German warplanes attack and bomb British ships in the English Channel. White Cliffs of Dover visible in background. British fighter planes engage Germans. View of a British Spitfire airplane in flight. Gun camera view from British fighter plane destroying a German bomber in the air. Views of the Houses of Parliament (London SW1A 0AA, UK) in London. British sailors fire pom pom anti-aircraft guns from aboard ship. Fire storms in London from the German bombing. Destroyed buildings, wrecked equipment, and rubble. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit the bombed areas. Prime Minister Winston Churchill also visits areas of bombing destruction. Londoners go about their affairs and work to clean up after the bombing. (World War II period).
Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight. Close side view of pilot in cockpit of a B-17. He wears ear phones and an oxygen mask. B-17 aircraft fly in formation. Cameraman shoots through a side window. An aerial view of the B-17 base in England. (World War 2 period.)
Footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". A high altitude view of an area in England near the B-17 base. A view of the B-17 base from a B-17 in flight. Final approach and view through front of plane as it is about to land on runway.
World War 2 invasion of Normandy, France. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marshal Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill, meeting at Tehran, Iran, in December 1943. U.S. Generals George Marshall and Hap Arnold, at conference table. Closeup of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Map showing defense areas of the German 7th, 15th and 19th Armies in Europe. Map showing ports at Brest, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, and Calais. Cherbourg is highlighted. U.S. Army trucks, tanks, and artillery, stockpiled in England. Railroad train carrying M3 Stuart tanks. U.S soldiers leaving troop ships and marching to their camps in Britain. Allied troops practicing amphibious assaults on Southern coast of England. Formation of B-26 bombers. View from Allied aircraft flying low over German-occupied area. B-17 aircraft dropping bombs over Germany. Bombs away view seen as bombs drop toward enemy targets. German fighter planes attacking B-17 bombers beginning in February 1944. Gunner in turret of B-17 firing at them. Dogfight views with German fighter aircraft. A B-17 exploding in the air. German fighter downed by B-17 gunner. Gun camera footage of German Bf 109 attacked from rear by gunfire. Just as it is hit it releases its drop tank. American soldiers in trucks, DUKWs, M4 tanks, and M8 armored Cars. Troops receive gas masks, waist life belts, field rations, and French money. May 30, 1944, American soldiers board tanks, trucks and other vehicles bound for embarkation points in England. Seen are Stuart M3 light tanks, jeeps, and M7 Priest tanks. M7 tanks are seen, equipped with intake and exhaust ducts. (At TC:11:39, U.S. M7 Priest tanks, equipped for deep wading, are seen passing the base of the Jubilee clock on the beachfront at Weymouth, on their way toward Castle Town in Portland for embarkation.) Transport ships are loaded at the embarkation ports. Trucks being backed onto LCT-453. U.S. Army infantry marching and boarding transport ships. Troops marching into LST 376 at Plymouth, England. Higgins Boats, from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) bringing troops to board her. Troops on deck of Attack transport, USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers shooting craps on a troop ship deck. Coastguardsmen playing with a puppy dog. Gun crews on U.S. Navy warship being briefed. Soldiers field-strip and check their weapons.
First over the water test flight of a flying saucer shaped hovercraft in England. It is designed to fly on compressed air. The craft floats over the land surface. People watch and look through binoculars. The craft floats over the water in a sea. A ship in the background.
Helen Wills Moody wins the Women's Tennis Wimbledon Championship in England. Spectators watch the Wimbledon match. Players at a court. Moody and her fellow players pose. Moody poses while returning back to the U.S.
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