View of Italian MTSM torpedo motor boat from WW2. Retractable propellers shown. MTSM underway as torpedo is launched from the stern. German Wendel torpedo boat. Torpedos seen in stern of Wendel boat. Closeup of rocket launchers in action. Italan explosive boat. Retractable propeller of explosive boat demonstrated. Explosive boat driven over submarine netting, also known as harbor netting. Driver of Italian explosive boat falls backward into water as boat is guided to target.
New Zealand Minister Walter Nash disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by the United States officials and other British envoys at the airport in Washington DC. The officials shake hands.
Royal Air Force officers escort Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, on a road in England. Cars and jeeps parked on the road. Queen Elizabeth chats with crewmen of a British bomber, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are assisted in boarding the aircraft to examine it. 'Parachute' written on the door of the aircraft. The Queen steps out of the aircraft, followed by Princess Elizabeth. The Queen watches as King George VI, decorates a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, and several junior RAF officers. He presents the Distinguished Service medal to one and Distinguished Flying Crosses to others. View of officers wearing their Distinguished Flying Cross medals. View from behind, of the Queen and two Princesses,standing as King George addresses an awardee,during the ceremony. RAF airmen stand in formation at the side of the field. Standing next to King George,at the entrance to an aircraft hangar, Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from an airman. King George reviews a formation of airmen on the apron of the hangar. Queen Elizabeth, carrying her flowers, also reviews the formation, walking several paces behing the King. King George speaks with women of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), in uniform, part of a formation in the hangar building. British flag on the hangar wall contains the Union Jack and the round British aircraft insignia. British troops, shouldering rifles, with fixed bayonets, lead a parade through the hangar, passing in review before the Royal Family. They are followed by unarmed RAF personnel marching out to the snow covered ground outside.
Newspaper office of 'Daily Telegraph' at Fleet Street in London, England. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Several men come and read the newspapers. People stand at the window of the office. Pedestrians walk along the road. Various newspapers on sale in the street.
French refugees leave France. Two refugees move along a field with their belongings in a hand cart. Several men move in a group. A family travels in a van. A French child sleeps while traveling. A French woman weeps. A woman carried on a stretcher.
United States Army Recruitment in Muncie, Indiana. A U.S. Army recruitment sign near a jeep out front of the building. Buildings and cars in the background. Men walk in the street. Scene inside a recruitment office in Muncie, Indiana. The recruiter sergeant interviews the applicants. Four young men recruits sit for the interview. The recruiter talking to the prospective Army soldiers.
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