Propeller of a RAF (Royal Air Force) Supermarine spitfire single-seat fighter plane stops. Fuel lorry seen. Ground crew check the planes and make it ready for the next flight. Planes re-fueled. Planes are re-armed before mission during Battle of Britain. (World War II period).
The Royal Family of Britain seated under a shade as they watch a horse show. Princess Anne seated with her parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on either side of her. A boy rides a horse in the show. She takes help from her father as her blanket falls.
Conscripted British men receive personal notices as their names are read at public gathering. The drafted men assemble and march off for training and World War 1 service, accompanied by uniformed officials. Friends and bystanders, including a number of women, walk along beside and behind the new recruits on their way to war.
King George V decorates members of the British Coastal Patrol and Cross Channel Service, during World War 1. Officers and sailors assemble in loose formation at waterfront. Senior officers speak with some of them. The group poses for the cinematographer. An admiral reads citations to King George V, who then pins medals on awardees and congratulates as they are called forward. The King poses for a group photograph. He is flanked by Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, and another General (unidentified) holding a cane. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Test flight of Rotodyne Airliner in Britain. A vertical take off airliner that rises like a helicopter and travels 200 miles per hour in level flight. The Airliner takes off from land. Rotodyne in flight.
British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber takes off from grass field and climbs rapidly. The aircraft makes a low-level pass, buzzing the field and pulls up in a steep climb. British soldiers in jeeps, small open trucks, and motorcycles with sidecars fill a road. They cross a small water stream. Officer in the water on a white horse observes. Motorcycles stop in a village, in formation, and all soldiers wave for the camera. (World War II period).
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