Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces, in England, during World War 2. Radio operator adjusts equipment inside airplane. Navigator and bombardier inside Lancaster bomber. Pilot signals from cockpi. View of painted bombs depicting many bombing missions on side of fuselage. RAF (Royal Air Force) insignia-Pathfinder Squadron. View of RAF insignia for No. 156 Squadron RAF on the side of the aircraft. Flag mast of RAF (Royal Air Force) and flag flies in breeze.
Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force) Pathfinder Squadron, air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. Pathfinder flares bombs. Various view of Pathfinder. (World War II period).
Activities of Pathfinder Squadron of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. Pathfinder flare bombs dropped. (World War II period).
Allied military operation in Brest France during World War 2. Capture of Brest, France: Animated map shows Allied troops entering into Brest. Aerial view of harbor in Brest. U.S. Army soldiers place and adjust heavy artillery. Artillery and P-47 aircraft bombard Brest. Smoke rises due to bombarding and firing. View of railroad yards partially destroyed by German sabotage, and partially from allied bombing. U.S. Army M18 Hellcat tank destroyer in action, firing in streets of city.
Canadian troops occupy a German flying bomb launching site in Flanders, France. Map of France. Long rocket launching ramp. View of pistons that propel buzz bomb during take off. Allied pilot takes photographs. Canadian troops inspect the ramp mounted with a 400 pound piston. Canadian troops carry V-2 bombs and load them on to piston. The operation of the V-2 and launching apparatus: Man operates remote control boxes for launching. Soldier handles jet nozzle assembly. Jet propulsion engine is used for fire piston set off explosives. Compressed air bottle supply power for gyro pilots. Servo motors moves radar and elevator. Unexploded head contains explosives for bomb. Diagram shows flying bomb and its parts. View of a bomb site. (World War II period).
Allies move on towards Germany during World War II. Animated map shows American 3rd Army entering into Metz and Dijon in France. The 3rd Army generate smoke from mechanical smoke generator. The 3rd Army crosses the Moselle River under a smoke screen. The 3rd Army meets the American 7th Army in Dijon, France.
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