Shows P-40C’s in production at Curtiss plant in Buffalo, NY (2303 Kenmore Avenue), getting readied for shipment to United Kingdom as a part of Lend-Lease program. Aircraft workers working in Curtiss plant, assembling aircraft. A worker moves a stack of aicraft tires. P-40 fighter plane taxiing and planes in flight line at Curtiss facilities at the Buffalo Airport.
Aftermath of early German blitzkrieg bombings in England during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. King George VI and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspect damage and seek to raise morale of citizens. Two British citizens stand in the doorway of an Anderson Shelter air raid shelter, unharmed, with much debris from a bombing around them. Crowd gathers to look at the dignitaries. Churchill, smoking a cigar, talks to fire fighters who have hoses trained on a building fire. Ruined buildings and debris on street. A car rammed into the debris.
The Malta "Argonaut" Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. The Military Chiefs of Britain and the United States,preparing for the Malta Conference, seated at a table in Montgomery House. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall seated at the table looking at documents. U.S. Army Service Forces Commanding General Brehon Burke Somervell standing beside General Marshall and talking to the General. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King seated beside General Marshall. United States Air Force General Laurence Sherman Kuter seated with other U.S. and British officers during the conference. British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and Royal Air Force Marshal Charles Portal seated among the officers. Field Marshal Wilson and an officer coming out of the Auberge de Castille, Valletta , the official headquarters for British delegation for the conference. Officers saluting the Field Marshal. The Field Marshal waiting outside the building with other officers. Chief of the Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Alan Brooke leaving the building with British General Hastings Lionel Ismay. A large crowd of officers and civilians watch the officers climbing down the steps of the building and stepping into a car.
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower and United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill emerge from the White House in the United States. British Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden is also seen. Photographers await their arrival and take pictures. The President and Prime Minister descend the steps and shake hands. Prime Minister Churchill and Sir Anthony Eden get into a waiting car. President Eisenhower bids farewell to other officials. The motorcade exits the gates as a large crowd waits outside. The White House.
Colorful rites at the White Peace Arch on the International Boundary in Blaine, Washington. People hold the United Kingdom and American flags in their hands to mark the friendship between Canada and United States. They exchange flags with each other
Leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom meet in Washington DC. At the White House U.S. President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet to affirm the Anglo-American Amity. They are accompanied by the Foreign Affairs advisers. The leaders and the advisers pose for the photographers.
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