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Portrays life in heavily bombed Malta during World War II.
Bombing in Malta during World War 2. Black clouds over the area. Scenes of bombardments on the city, in Malta. Military vans on the roads of the city. Scene of devastated buildings of museum, church and hospital. Nuns help people. A busy street in Malta. Scene of a windmill. A soldier near a big pig. Citizens are fed at a community center. Vegetables in baskets. A man notes down on a pad.
Malta during World War II
Film begins showing young school children on Malta, walking, through streets littered with rubble, on their way to an outdoor school during World War 2. . Several scenes of the children at school. They line up outside a building and then proceed to their outdoor classrooms, all of which have desks for them. Several scenes focusing on the children in various outdoor settings. British sailors move a torpedo on a transporter to arm a British Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bomber. They roll the torpedo underneath the aircraft to fasten it in place. Naval aviators discuss the mission. A swordfish plane starts its engine. Sailors move munitions from storage in medieval moats, through walled passage ways to arm the aircraft. They load a torpedo onto a Bristol Beaufort twin engine torpedo bomber. The Beaufort bomber starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It is followed by two Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft. Malta defenders with anti-aircraft guns in positions under camouflage netting. One with binoculars scans the sky for enemy aircraft. He speaks into a radio. Air raid alarms sound, and civilians run to shelters, as the military mans anti-aircraft guns. Fighter pilots run to their aircraft. A Fairy Firefly fighter plane is seen readied and waiting for a pilot. Closeup of pilot climbing into cockpit. Anti-aircraft gun crew mans its gun. Farm workers pause and look skyward. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Axis aircraft downed by anti-aircraft fire, crashes in explosion. Guns fire at a German Heinkel 111 bombers. Bombs exploding on the ground. Civilians seen in a bomb shelter. Numerous bombs striking all across a city. People emerging from their shelters after the raids. Newspaper front page shows George VI and notes that he has awarded Malta the George Cross. Boys running to distribute the papers. A florist shop owner places flowers on display outside his shop.
Allied Officers and political leaders arriving for the Malta Conference, (code word: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket)
Allied Officials arrive for the Malta Conference (Code Word: Argonaut, Phase I Cricket)during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 of Air Transport Command arrives at Luqa Airfield, Malta. It taxis to the Allied Air Terminal where Major General John E. Hull deplanes and is greeted on the tarmac. After exchanging greetings with those meeting him, he is taken away in a staff car. Another arrival is Lieutenant General Holland Smith, USMC. who is also greeted and departs in a staff car. Ambassador Averell Harriman and another diplomat arrive, on yet, another airplane, and are duly greeted at the Allied Air Terminal on Luqa airport, Malta
Exteriors of Montgomery House which is the venue of the Malta Conference in Malta during world War II.
A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Exteriors of the venue of the Malta Conference. A car pulls up outside the building. A sign on the building reads 'Montgomery House'.
British and American Joint Chiefs of staff at the Malta Conference in Malta during World War II.
A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Combined Chiefs of Staff seated around a conference table during the Malta Conference. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Brigadier General A.S. MacFarland, U.S. Army Major General Lawrence Kuter, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, U.S. Major General John E. Hull, U.S. Brigadier General Loutzenheiser, U.S. Lieutenat General Walter B. Smith, U.S. Major General Harold R. Bull, British Commander Richard Colleridge, British Major General Robert Laycock, British Field Marshal Wilson, British Air Marshal Sir Charles F. Portal, British Field Marshal Alan Brooke and Fleet Admiral A.B. Cunningham present. British Admiral James Somerville, British General Hastings Ismay, Captain Graves, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral McCormick and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles Cooke also present.
Allied officers arrive in Malta for WW II Malta Conference (Code Word: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket).
Allied leaders and officers arrive for the Malta Conference (Code word: Argonaut , Phase I, Cricket) during World War 2. American Admirals King and Leahy arrive and are greeted by other officers and Ambassador Averell Harriman, at the Allied Air Terminal, Luqa, Malta. British Field Marshal Allan Brooke gets off the aircraft and is greeted by officers. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall arrives and shakes hands with Averell Harriman. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden being greeted on his arrival.
