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Damage to buildings and rescue workers after coal gas explosion and fire at a coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Coal gas explosion and fire at a coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada. Destroyed buildings and tracks by the explosion and fire. Ambulances and rescue vehicles running on road. Rescue worker send the eighty nine injured workers rescued in ambulance. Twenty six still trapped. Women talk outside the mines..
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt at the helm of chartered schooner, Sewanna, in waters of Nova Scotia, with sons aboard
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt at the helm of the chartered schooner, Sewanna, as his sons work on lines nearby. The President waves toward camera in nearby boat, and smiles, obviously enjoying himself. His sons and other crew members busy themselves as the schooner proceeds under full sail.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Campbell,being towed by British Royal Navy Royal Navy Rescue Tug, Tenacity, in World War II
Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Campbell, take a lunch break after completing temporary repairs on her hull, which was gashed in a collision with the German submarine U-606 in the Atlantic, during World War 2. View of ice floating in water and a tugboat at the side of the Campbell as she is towed into St.Johns, Nova Scotia, by the British Royal Navy Rescue Tug, Tenacity.
Allied attack and German defensive actions during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
German newsreel about the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. English narration overlaid by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. German people read bulletin boards and newspapers describing the invasion. A map shows location of England and Germany. Information of assault broadcast in Germany by German radio stations. Announcers shown relaying information at switchboards. Alarm bells ring and German troops in bunkers grab rifles and stand ready to proceed. German antiaircraft guns and artillery fired at incoming Allied aircraft and and explosions seen at night. Allied Airborne troops incoming, according to narration, as nighttime artillery barrage continues. Naval units near mined waters. Germans in fortifications fire artillery and machine guns. Closeup views of German soldier faces, looking determined. Heavy artillery are fired at Allied troop units. Allied naval ships as seen from German perspective on shore in early morning light on D-Day. Shells are loaded into artillery and railroad guns and fired on the Allied warships from German gun emplacements and fortifications on the coast of France. British troops land on shore near the River Orne at the Normandy village of Ouistreham. Heavy bombardment from both sides. Germans examine Allied Landing Craft on the beach. Commentator says the British troops in them were annihilated or taken prisoner. Camouflaged German tanks move into position and fire on invading Allied ground troops. German forces pass wrecked gliders and an Allied parachute hung up in a tree. Allied Airborne troops are shown taken as prisoners by German forces and marched. Pan view of many Allied gliders, some crashed in a large field. British gliders seen. Close views of crashed gliders. German forces roll an intact Allied jeep out of a crashed glider and drive it away. Captured prisoner Canadian troops seen. Shoulder patch of one reads "North Nova Scotia Highlanders", and on another reads "1 Canadian Parachute Battalion Airborne". Interrogation of captured Canadian troops is seen. German holds a prisoner's "Soldier's Pay book". (World War II period).
Germans take American and Canadian soldiers as prisoners in Normandy, France during World War 2
German soldiers inspect demolished landing craft at a beach in Normandy, France during World War 2 following D-Day operations. Camouflaged German tanks move through a field firing their guns. British prisoners being marched to the rear. Bullet ridden and wrecked Allied aircrafts and invasion gliders are seen. A jeep is removed from a glider and driven away by Germans. Canadian (some from Nova Scotia) and American soldiers taken as POWs by Germans.
Beryl Markham flies across the Atlantic and reaches New York, United States.
A Trans Atlantic flight from England to United States. An aircraft piloted by Beryl Markham in flight crashes while landing in Baleine Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tilted aircraft with its nose stuck up in the earth. People turn the plane on its wheels and rotate the propellers. A large number of people gather at the Floyd Bennett field in New York to welcome Beryl Markham after her Trans Atlantic flight. Plane lands at the field and people greet the pilot. Cameramen record the arrival and the warm reception of Markham. Mrs Markham during an interview talks about her future plans.
