Efforts for additional cultivation of food crops in London, England during World War II. Richmond Park being plowed up to grow potatoes during an effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. Group of children examining a tractor on a field. Farmer starts the tractor and the children run along beside as the tractor plows a field. Other civilians walking on the field and two dogs playing. View of tractor approaching low camera position and stopping just before the camera. View of new furrows plowed in land as seen from camera looking backward on moving tractor. The farm being plowed by the tractor at night. London suburb dwellers on their new garden allotments for production of their own vegetables. Families and children help planting gardens. (Similar to "Victory Garden" program in the United States.) The sites are in Brockwell, Dulwich, and Battersea Parks in the southeast suburbs of London.
A British politician, likely Lord Horatio Kitchener (British Secretary of State for War), passionately addresses the crowd in a recruitment rally in London during World War 1. A sign behind the man says " London Rec... Recruits Wanted...". A "Lord Kitchener Wants You" recruitment image. Men climb up on stage. Men move in line to report for mobilization. A man raises his book upon reporting for enlistment. Officials read papers. Military official takes a book away from the man's hand. Young men receive their uniforms after enlistment. Four divisions of enlisted soldiers are mobilized to the front in Europe. Soldiers embark on a ship sailing to the front. A ship full of soldiers leave the United Kingdom for Europe to fight.
Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider taking off from British base RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire, England during World War II. Many Allied aircraft are parked in the airfield in the background. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft tows a WACO glider on airfield. A soldier sits on the grass and watch the C-47 tow the glider. A group of aircraft in formation. A United States Army glider gliding over the airfield.
Allied invasion task force loading tanks, vehicles, troops and equipment on ships,at British ports, in readiness for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in World war 2. Armored vehicle seen loaded onto USS Boone County (LST-389) at Falmouth in Cornwell, England on June 2, 1944, as troops load various ships. Troops near anchored craft USS LCI(L)-84 and another vessel (possibly marked 48 or 49). Tanks, bulldozers, and heavy equipement being loaded. View of Landing Ship Tank LST-621 and then LST-317 being loaded. DUKW vehicles in queue to load. A U.S. Army soldier is hoisted aboard a British Royal Navy ship in a special harness. British sailors around him and another U.S. Army soldier on the deck. Invasion troops from England and the United States spending their waiting time aboard ships. Three seen playing musical instruments: Accordion, guitar, and violin. Several play cards. Two practice gymnastics. Some prepare weapons and ammunition (view of LST-506 or LCI-506 in background). Navy sailors and U.S. Army troops huddled together in tight groups as they are briefed by their respective officers regarding the invasion mission.
A man with a pair of binoculars observes something in background while on board a United States ship in Portland Head, England. A half track vehicle being loaded on a landing barge. Soldiers and sailors on deck of a landing barge. Three American soldiers clean weapons aboard a landing craft at the pier. Truck is raised to the deck by elevator. M4 High speed tractor with soldiers atop pulls a 90mm Anti-aircraft gun on the dock and boards the landing ship, tank. Sailors and others are seen seated at the bow of the vessel.
Joseph P Kennedy officiates during an exhibition of articles made by disabled World War veterans at Imperial Institute in South Kensington, England. The United States ambassador to the Court of Saint James opens veteran exhibit. Various hand made articles displayed by the disabled war veterans.
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