A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The crew members of a B-47 Stratojet stand in the shade of the fuselage of the plane. An airfield hangar building and a control tower in the background. Men wear Turkish type hats. Three men climb inside the plane. The ground crew chief replaces a ladder inside the plane and closes the hatch.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. A B-47 Stratojet takes off. Smoke trails come out of the plane. Trees in the background.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. A ground crewman removes a wheel chock from the front of the landing gear. A B-47 Stratojet takes off. Trees and mountains in the immediate background. The B-47 Stratojet taxis down in front of three stationary B-47 Stratojets. The B-47 Stratojet is poised at the end of the runway for the take off. A sign on a hut type building reads '305th Bomb Wing Headquarters'. It is attached to a telephone line pole. A sergeant enters a quonset hut type building after puttting a sign on a wall.
Two British seamen recount their D-Day Normandy invasion rescue to a Women's Army Corps (WAC) Captain in Plymouth, England in World War II. Seaman on the left tells how after a British carrier hit a mine and the American soldiers had to swim to the shore. Seaman on the right tells that the carrier, on which he was there, was hit at the beach broadside and the men had to swim through rough seas. Most of the men were picked up by a United States landing ship and returned to England.
From a 1975 production on European immigration to America, with a mix of modern interviews, historical footage circa 1905-1910, and historic still images of immigrants. Elderly immigrant to the United States recalls his experiences. Picture of men with shaved heads having arrived at Ellis Island processing facilities after being sprayed and shaved for decontamination measures. European immigrants aboard ships. Band play music at port as immigrants embark on boats and ships. Animated map connects Hull and Liverpool. Vintage footage of old steam Passenger train as it runs on route from Baltic regions to Liverpool, England carrying European immigrants bound for America. View of Liverpool harbor and port areas. Ships at port in Liverpool. Passengers at railway station. Old man shares his memories of watching immigrants pass through Liverpool. People on horse-drawn carriages in Liverpool streets bound for Lime Street Station. One covered carriage with sign on side "London Northwestern Railway Collecting Van For Fast Train Traffic" passes by on Lime Street with St George's Hall in background. Another more simple carriage has a sign "Lucania" on it. Immigrants in Liverpool aboard ocean liners at dock, including the RMS Lucania (which clarifies this footage as before 1909). Passenger Ocean liner underway in heavy seas. View from ship with waves crashing over bow during heavy seas. Old woman shares her experience aboard the ship then, commenting on problems of seasickness among the immigrant passengers in the forward steerage compartments.
United States Ambassador to Great Britain Charles Dawes visits Old Home Town of his Ancestors. He is given a great welcome by City Fathers in Sudbury in England. Mayor Fitzgerald declares General Dawes a Freeman of Sudbury at the Town Hall.
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