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View from British coastal gun emplacements firing on German aircraft during daylight raid of Battle of Britain, World War 2

German air attack on Britain during blitzkrieg in World War II. Aircraft flying over British coast. German and British aircraft in aerial battle, while anti-aircraft guns also fire at German planes. An aircraft crashes. An aircraft bombing the area. Smoke rises as a bomb explodes on the land. Men stand nearby. Flak bursts in the sky. A barrage balloon in flight. The barrage balloon is hit and consumed in flames.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063096
British coastal defenses battle incoming German aircraft during Battle of Britain in World War 2

On sighting of incoming German aircaft, British soldiers scramble to trench battle positions with anti aircraft guns (ack ack guns) at British aerodromes. British pilots race to waiting Hawker Hurricanes and take off to fight the German Luftwaffe aircraft. Ground views of battle unfolding in the air. Smoke in sky from battle. Captured German air crew members are escorted by armed British guards. One is smiling. British Hurricane back at airbase for refueling and more ammunition. Smoke in distance across English Channel shows results of British offensive action. Official seen collecting pieces of a struck enemy aircraft. Narrator cautions viewers to not touch such pieces if they find them as "your curiousity may upset the work of examining experts." British Hurricanes and spitfires return to airbase. British pilots in discussion with a pilot from Poland. As pilots are shown, narrator says, "never in the history of human conflict, have the many owed so much to the few."

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940, September
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063097
Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force board a ship while others board trains during the Battle of France during WW2.

The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) being transported to war front in France during Battle of France of World War II. British troops march with their baggage and embark a troop transport ship at a British harbor. Another group of British soldiers waiting on a railway train station platform for the railroad train to arrive to transport them toward the war front.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064179
Scenes from U.S. Air Force orientation film for Airmen to be stationed in Great Britain

A film titled 'You in Great Britain' on the history of Great Britain. A U.S. Airman enters the British Museum and views the Magna Carta. Magna Carta Island. Paintings of signing of Magna carta and of British monarchs, including Queen Victoria. Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, and the Thames River. U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Cartoons of Soviet System vs. Democracy. British soldiers in combat. Animated map showing U.S. Air Bases in Britain. U.S. Airmen in a theater watching the movie. Faces of various soldiers including African American and white soldiers as they watch the film in the theater.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1954
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065559
Post-war economy of Britain; start of Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe; New York City auto show scenes

"Get your new ration books and identity cards here" seen written on a sign. British civilians line up to obtain new post-war ration books, after the end of World War 2. Women shopping for rationed food. British ships idle in ports as exports wane. View of New York harbor with tugs and barges and Manhattan skyline and skyscrapers in background. Woman holding poster advertising First International Auto Show (held from February 5-10, 1949, at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, Twenty-fifth Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York City), including European cars to be shown in New York City. British cars in their first car show. One of the cars shown is the 1948 Ghost Minx with two women seated inside it. A 1948 Jaguar convertible is also shown. Communist parades in Europe and Asia. Start of Marshall Plan to help Europe rebuild after the war. Newspaper shows President Truman signing Foreign Aid Bill (led to Marshall Plan).

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065563
Home life of British steelworker. British and American soldiers get pay. U.S. soldiers shop in UK

Home life of British steel worker. The man is gardening. His wife comes out of their house and talks to him. The man and woman enter the house. The man seated with his family at dinner. A photograph of the man's nephew, who is a soldier in Malaya. British soldiers in Malaya line up and receive their pay at a pay window. U.S. airmen, stationed in Britain, receiving their pay in pounds, Sterling. U.S. soldiers shopping in the UK.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065565
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