in Normandy, France during World War 2.
The D-Day assault on Normandy by the Allies, against Germany's conquest in World War 2. Troops of infantry, artillery and tanks, warplanes ready assembled in south of England for attack at Normandy in France on June 06, 1944. Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British General Montgomery in discussion with each other. B-17 bombers on mission to Nazi bases. Soldiers move from warships to landing crafts, and land on the coast of Normandy under enemy fire. Parachute troops jump from aircraft landing behind enemy lines. Surrendered German soldiers march, guarded by Allied soldiers. From a June 13, 1963 newsreel recounting events years earlier.
Soviet Union backs out of 4-power administration of Berlin and blockades the City. U.S. Army Air Forces supply the city by airlift.
Teacher and school children playing amid rubble in Berlin, in the aftermath of World War II. Children receiving food outdoors. Children in a school classroom being given cups of soup by their teacher. In March, 1948, a Soviet soldier is seen lowering their flag from one of four flag poles displaying it, along with flags of the British, American, and French flags. (They no longer wished to share occupation of Berlin with the other Allied powers.) View of Western representatives preparing to issue a new stable currency. Next, the Soviets block all access to West Berlin (the "Berlin Blockade.") Open rail cars filled with coal are brought to a halt in their tracks. Trucks servicing West Berlin are stopped from moving over a highway. West Berlin citizens stand at a fence watching a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport plane flying supplies to them. View from below of a C-54 transport plane descending to land, with supplies, at Templehof airfield in West Berlin. A C-54 taking off to make another supply run. A pallet of coal being offloaded from a C-54. A tram running on restricted schedule. A Berliner planting food in a deserted lot near a demolished building. People assembled in front of the severely damaged Bundestag and in other places surrounded by war torn buildings. Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter, speaks of seeking assistance from America, England, France, and Italy, to help his city. Closeups of some of the Berliners applauding him. An airlift airplane labeled "Operation Santa Claus" with a soldier dressed like Santa, dispensing wrapped gifts or candy to German children near the plane's doorway. German children can be seen and heard singing "deck the Halls" in English. A soldier dressed as St. Nicholas stands next to one dressed as a Native American Indian. Children sing Martin Luther's hymn, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"). A British Sunderland flying boat, takes off on the Havel River, in Berlin, after delivering supplies to the city. Grateful Berliners surrounding American pilots. Children run in a street carrying a large model of an airplane to simulate the Berlin airlift. Children playing "airlift" on a sidewalk. An airlift plane crashed and burning in a residential section of Berlin. German fire fighters battle the flames with hoses. A C-54 airlift plane descending to land with its gear extended. Scene at midnight, May 2, 1949, as the barriers isolating Berlin are raised, as the Soviets promised free and improved access to Berlin. People waving flowers as trucks once again move into the city. But Communists are seen violently storming the Greater Berlin City Hall in the Eastern Sector of the city. Non-Communist deputies in the Eastern Sector are forced to meet in West Berlin, where they meet without being molested. View of the Berlin Logo (Bear). Free election vote being deposited in a ballot box. Animated map shows how Berlin was cut in two, separating East Berlin from West Berlin.
Hermann Goering, Chief of the German Air Force, gives a speech in tribute to the Luftwaffe (Air force)
Chief of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Hermann Goering, extols the capabilities and contributions of the Luftwaffe to German conquests, mentioning Poland, and France. As he speaks, a German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane is shown, followed by shots of a Messerschmitt Me-109 and formations of them flying amongst clouds, A German antiaircraft emplacement on a parapet high above a river. A lone German sentry patroling a beach and a flight of Me-109s flying low over his head. View from nose of a German bomber flying low over water. German Dornier Do-17 bombers penetrating a coastline. Pilots and gunner in bombers. Formation of Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. Animation shows British mainland from perspective of a dive bomber heading toward the ground. Sequence finishes with explosion. Throughout the last half of the clip, a male chorus is heard singing the Luftwaffe's unofficial anthem, "Bomben auf Engelland," (Bombs on England) by Norbert Schultze (Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze).
Gale winds cause high waves to strike a sea wall in Winthrop,Massachusetts
Strong Gale winds cause high waves to strike sea wall in Winthrop,Massachusetts along New England coast. On the North East coast of Great Britain stormy sea drive a vessel along the rocky shore.
Evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in World War 2; French children being evacuated; Italy readies for war
Highway sign reads M 16, Dunkerque. German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers fly low and drop bombs. Offshore, a flotilla of warships and civilian ships and boats approaches. British spitfire fighters engage German warplanes. Gun camera footage of dogfights. Allied troops boarding boats while being bombed. Rescued French and British soldiers on decks of ships. View of destruction at the Dunkirk shore. Rescued troops disembarking in England. Prime Minister Winston Churchill reviews group of ordinary British citizens who participated in the evacuation and shakes hands with naval officers. Generals of the French High Command expressing dismay. Map shows battlefront. Parisians getting newspapers and French parents and families evacuate French children South for safety. Women are seen kissing their children goodbye as they load onto buses to be evacuated to safety. Anguished women wave as their children depart. Change of scene to sandbagged French defensive positions in Paris. American intelligence officer, using animated map,describes German sweep of France. Benito Mussolini with son-in-law, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Galeazzo Ciano. Italian motorcycle troops and infantry enter France. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt condemning the Italian action. Mussolini accompanied by Italian officers, struts along a street as Italian troops watch from sidewalk. He reviews a contingent of youth in uniforms that look like Alpini.
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