U.S. Navy PT Boat Base 21 at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War 2. Crew members sleeping in bunks aboard a Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. A watch comes in and wakes them up. The sailors get up. The watch offers cigarettes to the sailors. He lights up the cigarette for them. A cook prepares breakfast and crew members eat around a table. An officer comes in and calls the crew. The sailors get up and leave the room.
New model jet fighters and bomber aircraft parade at the British Air Show in Farnborough, England. Advance jet bombers and jet fighters take off and display their tactics during the air show. People board a Bristol Type 167 Brabazon large airplane to see it. A English Electric Canberra jet bomber aircraft flying low over the airfield. New Hawker Hurricane Jet is shown flying low. It claims unofficial speed mark. Spectators watch anxiously the take off, landing and aerial display by the planes. Britain's new four engine jet bomber, the Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant takes off as the spectators watch.
A long distance walk by the League of Nations from London to Brighton in England. Participants walk down a street as they set off from London for a long distance walk to Brighton. Men walk past the street cars. T.W. Green wins the walk by setting a new record. He covers 51 miles in 8 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Green being surrounded by people as they greet him on his victory.
A new British tank in England. The Conquerer tank is displayed. People near the displayed tank. The tank is driven down a road.
Women, of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service, work maintaining aircraft during World War II. A woman performs maintenance on nose section of an airplane engine. One woman explains aspects of an engine to several others. A woman climbs into cockpit of an autogyro, while another pulls propeller through several times. A third woman lies on ground under aircraft performing maintenance inside an open panel. New women volunteers are lined up in formation on concrete apron in front of hangar, while supervisor speaks to them.
A film titled 'Marshall Plan at Work' shows London street scenes and panorama of English country side in Great Britain. The London Bridge. A guard on a horse back on duty. Two men talk. Traffic on the streets. Home of the Washington Family. A gravestone of William Penn. A farmer drives a tractor on a farm. Night scenes of London and signs in Trafalgar Square. Neon lights at night in Picadilly area of London. Scenes from 11 years earlier with burning building during the Battle of Britain Blitz by Nazi Germany in World War II. Workers construct houses. Men building new homes and apartment buildings.
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