U.S. soldiers of 4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, Company A in Torquay, England shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers walk away from tent camp after they receive supplies. Stacks of rations and life preservers in front of tent. Soldiers being issued life belts, paper bags, and insecticide powder. Soldier inflates and tries on life belt.
U.S. soldiers of 4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, Company A in Torquay, England shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers sort life belts at a tent camp. A soldier holds life belts. Soldiers load life belts on a carriage.
U.S. troop transport underway in English Channel shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers board troop transport in English Channel by climbing landing nets.
U.S. troop transport underway in English Channel shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. flag flies from a ship. Gun positions on transport. Life preserver on ship. K rations are transferred on transport by cargo nets where they are stacked by U.S. sailors. U.S. soldier on deck of transport reads from a book.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland and denounces the Locarno Pact in 1936. The signing of the Locarno Treaties in London, England in 1925. Officials arrive at the building where the Locarno Treaties are to be signed. Chancellor Hans Luther of Germany affixes his signature to the Locarno Treaty assuring peace to all the principal countries of Europe. At the head of the table in the center are Stanley Baldwin and Sir Austin Chamberlain, leaders of the British Delegation. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles on 7th March 1936 by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. German troops march over the Hohenzollern bridge in Cologne, Germany. The troops march along a road. Cologne Cathedral in the background. A German crowd cheers as the troops parade. Swastika banners hang from buildings. German troops parading in Dusseldorf. The troops on horseback and horse-carriages pass along narrow streets of Dusseldorf. Parading troops are cheered by a crowd in Frankfurt am Main. German troops parade in front of a building during a wreath laying ceremony followed by Chancellor Hitler and other Nazi officials. Newspaper headlines about Hitler denouncing the Locarno Pact. A government minister with press. French Prime Minister Albert Sarraut at a microphone reassures the security of France. Belgium soldiers march along a street.
British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.
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