A film about the residents of Dover in Kent, England at the time of German bombing during World War II. British soldiers fire guns. Women soldiers operate anti aircraft guns. They express confidence as they are interviewed about German aerial attacks on Dover. Damaged hotels and buildings due to German aerial attacks. A Salvation Army band plays in rubbled streets. A British civilian with his daughter is interviewed. Views of antiaircraft guns. The film recounts two years of German aerial attacks on Dover. Nazi bombers in flight. British people walk on a street. A woman living on the front line talks about the life of front line people and shows no fear of German attacks. German bombers are shot down.
British troops evacuating from Dunkirk and arriving in Dover. British home guard civlians march and train. British troops in defensive positions on the cliffs of Dover. Winston Churchill sitting outdoors with Lord Louis Mountbatten . British civilians preparing air raid shelters. British farmers working their fields in August, 1940. They look up at the sound of approaching German bombers. RAF fighter planes intercept German bombers. One seen crashed on the ground. A fallen German aviator. Views of British countryside. Cemetery with crosses marking graves of downed German airmen. Closeup of graves of fliers, Leutnant R.Zehre and Unteroffizier Scheidt, German Air Force, downed on September 27, 1940. Blossoms on fruit trees. Artillery gun firing. Squad of British soldiers runs for cover as explosions occur around them. German Dornier Do 217 bomber in flames overhead. British paratroopers in training drop. Parachutes open. British soldiers charge out of trench as explosion occurs right in front of them in a live fire exercise. British troops firing automatic weapons from cover in brush. British sailors manning landing craft (invasion barges) carrying troops during beach landing exercises. The troops charge ashore as the boats hit the beach. British Able Seaman Fletcher in a landing craft, says in former raids on enemy territory, he had to put the "pungos"(sp?) (soldiers) ashore in a rowing boat. Navy Lieutenant John Lewis mentions several French coastal locations where the landing craft were used. He speaks of taking soldiers on raids and waiting to take them back home again. More scenes of British troops in live fire exercises.
The residents and soldiers of Dover in Kent, England at the time of German bombings during World War II. British airplanes are lined up. An airplane halts as a man signals for parking. The airplanes return after attacking Cologne, Germany. The pilot of an airplane disembarks from the airplane and is asked about German attack. Pilots and other personnel talk while walking.
The residents of Dover in Kent, England at the time of German bombings during World War II. Boston bombers in flight to explode German factories and targets. Bombs are dropped. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Royal Air Force (RAF) airplanes in formation flight. Aerial view of the front line area. A woman of the front line is interviewed about German attacks and she shows no fear of German attacks. A man standing beside her.
Dover, United Kingdom: The town of Dover in Kent. Men, women and children move to underground shelters. Women play cards and knit. German artillery fired. British soldiers amid ruins. Scene changes to Calais, France: Calais under the liberating Canadian soldiers. Man cleans a room. Destroyed bridges. Canadian soldiers evacuate French civilians across the Calais Canal. Men, women, children, and wounded civilians helped across the canal by soldiers. Wounded lifted into military ambulances. A woman holds her wounded child. Allied airplanes drop bombs over enemy territory. Explosion and smoke due to bombardment. British and Canadian Army soldiers examine German artillery and coastal guns. A white flag put up at a surrendered German post.
The wedding of Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, and Katharine Worlsey at the York Minster (Deangate, York YO1 7HH, United Kingdom). A crowd waits for the royal dignitaries during the wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in the City of York. A man distributes British flags. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Noel Coward arrive to attend the royal wedding. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and young Prince Charles arrive at the cathedral. The bride, Katharine Worlsey, walks down the aisle in a wedding dress of white gossamer silk gauze designed by John Cavanagh. Katharine Worlsey is wearing the Kent Diamond and Pearl Fringe Tiara, securing her veil. Katharine Worlsey is escorted by her father, Col. Sir William Arthington Worsley of Hovingham. The Queen mother talks with the Queen of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Princess Margaret and her husband sit in the cathedral, both watching the bride’s entrance. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of York Michael Ramsey. Wedding rites proceed. Prince Edward and Katharine Worlsey walk out of the aisle together.
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