Inspection of a British aircraft plant in Britain during World War II. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and two parliament members enter an aircraft plant. They inspect a British aircraft factory. An unidentified aircraft being assembled in the background. Factory workers at work in the plant. Queen Elizabeth looks at a partly assembled British Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber. The King and the Queen and the parliament members walk in front of the aircraft being assembled. Civilians and factory workers in the background.
Eight months old Prince Charles poses for a portrait in England. Then Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, push a pram. Their eight month old son Prince Charles in a pram. The British Princess gives a toy to Charles. He plays with the toy. Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, picks up his son from the pram. He sits on a mat holding Charles. The Princess stands in the background. Charles playing with toys. The Princess, Phillip and their son. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles together. Charles plays with a string of pearls around his mother's neck.
Sports day in Prince Charles's school, the Hill House school (17 Hans Pl, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 0EP, United Kingdom) in West London. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess Anne arrive in school to meet Prince Charles’ classmates. Prince Charles performs gymnastics. The Queen and Prince Philip seated in chairs watch his performance. Prince Charles also participates in a relay race. Other students watch and cheer for Prince Charles.
Scenes of German aerial blitzkrieg attacks in United Kingdom during World War 2. The battle of Britain begins on August 8, 1940: British ships underway at sea. German warplanes in flight. The German aircraft drop bombs on British shipping. Ships explode. Explosions and smoke rise. Anti aircraft guns are fired at German planes. German plane is shot down. Houses and buildings burn and dock yards in flame after German blitz begins in earnest on September 7, 1940. Scenes of devastation in London in the months September through November of 1940 as German day and night blitz raids continues. Ruins and damaged buildings, cathedrals, and homes. British school children are evacuated in buses to outlying areas and other countries. British boys and girls are seen waving goodbye, loading into buses, and the children are then seen in transit out of the city for their safety. Blitzkrieg bombing damage scenes in England are shown. Firemen douse fire with water hoses. View of fires in London from Luftwaffe Blitz. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects the ruined city and talks with workers and firemen. Views of London residents, smiling and cheering with spirit of triumph over evil during World War II.
Wounded British soldiers being unloaded from ships in the United Kingdom early during World War 2. Wounded soldier being loaded onto a passenger train at a train station platform. Winston Churchill with Prime Minister Chamberlain leave Westminster Abbey. Crowd of citizens awaits out front and and the Queen Mother with King George VI leave Westminster Abbey. British men disassembling iron fences in a British park and piling them up, presumably to be melted down and transformed into armament for the war effort. People working in factories in England during World War II. Artillery barrels or ship guns being manufactured . Newly completed rilfes lined up in a factory. War production workers in an ammunition factory producing bullets and more arms and weapons for British war effort. New British soldier recruits at a training camp begin training for military servcie. British men and a woman seen receiving rifle training in prone position, practicing how to fire rifles at targets. A man hits a golf ball aloft and then he and others standing nearby quickly grab rifles and attempt to fire at the ball, as practice training for firing at German paratroopers in the sky in the event of invasion.
Period dramatization: RAF Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie' flies back to the United Kingdom after successfully bombing its target in Germany during World War 2. View of bomber gunner through canopy while firing. German anti-aircraft artillery firing at night. Inside Vickers Wellington bomber as it is hit. Crew member falling to floor of aircraft. Bomber pilot in cockpit struggling to fly while radioing, "OK chaps, don't worry, everything's alright...anybody hurt?" Bomber pilot changing positions with copilot during flight. A RAF officer exits radio room at RAF Mildenhall and submits a message to fellow officer. RAF officers consult a map at RAF Mildenhall. Bomber commander tends to a radioman’s injured leg onboard while in flight. Bomber propeller spinning at night as pilot is in cockpit. View of Vickers Wellington oil gauge. Copilot notes to commander that "oil pressure is dropping." Vickers Wellington bomber begins descent. RAF officer smoking a pipe at RAF Mildenhall while observing a map. RAF officer radios, saying “control calling, how is the weather please?” View of PA speaker at control headquarters with voice heard over radio saying, "visibility is down to 500 yards." RAF officer, smoking a pipe, says “Hmm I was afraid of that."
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