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British Worcesters march to the front, as German prisoners head for internment , during Battle of the Somme, World War I
British troops of the Worcestershire Regiment wave their hats for the camera as they march toward the front during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Large number of German prisoners of war march the opposite war, toward the rear, under guard, to be taken to England for internment. They are loaded into railroad box cars for their trip to a French port of embarkation.
Allied paratroopers in gliders continue airborne assault in daytime, on D-day, after initial airborne troop drop the night before, in World War II
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Allied trucks and equipment move up from beachhead after D-Day. Half-tracks, armed with antiaircraft guns, move up from the beachhead. Back in England, gliders are readied for mission. A long line of Paratrooper medics wearing Red Cross Arm bands, board gliders. View from airplane flying over an airfield filled with C-47 tow planes, and gliders, all painted with invasion stripes. Closeup of Sergeant with British 6th Airborne Division showing Pegasus insignia on his sleeve. British paratroopers boarding a Hamilcar glider. U.S. paratroopers boarding gliders. View from above of Allied gliders being towed across the English Channel View from a ship in the invasion convoy, of tow planes and gliders overhead. View, from aircraft overhead, of invasion flotilla below. Distant view of Allied aircraft shot down by German antiaircraft fire, near the coast of Normandy and exploding in flames upon impact. View from the air of areas flooded by the Germans as a defense measure. Parachutes and gliders on the ground from earlier sorties. Gliders in this wave cut loose from tow planes and maneuver independently. Glimpses of Allied fighter planes moving fast and high above the scene. A glider splashing down in one of the flooded fields. Other fields, studded by the Germans, with poles 12-to 15 feet tall as defense against gliders. Gliders landing. Paratroopers leaving a Horsa glider, after landing.
Devastation in Elizabeth, New Jersey residential neighborhood after American Airlines plane crash; also mid-air explosion of plane at British air show.
Major catastophe events of the year 1952. Views of destruction on the ground in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after American Airlines flight 6780, a Convair 240, crashed into a house at Williamson and South Streets on January 22, 1952. Burned wreckage and devastation seen at the crash site in Elizabeth following the crash and subsequent explosions damaging or destroying multipole houses in the 600 block of Williamson Street. In the first few seconds of the clip, the Battin High School for Girls is seen in the background. The school was adjacent to the crash but not hit. Narrator also describes the crash of an Army transport plane in California which killed 86 soldiers, but no images of that crash are shown. Next scenes shift to England, on September 6, 1952, as a de Havilland DH.110 jet aircraft, piloted by John Derry, explodes in midair after achieving Mach 1 and then beginning a left bank and climb at 450 knots during the 1952 Farnborough Airshow. Spectators at the British air show are seen on the ground in the area below the explosion and where debris rained down on the crowd causing deaths and injuries. Engines from the blown-up DH.110 plane (prototype, ID WG236) are seen hurtling through the sky toward Observation Hill immediately after the mid-air explosion. Scenes show crowd working to tend to the wounded and shocked families and children crying.
Allied planes bombard France and American troops and allies invade during D-Day invasion of World War II.
Allied invasion of France during World War II. 11,000 Allied aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over strategic Nazi communication installations in France. Bombs released from American bomber aircraft and impact. Explosions occur and pillar of smoke rises. Gun camera footage as German enemy railroad areas and ships are strafed. Dramatic gun camera footage from an allied aircraft as it hits a German fighter plane in flight and the German fighter loses a wing and explodes. American paratroopers board planes in England for D-Day mission to land in France. General Brererton shakes hands with soldiers and sees them off. Another group of American soldiers board glider aircraft for the mission. British paratroopers also board gliders at an English airfield and the glider takes off.
Allies prepare to invade Europe during World War II.
Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Allied weapons and equipment piled up in England to be transported to the battle front in Europe. Freight cars and flat railroad cars carry equipment to the war front. Tanks, military trucks and artillery lined up. Pile of shell and other military equipment stacked up in Britain. Men of Home Guard and women of Auxiliary Territorial Services guard the equipment against German air attacks. Allies engaged in a Naval battle. Minesweepers clear mines, seaplanes in flight and ships underway at sea.
Allied troops rehearse and land in Europe during World War II.
Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Allied ships at harbors in England carry military equipment, medicines, food and other supplies. Allied soldiers rehearse landing soldiers load in landing crafts, tanks and artillery unloaded from a ship. On the day of the invasion soldiers climb down a ladder along the side of a ship and load in landing crafts. Crafts move beach wards. Soldiers land amidst heavy firing. Barrage balloons fly over head as Allied troops make amphibious landings in Europe.
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