Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrive at a shipyard, accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in England. They get off the car and soldiers welcome them. Royal Yacht Britannia at the shipyard. The royals board the ship. Crew standing on the ship to welcome them. Queen bids good bye to the children. The ship begins its long journey to North Africa where the King and Queen are on tour.
An F6F Hellcat ditches in the sea. It floats long enough to allow pilot to abandon it before sinking. Next an A-4 Skyhawk ditches. Narrator remarks about the short time for escape from such aircraft on the surface of the water. Views of tests conducted by the U.S. Navy to test the sink rates of jet aircraft from various heights and attitudes. A dummy is placed in the cockpit of a derelict F9F Panther, which is lifted by a crane and is dropped into water from a low height. It is seen floating. (Narrator states that even with no structural damage, it sinks in less than a minute.) Next an FJ-2 Fury is dropped from about 55 feet. Due to structural damage, narrator states such an aircraft may sink in a few seconds, and generally between zero to 55 seconds. View of crane operator and then of an airplane sinking rapidly. Scene shifts to James F. Roth of U.S. Navy Attack Squadron 42,(VA-42) the "Green Pawns," in the closed cockpit of a Navy jet airplane. Next, an F-4 phantom jet is seen being catapulted from an aircraft carrier. Animation shows that the airplane falling into the sea right after takeoff will sink ballistically and can descend as deep as 100 feet in 10 seconds.
Petroleum storage facilities in Italy. Next, a remote-controlled arm withdraws a hot steel ingot from a furnace in a steel mill. Italian men in the mill operate levers, and a container of molten steel moves along by overhead crane and then pours contents into another container. Two steam locomotives move an open flat car containing a huge precast concrete structure. Other precast concrete structures are seen beside the railroad tracks. A harbor formed, by huge concrete rip rap precast concrete structures, is seen with a road upon it and a protected harbor with boats in it. Men work with shovels to ensure smooth movement of coal being discharged from an ore carrier. A large bulldozer drives out of a factory and is parked alongside a long line of them. Views of ships being built in the port of Genoa. Two new ships under construction anchored with huge mounds of ore piled up behind them. Workmen assembling large storage bins. Large buildings under construction surrounded by scaffolding. Views of new modern looking apartment houses (Palazzine) and commercial structures. Roma Termini train station (Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, 00185 Rome, RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. A Tabaccheria and Cartoleria shop signs behind an Il Paese newsstand. Man buys newspaper from newsstand. Man reads Italian newspaper. Italian politicians addressing huge crowds in front of the Duomo Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in Milan. Italian men browsing books inside a bookshop. Italian books for sale. A man smiles with painting behind him. A man smokes cigarette on top of a roof. Poster advertising a new Italian movie called (in English) The Way of Hope (Il Camino della Speranza). Actress Elena Varzi, who stars in the film, is seen talking with two men on steps beside a building. She chases some pigeons from the steps with annoyance. Views of movie making in Italy. A director on a film set adjusts the hat on an actor who is wearing a historic military uniform. Famous Italian movie director Vittorio De Sica looks at a strip of film. A movie called "Anna," is advertised on the side of a panel truck. Traffic of trucks, cars, motor scooters, bicycles and trams, cross a bridge.
View from a wooden fishing boat with a mast (but not showing any sail) on a river in Russia. Camera focuses on a power driven tugboat pulling a barge at speed, in the middle of the river. The tugboat emits black smoke from its single funnel. It is a sidewheeler with a structure covering the upper part of the wheel. It also has several living quarter structures on its deck. It uses a long line to pull the barge, which contains several crewmen and is loaded with a mix of cargo. Momentary glimpse of men building a railroad bridge extended out over the water. A large building with a tall chimney and what appears to be a light house tower. Russian soldiers on a military railroad train.
"Clouds Hill" cottage of T.E.Lawrence, in Moreton, Dorset, England. The cottage surrounded by mature shrubs and trees. An arbor on one side. Pat Knowles, Lawrence's friend and neighbour in long-sleeved sweater stands by the door of a brick building, visibly upset. These shots were taken just after Lawrence's death.
Slate reads: "Russian troops turning the Turkish flank," in World War 1. They are seen massed on a snowy plain in the Caucasus. Then, led by mounted officers, they march along a muddy path in the snow. Next they are seen moving in a very long single file column, through snow covered landscape. Large numbers of Turkish prisoners of war move past the camera in a town and march along a snowy path. Occasional armed Russian soldiers are seen by the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a sledge. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in bullock carts and sleds drawn by cattle. They employ Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold. They move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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