Construction of Bailey bridge near Caen in France during World War II. A view of a river. Engineers stand on a grilled structure on the river. British engineers at work for the construction of Bailey bridge. Many bulldozers being used during the operation. The partially constructed bridge. A trailer raises and dumps concrete. A grilled structure being pushed towards another structure. Men walk on the bridge carrying wooden planks. The engineers lay planks. Men stand on the bridge as they talk. The partially constructed bridge.
British tank battles in France during World War 2. Tanks parked in a line near Caen. Camouflaged tanks. British soldiers being briefed. A soldier on a tank. British tanks advance. The tanks cross railroad tracks, pass through woods. Sherman crab flail tank from British C squadron, 22nd Dragoons. The tanks advance in the wooded region. A truck drives in the wooded region. Infantry follow tanks as they advance. A soldier digs in for the night. Soldiers seated in the dugout look into the plan. Two soldiers seated look into the plan and one of them smokes a cigarette.
During "Operation Epsom". British and German forces battle in France during World War 2. Tanks move out at dawn. British soldiers in tanks. The soldiers and Sherman tanks in action. Smoke rises in the background due to firing. Shermans fire. Explosion and smoke rises in the far background. An M10 Tank Destroyer and Sherman Firefly fire. British soldiers stand near the tank. Sherman tanks fire at the 12th SS Panzer Division and advance. A soldier looks through binoculars. The tanks fire. British infantry advance in a wooded area. British soldiers follow advancing tanks. Soldiers carry guns and shells. A soldier speaks into a radio. Tanks advancing. A tank from the 23rd Hussars at approximately mark 1:46. A wrecked German Panther tank in the foreground. Footage at junction of the D139 and the D173a. This is the junction of the road from Fontenay to Grainville (D139) and the road from Tessel to Cheux(D173a). A dead German soldier. British Sherman Firefly and soldiers advance. The soldiers fire upon enemy tanks and positions. Another dead German soldier. Two soldiers in prone position fire a gun. British troops enter a village. Clip includes including footage of German Panzer Regt. 12 and the British 49th West Riding Division.
Damage caused due to air raid by German Luftwaffe airplanes in Belgium during World War 2. Buildings on a street burn. A Belgian civilian woman with her children on the street. A building burns and smoke and flames pour from the building. The civilians on the street racing for safety. A building burns. Civilians and soldiers take refuge in an air raid shelter. The ruins of the bombed buildings. A dead civilian in the ruins. A dead horse lying on the street. The civilians walk in between the ruins. A wrecked car. British troops inspect the car. A truck carrying troops drive on a road. A truck tows an artillery piece. Old people seated on the side of the road. Civilian Belgian refugees on a trailer. Traffic on streets. A man and a woman refugee with their children ride a bicycle. The people evacuating the city. Vehicles move on a road. British troops advance in single file line toward the front as civilian refugees flee going the opposite direction on roads out of the city. People seated on grasses talk. The British soldiers carrying rifles advance.
U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley with Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley, return after their trip to Japan and Korea in Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley and Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley climb down a ladder. An aircraft and men in the background. The Vice President and the Second Lady leave the airport. The Vice President with his wife on a platform. A wall map in the background. Vice President Barkley speaks into a microphone. He talks about the conditions at the Korean War front, and hopes for armistice in Korea.
Chicago girls collect money for Allied food relief in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. The painted kegs kept in a line. The girls stand behind the kegs. The girls stand in a group and paint the kegs. The girls stand in a line painting the kegs. The girls talks to each other. A girl holds a poster in her hands which reads 'Food'. The kegs kept in front of a shop. A man puts money in a keg. A young woman holds a keg which reads "Food For France Fund."
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