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Tripartite Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in Berlin, Germany. Ensuing attacks by Germany and Japan in World War II
This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. It is dated June 1, 1939 and ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. Bombs bursting on the ground. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill; climbing over rubble; and marching along a road toward a village. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Map highlights Tokyo, Rome, and Berlin. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law); Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan’s Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. German armor and artillery moving eastward. German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German troops firing siege guns. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. Battle of Britain scenes, with view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze following blitzkrieg. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Navy warship. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. Another view of the Arizona sinking. Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. Glimpse of postwar Nuremberg trial.
Alex Henshaw flies back to England after record-breaking flight to Capetown, South Africa
Opening scene shows the Percival Mew Gull aircraft E2H, G-AEXF, accompanied by several persons walking beside while taxiing across the field at Gravesend Airport, Kent, England. It has just landed, on a return flight from Wingfield Aerodrome, at Cape Town, South Africa. The exhausted pilot, Alex Henshaw, is seen starting to climb from the cockpit of his airplane. Surrounded by a large crowd pressed close around the airplane, Henshaw is lifted bodily from the cockpit and carried upon the shoulders of well wishers. The next scene is a closeup of Henshaw, with face blackened by oil, drinking from a cup, while surrounded by a group of men. Glimpse from behind Gravesend's Mayor, wearing Chain of office, as he greets Henshaw, who is next seen being carried, again, on shoulders of greeters, accompanied by several policemen. (Note: Alex Henshaw set a record in 1939, taking off on 5 February 1939 from Gravesend Airport, landing at Wingfield Aerodrome at the Cape on the 6th. He flew 6,377 miles in 39 hours and 25 minutes, averaging 209.44 mph. This film shows the completion of his return flight retracing the same route and distance, which took 11 minutes longer.)
German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bombers over England fight with RAF Spitfires (WW2)
Man sitting on a bomb being pulled toward a plane during World War II. German ground crew moves a bomb in front of a Junkers Ju 88. Men load a large bomb onto the wing of a Junkers Ju 88. German Junkers Ju 88 bomber takes off from airfield. Pilot in cockpit of Messerschmitt Bf 110 with ground crew alongside. Messerschmitt Bf 110 in flight. Squadron of German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bombers in flight. View through canopy of bomber at English Channel water. German pilots in bomber while in flight. View of cliffs of Dover, England as seen from German bomber. Aerial view of England being bombed by Luftwaffe bombers as seen from bomber. A German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bomber in high banking turn. Point of view from German planes as British Royal Air Force RAF spitfires are fired upon. German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bombers flying over English city.
Prince Edward, the youngest Prince of Britain, plays with his parents in London, England.
The youngest Prince of Britain. Prince Edward of Britain with his parents. The baby with his parents, the Duke and the Duchess of Kent, Prince George and Princess Marina.
Prime Minister Churchill visits Bristol England during the Blitz in 1941
Crowds cheer British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during his visit to Bristol, England, during the Blitz. He is greeted by Nurses and staff in the courtyard of a hospital. Accompanied by Lord Mayor of Bristol, Alderman Thomas Underwood, he inspects a contingent of Home Guard. Churchill removes his hat and waves it. He then walks rapidly across a square followed by his entourage. The lord Mayor points out a set of three photographs held by a man. (These are not distinguishable). Churchill's daughter Sarah and her mother, Lady Churchill, are right behind him. Closeup of American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, John Gilbert Winant, who is part of the Prime Minister's party. Citizens wave as Churchill and the Lord Mayor sit high in the back of an open car driving along the street. Bomb damaged buildings in background from German aerial blitakrieg attack. Closeup from moving car of enthusiastic young women cheering the Prime Minister. Churchill walking down a city street surrounded by crowds, holds his hat high above, balancing it on his walking stick. View from car approaching women in middle of the street, waving British flags. Winston Churchill, surrounded by well-wishers, walking rapidly along a sidewalk with cigar in his mouth. He removes his hat and waves it. Many spectators waving (most are women). One shakes his hand as he speeds past her. Workers standing near scaffolding, set up to repair a building, pause to wave at the Prime Minister. Churchill with cigar in mouth and hat raised, is caught in a crush of well-wishers, (World War II period).
Body of Edith Louisa Cavell being brought to England from Brussels.
Procession of the body of Edith Louisa Cavell in England. A huge procession seen walking and crowds gathered to see the procession. A carriage carrying the body of Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse during World War I, after it was brought back by the destroyer HMS Rowena from Ostend, Flanders to Admiralty Pier in Dover. A fleet of soldiers, nurses with flower bouquets and army band seen walking with the carriage carrying the coffin. The coffin is covered with the English flag. Soldiers bow as the coffin is brought at the Norwich Cathedral (65 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH, United Kingdom) where it was reburied.
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