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Sketches of victory of American and French forces over British and surrender of Cornwallis
Struggle for border between Canada and United States. Sketch of battle at Halifax, Nova Scotia where British strength was high. Sketches of the harbor at Halifax with British ships. Assault of British ships on American towns. French blocking the British exit from the Chesapeake Bay. Sketches of the British and French fleets battling. Surrender of Cornwallis. George Washington with victorious troops. Various cartoons of the day depicting American colonists resisting British rule. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Britain prepares for World War II
Film opens with a glimpse of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a forum. Next, Big Ben and the British Parliament building are seen in the background as soldiers (and some civlilans) gather around a British 3-inch antiaircraft gun. British civliians assembling sections of a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal. View of a crowded railroad platform where hundreds of British children board a train to evacuate them from London to safety in the countryside, as part of Operation Piper. Parents and loved ones stand back on the platform to see them off. Closeup of children, each tagged with their personal information, climbing aboard the train. Next, after they have boarded the train, parents and others move close to the train windows to wave goodbye to the children. Parents, at a different railroad station, waving goodbye to children on a train carrying them to safety. complete change of scene shows the U.S. freighter ship, SS City of Flint, with hundreds of passengers onboard, who were rescued from the liner SS Athenia, sunk in the first hours of World War II, by the German submarine, U-30, on September 3, 1940. (The City of Flint landed its passengers in Halifax, Nova scotia, and New York City.) A formation of British soldiers is seen marching through a village in the United Kingdom. Glimpse of an underground control room of a German Fort in the Siegfried line. German troops entering the fort, Werkgruppe Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238, to take up defensive positions there. Heavy guns firing from underground.
Germans take American and Canadian soldiers as prisoners in Normandy, France during World War 2
German soldiers inspect demolished landing craft at a beach in Normandy, France during World War 2 following D-Day operations. Camouflaged German tanks move through a field firing their guns. British prisoners being marched to the rear. Bullet ridden and wrecked Allied aircrafts and invasion gliders are seen. A jeep is removed from a glider and driven away by Germans. Canadian (some from Nova Scotia) and American soldiers taken as POWs by Germans.
Beryl Markham flies across the Atlantic and reaches New York, United States.
A Trans Atlantic flight from England to United States. An aircraft piloted by Beryl Markham in flight crashes while landing in Baleine Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tilted aircraft with its nose stuck up in the earth. People turn the plane on its wheels and rotate the propellers. A large number of people gather at the Floyd Bennett field in New York to welcome Beryl Markham after her Trans Atlantic flight. Plane lands at the field and people greet the pilot. Cameramen record the arrival and the warm reception of Markham. Mrs Markham during an interview talks about her future plans.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight path from New York to Paris.
Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic route from New York to Paris, France. An animated map depicts the flight path and distance. Lindbergh’s path begins from New York, via Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, across the Atlantic, Ireland, England and then Paris.
Allied attack and German defensive actions during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
German newsreel about the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. English narration overlaid by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. German people read bulletin boards and newspapers describing the invasion. A map shows location of England and Germany. Information of assault broadcast in Germany by German radio stations. Announcers shown relaying information at switchboards. Alarm bells ring and German troops in bunkers grab rifles and stand ready to proceed. German antiaircraft guns and artillery fired at incoming Allied aircraft and and explosions seen at night. Allied Airborne troops incoming, according to narration, as nighttime artillery barrage continues. Naval units near mined waters. Germans in fortifications fire artillery and machine guns. Closeup views of German soldier faces, looking determined. Heavy artillery are fired at Allied troop units. Allied naval ships as seen from German perspective on shore in early morning light on D-Day. Shells are loaded into artillery and railroad guns and fired on the Allied warships from German gun emplacements and fortifications on the coast of France. British troops land on shore near the River Orne at the Normandy village of Ouistreham. Heavy bombardment from both sides. Germans examine Allied Landing Craft on the beach. Commentator says the British troops in them were annihilated or taken prisoner. Camouflaged German tanks move into position and fire on invading Allied ground troops. German forces pass wrecked gliders and an Allied parachute hung up in a tree. Allied Airborne troops are shown taken as prisoners by German forces and marched. Pan view of many Allied gliders, some crashed in a large field. British gliders seen. Close views of crashed gliders. German forces roll an intact Allied jeep out of a crashed glider and drive it away. Captured prisoner Canadian troops seen. Shoulder patch of one reads "North Nova Scotia Highlanders", and on another reads "1 Canadian Parachute Battalion Airborne". Interrogation of captured Canadian troops is seen. German holds a prisoner's "Soldier's Pay book". (World War II period).
