Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. B-17 aircraft on U.S. Army Air Force airfield in England. Mechanics on top of plane. Colonel Ira C Eaker and General Jacob L Devers inspect the famous Memphis Belle. General Devers addresses the crew of the Memphis Belle and other airmen gathered. A B-17 stationary on the airfield.
Indian flyers, who are members of Civil Disobedience Party, pose in front of british military airplanes, during World War II. Then, suspending their political cause, because of the war, they climb aboard their airplanes and take off, supporting the defense of Great Britain.
British officer speaks with General Charles de Gaulle, while standing in a group of Allied officers and officials, including Winston Churchill, who is smoking a cigar and holding a cane. A light airplane flies overhead, as troops in the field engage in practice maneuvers. Tanks advance in the field and smoke rises from explosions. Churchill poses by a heavy armored vehicle on which his name is painted. He inspects the troops in the field and removes his hat, as the soldiers wave theirs and give three cheers for the Prime Minister. Churchill poses with officers and lights a cigar. (World War II period).
Winston Churchill seeing British troops off to war during a cold rainy day during World War II. Churchill walks with army officials. Troops lined up. Convoy of military vehicles moving along the road as Churchill waves his hat at them. He watches marching infantry depart along the rainy roadway. Mrs. Clementine Churchill is seen briefly on hill with Winston Churchill and military leaders, as they see the troops off to war. View from inside railroad train as it pulls into station where British troops wait to board. Winston Churchill on board a ship, inspects crew as he walks along a covered deck. He stops to converse briefly with one of the sailors. Churchill reviews a line of sailors on shore. He receives a cheer from a number of citizens lining a roadway
British spitfire aircraft on an airfield. Few planes take off. Pilot climbs out of the cockpit of a spitfire. Royal Air Force ground crews work on plane and load belted machine gun ammunition into boxes to be installed on the aircraft. The men pose with belts of ammunition around their necks. Ground crewman loads belt of ammunition into wing of spitfire and completes process by securing the ammunition box, itself, into the wing cavity. He then closes wing hatch and attaches fasteners with screwdriver. (World War II period).
A Royal Air Force base in England during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. Spitfire aircraft parked in background. An antiaircraft gun crew moves into their sandbagged position and maneuvers their gun about.
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