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Underwater pipelines,petroleum casks and electrically operated fire lines are revealed off coast of England soon after World War II
Britain reveals and demonstrates operation of a literal fire wall off the cliffs of Dover that had been set up to stop a potential German invasion of England. With World War 2 in Europe recently ended, Britain demonstrates the underwater pipelines and petroleum casks that would have generated a fire line to stop German invasion troops, ships and aircraft. Demonstration of the defenses: Large smoke column rises. Electrically operated fire lines are set on fire along coast line to burn forces of any incoming invasion. British Army soldiers near a line of mines, inland, that served as a second line of defense. A mine area is exploded for demonstration.
Germany launches V-1 flying bombs against England during World War II
Initial scene shows German soldiers setting up a camera, in a camouflaged location, during World War 2. . Views from the water, of the White Cliffs of Dover, on the English Channel coast. Suddenly, a jet-propelled V-1 flying bomb is seen racing past the camera and disappearing in the distance. Next the camera focuses on another V-1 and tracks it. Its body, wings, and jet engine affixed to its top, are clearly seen. as are pulses of flame from its engine. Another V-1 launches from near the camera and flashes past, disappearing in the distance. The final scene shows a V-1 in flight, even clearer than the earlier views. (Note: The V-1 was also known as a buzz bomb or doodle bug was the first cruise missile used in wartime.)
Landing craft, tanks, munitions, and gasoline supplies assembled in England for D-day invasion in World War II
Preparations in year 1943 for the June 1944 invasion of Western Europe by Allied Force during World War 2. Conference at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in London. U.S. Generals George Marshall, Henry H. Arnold and British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery meet at SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). Montage of war scenes: British Lancaster bombers taking off. Monitors working in a British Command Post. U.S. B-17 bombers in daylight missions over Germany. Allied pilots and crew members in aircraft. B-17 aircraft at high altitudes leaving contrails behind. Bombs bursting on German industrial targets. Allied agents being airdropped over France. Allied one-man submarines or solo submarines, torpedo boats and Commandos sampling French beaches and soil conditions in the Normandy region for ability to support 30-ton tanks for the invasion of France. British airman loading reconnaissance camera into a British Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft for photographing the planned invasion region. Arms and equipment being air dropped to indigenous resistance forces in Nazi-occupied Europe. Mulberry floating harbor segments being designed and built to create invasion ports. Allied landing craft training in Devon, England. Allied aircraft strafing a German ship. Meteorological equipment assessing weather along the invasion coast. Wire netting to pave the beaches. Underwater pipelines to carry gasoline or petrol to France. Allied armored vehicles bearing the White Star. Troops being inoculated or vaccinated. Newly built ship going down the ways at an Allied ship yard that builds Navy warships. View of British intelligence officers with headsets at radio equipment, and personnel monitoring German broadcasts. Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where the Big Three are seen meeting at Tehran Conference to finalize invasion plans. Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill sitting on the porch of the Embassy building, in 1943. General Eisenhower and Allied Military leaders planning the D-Day invasion. General Omar Bradley, sitting with a British admiral. General Bernard Law Montgomery Aerial view of formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 aircraft, flying through Flak bursts. Pilots in B-17 cockpit .Bombs striking German targets. Polish, Scenes including gun camera footage of Czech, and British in Spitfire aircraft striking German railroads and marshaling yards. B-26 bombers and gunner attacking German Luftwaffe Me-109 aircraft.
B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of U.S. 8th Army landing in succession on an airfield in England during World War 2.
B-17Fs of the 8th Bomber Command, 1st Bomb Division, 305th Bomb Group, 366th Bomb Squadron, landing at their base, RAF Chelveston, in Northamptonshire, England, during World War II. The first to land displays a dozen yellow bombs, for missions, painted under the pilot's cockpit window, and Squadron code KY, and L, on its fuselage. Its tail number is 42-5053. The second plane to land displays KY and D, on fuselage, and tail number 42-29553. The third, shows the squadron's KY, but other markings are not readable. The fourth to land displays some mission bombs below its cockpit window, the Squadron KY, and J on the fuselage. Its tail number is 41-21624. Bomb Group tail codes and nose art are not seen on any of the aircraft. But, researchers have identified names of three of them: Bloody Tangier Show (42-5053), Arkie II (42-29553),and Madame Betterfly (41-24624), and estimate the film to have been shot between 3/1/1943 and 5/19/1943.
British Royal Air Force fighter pilots write their combat reports during the Battle of Britain in World War II
Film opens showing several Royal Air Force fighter pilots writing combat reports, as they sit in a Squadron operations room, during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. Closeup of one report, shows it is on a prepared Combat Report form. On the one shown, the pilot describes an engagement with German Dornier bombers on September 20th over Dover, at 12 thousand feet. The pilot notes the number of attacks and their intervals, at the bottom of the form. Scene shifts to closeups of other pilots completing their reports. (These pilots are probably with RAF 222 Squadron, flying Supermarine Spitfire airplanes out of RAF Station Hornchurch, in Essex, England.)
Preparation and planning of D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allied Forces during World War II.
Film titled ‘D-Day Convoy’ based on invasion of Normandy (D-Day) by Allied Forces during World War II. Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill seated at Tehran Conference in December 1943. Other officials stand behind the big three. U.S. General George Marshall, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe Dwight Eisenhower and other officials seated at a conference table. Map of France details cross channel assault of France by Allied Forces. Map shows coastal locations to be attacked by Allies. Weapons and equipment from America pouring into England. U.S. soldiers arrive in England and train, for the invasion, on southern coast of England. U.S. B-26 bombers hitting German targets and smoke billowing up from exploding bombs. B-17 bomber in flight and bombs falling on German industrial targets. Gunners on B-17s defend against German fighter aircraft. American bomber explodes in flight after attack by German fighter airplane. German Messerschmitt fighter is destroyed. From edited film produced in 1947.
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