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Scenes of the Battle of Britain. London Blitz. King George VI; Queen Elizabeth; Prime Minister Churchill visit bombed areas (WW2)

German warplanes attack and bomb British ships in the English Channel. White Cliffs of Dover visible in background. British fighter planes engage Germans. View of a British Spitfire airplane in flight. Gun camera view from British fighter plane destroying a German bomber in the air. Views of the Houses of Parliament (London SW1A 0AA, UK) in London. British sailors fire pom pom anti-aircraft guns from aboard ship. Fire storms in London from the German bombing. Destroyed buildings, wrecked equipment, and rubble. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit the bombed areas. Prime Minister Winston Churchill also visits areas of bombing destruction. Londoners go about their affairs and work to clean up after the bombing. (World War II period).

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046169
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt meets British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard USS Augusta in North Atlantic

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference aboard American Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta (CA-31), anchored in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada. High ranking American military officers and officials attending include Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins; U.S. Army Air Corps Chief, General Henry Arnold; U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark; Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. President Franklin Roosevelt stands with his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to meet the Prime Minister. FDR also greets other members of the British delegation, including British Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook. British and American sailors mingling together. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt are seen seated on deck, for a church service, aboard the British Battleship, Prince of Wales. They read documents and conclude agreements known as the Atlantic Charter.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland Canada
Date: 1941, August
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046198
Crew of the B-17F Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle" on a War Bond drive tour in the U.S during World war II.

Crew of the famed B-17F, "Memphis Belle" on a speaker's platform,at an air field during a Bond Drive tour in the U.S. during World War 2. Propeller blade of the aircraft is seen behind them. Major Robert Morgan, the pilot, speaks to audience (unseen) about War Bonds.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943, June
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046278
B-17 Flying Fortresses fly in formation in the European Theater.

B-17 Flying Fortresses parked on an air field in the European Theater. Airmen load cbombs on trailers. A bomb dump area. Bomb trailers being pulled from the area. A plane taxis on a runway. The B-17 in flight. Three planes fly in formation. An aerial view of the plane in flight. (World War II period).

Location: European Theater
Date: 1943, October
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046285
Technician demonstrates the expanding and closing sidewall canvas of Sherman Tank Duplex Drive at a factory

Sherman Medium M4 Tank Duplex Drive. The Sherman DD- A report to the Commanding General, European Theater of Operations. Sherman Duplex Drive (DD) in water. Four soldiers on Sherman. Sherman covered with canvas. Technician at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory works on the Sherman. Gauges on tank. Machines on tank. Canvas side wall goes up. Technician puts struts into place. The canvas expands. He pushes a lever and the canvas goes down. Barrel of artillery visible. He turns its barrel. (Note: filmed at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory, Birmingham, England who built and designed the DD equipment to be fitted to U.S. built Sherman tanks. As it is a prototype, the air controls are not in the same place as on production machines.) (World War II period).

Location: Birmingham, England United Kingdom
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046313
Parts of a K-12 camera described in United States.

A U.S. Army training film about parts of the K-12 camera. Title of the film 'Aerial Photography', Part 2, 'The K-12 Camera'. A man shows a K-12 camera used for night photography. A diagram of the camera. A pointer shows parts of the camera like photo electric cell and amplifier. A solenoid is attached to the shutter. Lenses and 12 volt battery. The aligned system of camera must be 13 and a half inches. Portals attached to a battery current. Before assembling the camera it is cleaned by air blower. Lenses are wiped. Amplifier is attached and locked over camera. Electric nodes are fastened. horizontal and lateral leveling of camera is measured. Number of exposures are calculated. Shutter speed is provided at three levels. Shutter and amplifier are set at on position. Cut film holder is loaded in a dark room and roll film magazine is loaded. The man shows the parts of camera mount.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046338
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