Many sightseers stand around the wreckage of a German Heinkel He111H-2 bomber that crash landed in a field. A swastika painted on the tail of the bomber. The damaged cockpit. Several British Royal Air Force fliers examine it. (Note: This is German Heinkel He-111H-2 bomber,coded 1H+JA of Luftwaffe Stabskette/KG26. Known as the 'Humbie Heinkel,' it crash landed, on 28 October, 1939, at Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, after being shot down by No.602 'City of Glasgow' Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, during an armed reconnaissance mission over the Firth of Forth, where Royal Navy warships were harbored, during World War 2.)
Aerial formation of B-17s over English countryside. Formation of B-17s at relatively low altitude. .Views from gunners' positions and from pilot's position in the cockpit of one aircraft.
German narrator describes a map of the plan of an Allied aerial and land operation, pointing at locations in the Netherlands including Nijmegen and Arnhem and Eindhoven. British bomber aircraft parked on a British airfield. Still images of British gliders on airfield being loaded with equipment including tanks. Still image aerial view of British glider flying, attached to tow rope. A British airfield filled with parked gliders and a British soldier driving a jeep into the belly of a glider transport.
Air raid siren sounding. British citizens take shelter during The Blitz in World War II. A British Home Guard runs to warn people to take shelter. German bombers flying for Blitzkrieg. A child looks up to the sky for German bombers before being snatched by his mother. British soldiers rush to man anti-aircraft artillery. The name "Popeye" painted on artillery. A farmer plowing his field, looking up for bombers. An RAF solider rings a with words written on it, “Don’t come and tell. Ring this like “HELL”!”. RAF pilots rush to their Spitfire fighter planes. Close up of propellers spinning and exhaust smoke as Spitfire planes take off from airfield. A Spitfire fires at a Heinkel He 111 bomber. Heinkel He 111 bomber tailfin explodes from Spitfire strafing. A downed German bomber falls into the English Channel. Wreckage of downed German bombers in England. Palace of Westminster (Westminster, London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) at sunset. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill give alms to a woman, raises his hat. Hands adjusting a slide rule. View of early radar tower.
HMS M1 submarine of Britain performs maneuvers before docking for repairs in Chatham, England. The British Royal Navy M-class submarine sailing. Crewmen standing near gun turret. 13-inch gun turret moving. The M1 submarine submerges. The 13-inch gun of the M1 submarine firing before submerging into the waters. British Navy crew on deck.
Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie, Commander of the British Third Division, inspects landing craft preparations on the Solent strait at Gosport, England. Soldiers, vehicles, and supplies crowd on landing craft deck. A tank parks on landing craft deck. LCTs, destroyers, and other vessels anchored a day before D-Day. Barrage balloons flying above the ships. A crewman signals using flag semaphore above the deck. Camera moves to deck where soldiers are seen resting, playing card games, smoking, sleeping, beside vehicles as they wait for departure. A soldier reads a France guidebook. British soldiers reading books and eating and drinking. Some British troops sleep and chat under trucks.
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