The residents and soldiers of Dover in Kent, England at the time of German bombings during World War II. British airplanes are lined up. An airplane halts as a man signals for parking. The airplanes return after attacking Cologne, Germany. The pilot of an airplane disembarks from the airplane and is asked about German attack. Pilots and other personnel talk while walking.
The residents of Dover in Kent, England at the time of German bombings during World War II. Boston bombers in flight to explode German factories and targets. Bombs are dropped. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Royal Air Force (RAF) airplanes in formation flight. Aerial view of the front line area. A woman of the front line is interviewed about German attacks and she shows no fear of German attacks. A man standing beside her.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England during World War 2. Paratroopers marching on Welford airfield, Berkshire, England, then home of the U.S. 435th Troop Carrier Group. They march past gliders parked with their rear doors open. Tail of a WACO CG-4A Glider is seen with serial number 277396. A band plays. An olive drab staff car arrives on the airfield. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the car. They review 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. Prime Minister Winston Churchill shakes hands with Brigadier General Don Pratt, Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division (who was later killed on D-Day in the Normandy Landings). As the reviewing party proceeds, they pass the guidon of 321st Glider Artillery Headquarters, displaying crossed cannons. Churchill pauses momentarily, as he passes a British paratrooper in formation with the 101st Airborne.
Image of Yuri Andropov, the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. A US Air Force C5-A Galaxy lands in an airbase. Air man signals to the aircraft. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile is unloaded from the C5-A Galaxy’s front. Close up to a soldier’s arm badge, a airborne paratrooper insignia. The BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile slowly drives to a hangar. Colonel John Bacs, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, speaks about the NATO operational capability in Europe of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile on schedule at Royal Air Force Greenham Common. Soldiers working on BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in a hanger. A soldier, wearing glasses, drives a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile to a launch site. Sergeant Ginnie Baird speaks about the mobility of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers set up a pole and net. A net partly covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in the forest as a camouflage. Senior Airman Thomas Snell speaks about the training and exchange of best practices with the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force soldier adjusts a Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) and asks about its range with an African-American Air Force soldier, wearing sunglasses.
During the Cold War, a British Royal Air Force soldier describes a mounted M60 machine gun to a fellow RAF soldier and notes that the M60 machine gun has a range of 3725 meters with a maximum effective range of 1100 meters. A sign says “501st Tactical Missile Wing”. A U.S. Air Force C5-A Galaxy’s front open with BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile inside. The upward hinged door says “Military Airlift Command”. A soldier signals to the truck inside the aircraft. Soldiers working onBGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Soldiers adjust camouflage covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers walk in front of a military vehicle towing a missile.RAF soldiers with an M60 machine gun. Rear view of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile being towed along a dirt road. Close up of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile wheels moving. A soldier, wearing glasses, driving a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile drives through a muddy, flooded road. View of undercarriage of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile as it drives on road.
Allied transport aircraft fly overhead at RAF Newbury in Berkshire, England during World War II. The transport planes release gliders. A Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider bank as it lands on the airfield. Various military planes parked in the background. A formation of transport planes fly overhead. A British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa military transport glider. C-47 Skytrain transport plane tows a glider during takeoff.
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