British aviation developments after World War II. A twin-jet English Electric Canberra takes off from Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire, England. The English Electric Canberra A.1 prototype (VN799) in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype (VX165) flies over the airfield. Crowds of British civilian men and women watch the first Canberra B.2 prototype in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype performs maneuvers.
A photographer takes pictures of Dr. Sandcha Stepanow, a Russian-born lawyer and leader of the 600 displaced Kalmyks in Ingolstadt Displaced Persons Camp, West Germany after World War II. Dr. Stepanow meets with journalists in the camp. A Kalmyk family inside their flat in the refugee camp. A woman uses a sewing machine. The man plays with a young toddler. A woman tries on a new dress as a dressmaker adjusts the dress sleeves. An elderly Kalmyk man holds an infant playing with keys. An artist draws a charcoal illustration of an elderly man in traditional Kalmyk attire. A Kalmyk woman applies shaving cream on a man’s face at a barber shop inside the Ingolstadt Displaced Persons Camp. A Kalmyk man walks through The Kreuztor gate in Ingolstadt on his way to work. A German man greets the Kalmyk man. Displaced refugees, including a young woman, study at vocational training school in Ingolstadt. Kalmyk professor teaches in class. The Kalmyk instructor assists a man during a lesson.
Kalmyk youth activities in Ingolstadt Displaced Persons Camp, West Germany after World War II. A Kalmyk couple dancing at a bar in the Ingolstadt, Germany Displaced Persons Camp. A group of Kalmyk men play billiards in the background. A young Kalmyk girl plays a musical instrument. Kalmyks watch dancers perform traditional dances. The man dancing wears a chokha, also known as a cherkeska. Faces of happy Kalmyk elders. A smiling Kalmyk girl. A man climbs up stairs and walks in an empty corridor.
SovietRussian soldiers are honored before leaving Korea. Russian troops march through streets of Pyongyang as they withdraw from the country. People standing on roadside cheer. People throw ticker tapes. Soldiers are presented with flowers and tokens of esteem. They are pelted with confetti. Teh soldiers look at pictures of women. A girl dances and soldiers look at her. A soldier stands with a child. Women and men dance. A soldier raises a child. People cheer and rush to shake hands with the departing troops. A train pulls out of a station.
Opening scene shows German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel gesturing as he hosts members of a Japanese military mission and a Turkish military delegation (headed by Colonel General Cemil Cahit Toydemir). At Adolf Hitler's invitation, they are on a tour of the Eastern front and English channel coasts between June 25th and July 7th, 1943, during World War 2. Here, they are seen inspecting German positions and witnessing firepower demonstration on the Russian Front near Kharkov (also Kharkiv) just south of Kursk. They observe a German artillery gun crew as they demonstrate rapid firing of their field piece. Shells explode raising black smoke. Closeup of a senior Japanese military official. Turkish and Japanese visiters board two small open train cars driven by German soldiers on motorcycles adapted for the purpose. Following a pause, the scene shifts to the visiting officers inspecting German armor, including a small armored personnel carrier; a Tiger Tank of Pz.Abt.503; and other armored vehicles. They watch a Tiger tank moving along a muddy berm rotating its turret and 88mm gun as it moves. Another tank races past the camera at high speed, raising clouds of dust. A German gun crew, in a trench, fires an MG 42 heavy machine gun. They look up and camera focuses on formations of German JU 87 Stuka dive bombers flying overhead. Visiting officer peers through a periscopic viewing device, as Large explosion occurs in the field. German, Japanese, and Turkish officers converse as a huge plume of smoke rises in the background, capturing their attention.
Refugees in railroad cars guarded by White Russian soldiers during Russian Civil War. An American soldier takes a loaf of bread from vendor and gives it to refugees. He gives cigarettes and other things to refugees in railroad car. Russian family with possessions. Women and children seen in railroad car. White Russian troops march and inspect folded tents on carts beside railroad car. View from inside moving railroad car. Siberian snow and smoke from locomotive seen from car. View of long train from rear, as it goes around curve. (Timeframe is both Russian Civil War and World War I)
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