King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon take a tour of ammunition and gun factories in Scotland during World War II. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom visit strategic ammunition and gun factories. King George VI speaks to officials. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon view machinery. Crowds of Scottish factory workers cheering. A white-hot steel is being turned into armor plates for ships and tanks. A slab of steel is lowered to a furnace. King George VI watch how steel is molten inside a furnace.
United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers in formation flight in March Field, California during World War II. A squadron of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers fly in formation over the Los Angeles area. Closer view of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress cockpit as seen from another bomber in flight. Bombers fly over a mountain range. View of the belly of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
Local boys build a steam-powered automobile in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Three boys make the amateur version of a Stanley Steamer auto. The boys use kindling wood to stoke a fire for steam power. Steam rises from the device. The boys hop onto their car and drive it down a road in before a gathered crowd. (World War II period).
The VS-300A helicopter, built by the Vought-Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation,Stratford, Connecticut. Demonstration free flight without cables attached to ground. A slight improvement on the VS-300, the sign on side of helicopter reads, 'VOUGHT-SIKORSKY VS-300A' This is an early 300A with two tail rotors. Inventor and Engineering manager of the company, Igor Sikorsky, is at the controls. The helicopter ascends and then descends and lands.
German soldiers advance in European Theater during World War II. German soldiers maneuver in a field. A flaming airplane falling from the sky. Naval gunfire at night. German soldiers entering a town.
A flight of three German Dornier 17 bombers in flight, silhouetted against the lighter dusk sky, somewhere over Europe during early phase of World War Two.
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