Royal Air Force aircraft parked in rows on a field in England. King George V and Prince of Wales review the Royal Air Force. An aircraft takes off. A formation of aircraft in flight.
The Wimbledon in England. A duel between American women players Helen Jacobs and Helen Wills Moody. Spectators in the stands watch the duel. The players shake hands after the match.
At film start, a Large transport ship is seen anchored in a bay with hills in the background. The ship is surrounded by several smaller boats and two small ships with two funnels each. Closeups of those small ships next to the large transport. View from above of American soldiers with their steel helmets and military gear, exiting the transport ship by a side door, as their names are checked off a list by another soldier. Next, several of the soldiers are seen standing at the railing of a smaller ship looking over the side. Hills and shore facilities are clearly visible in the near background. View from deck of the transport ship of the open upper deck of one small ship where many American soldiers are seated. View upward from the small ship to the side of the large transport ship. View from among the American troops of the large transport ship, as their smaller ship moves away from it. Two tug boats are next to the transport ship in the background. Closeups of some soldiers on deck of their smaller ship.
Start of film shows American Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members arriving at a pier in England during World War 2. They are in uniform, wear steel helmets, and carry their personal gear, including bedrolls. As a group they walk to a railway station and enter it. View of American soldiers, inside, walking along the station platform, where they line up in formations. Next, several WAAC members are seen boarding a passenger train. Several Army officers stand and converse with a WAAC First officer, wearing captain's bars. She wears a "Hobby" cap with insignia of the Rising Eagle on it. American soldiers are seen next, also boarding the passenger train. A short man pours something from a pitcher, into soldiers' mess cups. A woman fills soldiers' mess cups from a large container. Sunlight shines on two American soldiers standing in the open doorway of the train. Closeup of them. View of virtually empty train platform as the train pulls away from the station.
U.S. troops in England during World War II. Troops remove their combat gear.They stack arms and equipment outside recreation facility operated by NAAFI (Navy,Army,Air Force Institute, a British Government service organization for enlisted military personnel) Combat gear lying on ground. Soldiers being issued personal flotation gear. Soldiers lined up to receive the gear. Supplies being loaded onto a truck. Wooden crates being transferred onto a boat with the help of a wooden plank. The boat flies a pennant with 48 white stars on a solid field. It contains no stripes. Sign on dispensing machine at wharf reads "Nestle's Chocolate." The boat is manned by U.S. Coast Guardsmen. Military jeeps lined up on the wharf. Soldiers around the jeeps. A soldier loaded in a truck being helped by another soldier to strap his gear onto his shoulder.
American troops in England during World War II, near time of preparations for invasion of France. Troops are marshalled on dock. They line up and descend as their names are checked off on a list by soldier with Army Service Forces patch on his arm.Soldiers board boat. Some U.S. Army soldiers seen walking across three small British landing craft, using them as a bridge to outer part of dock. British ships seen across the harbor.
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