British troops evacuating from Dunkirk and arriving in Dover. British home guard civlians march and train. British troops in defensive positions on the cliffs of Dover. Winston Churchill sitting outdoors with Lord Louis Mountbatten . British civilians preparing air raid shelters. British farmers working their fields in August, 1940. They look up at the sound of approaching German bombers. RAF fighter planes intercept German bombers. One seen crashed on the ground. A fallen German aviator. Views of British countryside. Cemetery with crosses marking graves of downed German airmen. Closeup of graves of fliers, Leutnant R.Zehre and Unteroffizier Scheidt, German Air Force, downed on September 27, 1940. Blossoms on fruit trees. Artillery gun firing. Squad of British soldiers runs for cover as explosions occur around them. German Dornier Do 217 bomber in flames overhead. British paratroopers in training drop. Parachutes open. British soldiers charge out of trench as explosion occurs right in front of them in a live fire exercise. British troops firing automatic weapons from cover in brush. British sailors manning landing craft (invasion barges) carrying troops during beach landing exercises. The troops charge ashore as the boats hit the beach. British Able Seaman Fletcher in a landing craft, says in former raids on enemy territory, he had to put the "pungos"(sp?) (soldiers) ashore in a rowing boat. Navy Lieutenant John Lewis mentions several French coastal locations where the landing craft were used. He speaks of taking soldiers on raids and waiting to take them back home again. More scenes of British troops in live fire exercises.
Civilian alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas, during World War 2, for relocation and internment. Train arrives in Crystal city. Japanese-American and German-American women and children disembark from train at Crystal city facility, to voluntarily join their husbands and fathers who were detained at the facility during World War 2. They board a bus. A bus is driven to the camp facility. Children and women at detention facility of Crystal city. Bags are examines as detainees arrive. They receive food in cafeteria. Views of utility and recreation buildings including housing units, hospitals and maintenance buildings.
World War 2 Project Eagle by the United States Office of Strategic Services. A Secret School to train Polish soldiers, in London, England. An officer points at maps and explains about locations to students during an intelligence gathering class. A student approaches an officer. They detail maps regarding a field problem. A student takes photographs during a training program on clandestine photography. He notes down details. At the photo laboratory students learn to develop the photographs. The school commander appraises the students' work.
Officers training at Fort Belvoir Engineers School in Virginia,United States. View of the Headquarters Engineers School. Officers receive a complete training using steel models. They practice mechanical skills. They learn to operate precession tools,to reproduce maps, to interpret aerial photographs and survey terrains. They learn to operate heavy construction equipment to level hills and build roads. They learn to build and maintain bridge. They learn to handle explosions and demolitions work. They learn to blast heavy fortifications for combat function and front line infantry support. Officers practice amphibious landing
Railroad in the United States. Workers load railroad gondolas. A rail car pushes a locomotive forward. View of railroad yard. Smoke emits from chimneys. Trains move on track. A train backing out of a building.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Still image of snow covered railroad train tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Station at corner of 6th and B streets, cutting across the Mall. Animation shows: a model of Washington DC made by McMillan Commission in the year 1901. Elevated view of the landmark Union Station train station from roughly the 1920s, and view of the Plaza and new city Post Office building. Model shows the location of the station. 1908 Officers Buildings and the building for members of the House of Representatives. The Treasury Department Building for the Bureau of Revenue and building for the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Early view from 1920s of the West Wing of the White House. View of building housing the Corcoran Art Gallery. American National Red Cross building and National Headquarters building for the Daughters of the American Revolution. View of the Pan American Union building. National Academy of Sciences building exterior.
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