Germany's successive attack over England during World War II. Buildings and automobile traffic in England. Soldiers run holding guns. A gun barrel as the gun is fired. A group of soldiers run carrying guns. Two soldiers walk. A church and a field. A soldier checks the identity of a woman and a man. Another one stops a vehicle and checks the identity of a civilian driver. Soldiers board vehicles. Aircraft in flight. Troops hold guns and march. A ship carrying new troops. Families of the troops wish them good bye.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit a shipyard in England. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom are cheerfully greeted by workers. King George VI watches a worker welding. The royal couple congratulate Ms. Jacqueline Cochran, thanking the American female pilot for her service to the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) as a flight captain and a recruiter of qualified woman pilots delivering American built planes to Britain for the "Wings for Britain" effort in World War II. King Peter II of Yugoslavia, young monarch in exile and Godson of the King and Queen of England, arriving safely in London after a dramatic escape from Yugoslavia.
Rubble and smoke rising after German Luftwaffe blitz attack in London, with St. Pauls Cathedral visible in the background behind the smoke. German submarines positioned off the British coast. Luftwaffe aircraft flying over the English Channel bound for bombing runs over England. Radio towers seen, and audio of Lord Haw-Haw (from German propaganda radio program "Germany Calling") making statements about the strength and force of the blitzkrieg (blitz) over England. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill greeting military officials and reviewing citizens recruited for military service. Various British ships in the English Channel. German Luftwaffe aircraft bombing and firing upon British ships and British ports. Explosions and sinking ships. Much nighttime footage of the blitz over London, with burning buildings, wreckage, firefighters working to extinguish the flames. Smoke, fire, and rubble from the blitzkrieg of London. Scenes of British citizens in the underground transit system tunnels, taking cover. A family evacuated from the streets above is seen resting beneath the "Picadilly Circus" underground tube station sign. A subway train arriving at the packed ramp. Women and children living underground during the raids. Women washing clothes and children in washtubs in the underground stations. In the city of Plymouth, day scenes of workers clearing rubble from the blitz. Citizens gathered around a sign posted bearing the names of the dead from the attacks. Scenes of blitz devastation in Coventry, including Coventry Cathedral. Workmen in British cities tearing down precarious, damaged buildings by day and cleaning up wreckage.
Arrival of Manhattan firemen in New York. Three Manhattan firemen return on a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat aircraft, seen arriving in New York Harbor from London, England. The fire fighters were in England learning British methods of fighting air raid fires. The American public greets them. (World War II period).
Germany's successive attack over England during World War II. German soldiers observe papers at a desk and prepare for direct invasion over England. The soldiers observe back lighted reconnaissance photos with a magnifying glass and observe forms of ships. A German pilot inside an aircraft in flight low near the coast of Dover, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. A German torpedo boat, or Schnellboots aka S-boot or S-boat, at sea running at high speed. German sailors and officers on the deck of a Schnellboots torpedo boat. German Army paratroopers in training for jumps. German paratroopers jump from simulated aircraft at low height, and hanging from wires, as they practice landing and rolling. German paratroopers at the open door of an aircraft and jumping in a line from the aircraft in flight. A number of parachutes in the air. A sketch shows the layers of British defensive positions from the coast inward. British flying boat over water. Gun turret of flying boat in action. Allied signal man soldier using portable signal lamp. Sailor on ship using large signal lamp. A British ship in the rough North Sea during a squall storm. British sailors in mine laying operation drop large round naval contact mines with protruding Hertz horns visible, into the sea. Booms with steel submarine nets in front of a British harbor to catch submarines and surface craft.
A train arrives at London railway station. Russian Military chiefs are well received by British Military officials. Thousands turn out at station to greet their arrival. Russian chiefs enter inside car and departs while thousands flood across station. July 1941.
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