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Royal Opening of British National Gliding championships,Lasham Airfield, England, July 29, 1967
Opening scene shows British Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, conversing with an official dressed in white overalls, at Lasham Airfield in Hampshire, England. Numerous spectators are at the field and uniformed boy scouts maintain a cordon to keep them away from the airstrip and aircraft. Prince Philip is assisted as he straps into a glider named "Slingsby Eagle." Next, the glider is seen being towed along the airstrip by a line from a tow plane (not seen). Scene shifts to aerial view from a glider high aloft over the English countryside. View of the glider with Prince Philip as it passes overhead and then, as it passes over the airfield, where numerous gliders are seen parked in the foreground. Film ends as Prince Philip is maneuvering the glider over the runway for landing.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill visit Plymouth, England, where town is cleaning up bomb damage
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill ride in open back of a car and wave to people in bomb-damaged section of Plymouth England. Rubble of destroyed buildings is seen and work crews with shovels to clean it up. Crowds line the way to greet the Churchills. Standing on a wharf, Churchill lifts his hat high in the air on his cane to wave at persons on a ship nearby. Churchill and entourage pass by a ships's prow monument along a walkway. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten is seen accompanying Prime Minister Churchill in several scenes. (World War II period).
Allied invasion fleet prepares and leaves England for D-Day invasion in World War II
Montage of war scenes related to World War 2 Allied invasion of France. German sentry looking though binoculars. German coastal rail gun. Field Marshal Hermann Goering with Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of German High Command, inspecting Atlantic Wall coastal defenses on French coast. Allied D-day forces boarding ships in England. Troops loaded and waiting for orders to depart. Barrage balloons aloft. British and American troops, Coast Guard men, and sailors being briefed and studying aerial photographs and maps of the coast of France in the Normandy beach landing region. General James Gavin briefing American Airborne troops. American and British aircrews being briefed for missions. British King George VI visiting Royal Navy sailors aboard British warship. Sailors use light signals; ships weigh anchors,cast lines. Task force convoys underway. General Eisenhower visiting US Army paratroopers of 101st Airborne Division. U.S. paratroopers boarding C-47 airplanes the night of June 5, 1944. A C-47 named: "That's All Brother."C-47s with D-Day paint stripes taking off at nightfall.
German Luftwaffe bombers drop bombs over England during the Blitz of World War II.
German Luftwaffe aircraft bomb England in the Battle of Britain during World War II. German Luftwaffe He-111 bombers in flight. Pilots and gunners in the aircraft. Interior views of cockpit and crew in German He-111 aircraft. Aerial views of the formation of bomber aircraft in flight through clouds and approaching the British coast for a daylight raid. A co-pilot charts the route using a compass. Pilot is seen putting on an oxygen mask with assistance from another crew member as the bombers climb to high altitude. Gunners in their positions. Views of target zone approaching as seen from point of view of German bomber crew members in daytime. Pilot, navigator, gunner prepare for the attack. Aerial view of the target area. The Germans experience FLAK from British antiaircraft guns. Flak bursts near aircraft as seen from inside the German aircraft. "Bombs away" aerial views from the side, and from inside the German aircraft. Bombs descend on the targets. Scene shifts to bombardment at night. The German crew in the aircraft. Using search lights and antiaircraft guns, British attempt to hit the bombers. Multiple views of crew inside He-111 bombers from various angles, including behind nose gunner and bombardier. Flashes and explosions seen on the ground as bombs hit targets in London and elsewhere in Britain during blitzkrieg, or blitz attack.
Winston Churchill and King George VI on 'Victory in Europe Day' in London, England.
"Victory in Europe Day" or VE Day, in London, England. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and King George VI along with other British high ranking officers outside a building on 'Victory in Europe Day'. Churchill and King George VI enter the building. People gather in large numbers outside Buckingham Palace. British citizens gathered around the Victoria Memorial and celebrating German surrender ending World War 2 in Europe.
Some U.S. AAF airmen are among the crowd relaxing at large outdoor swimming pool at seaside in England, during World War II
Activities of people at a large outdoor swimming pool in England, during World War 2.. Many people swimming in the pool. Large modernistic building in the background. Some U.S. airmen, on furlough (not identified) enjoy the pool too. A man in white trunks dives from high board into the pool. Two boys go down huge slide into the pool. Group of swimmers look on. Many people swimming in the pool.
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