English pilot Amy Johnson returns after setting a record time of a two-way flight from London to Cape Town. An aircraft in flight. People on top of a building. Aircraft piloted by Amy Johnson, an ace aviator, lands and taxis along in London Croydon Airport (Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ). People gathered around the plane. Johnson gets off the plane and receives a warm welcome after a two-way flight from London to Cape Town in 4 days and 16 hours. Amy being presented flowers. A man clicks a picture. Amy Johnson waves to the crowd.
Large crowd assembled in Japanese student-organized protest at the British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. They protest against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, following Britain's second test of a Hydrogen Bomb, at Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean. Groups involved include Japanese Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, and the student organization, Sengakuren. Protesters carry signs bearing image of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, and images of Queen Elizabeth. Numerous Japanese police are seen maintaining order. British diplomatic staff are seen at the entrance to the British Embassy.
Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia Theater Louis Mountbatten in India during World War II. Group of officers review formation of Chinese troops. Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Mei-ling talks to Lord Mountbatten. Chiang Kai-shek and Lord Mountbatten look through binoculars. Chinese soldiers stand in formation. Chiang Kai-shek delivers a speech before the microphone. Chinese troops march along field.
As film begins, heavily camouflaged German Panther tanks (Panzerkampfwagen V Panther) are seen moving along a dirt road in Normandy during World War 2. Next, German infantry walk along a road next to forests and behind a Stug IV assault gun. A stone marker on the ground, at rear of a parked Panther tank, points to Beauquay 5 Km and Aunay 7Km. A German soldier lying prone on side of road firing an M42 machine gun. Another soldier lying prone behind him. Parked Stug IV with gun pointed to right. Some infantry gather behind artillery firing from heavily camouflaged positions. An officer with headphones communicates to gun crews. Shells bursting in the distance. A battery of rocket launchers (Nebelwerfers) begins firing. Closeup of soldier activating remote fire control box. White smoke rising in distance. Infantry moving forward toward area of white smoke. German soldiers examine a dead American soldier lying next to a knocked out Sherman tank. Closeup of large shell hole in side of the tank. German infantryman walks past a destroyed U.S. Army tank. A German soldier exploring inside the turret of a half overturned American tank. A formation of German soldiers at a field decoration ceremony. Soldiers receiving the iron cross award. They exchange hand salutes and handshakes afterwards. Next, Oberleutnant Franz Ludwig Chef 2. Batterie / Sturmgeschutz - Abteilung 1346 and Commander Stug III (Sd. Kfz. 1542/1) is seen showing approval of a soldier who mans a Stug III Ausf G, with numerous white rings painted on its gun barrel (indicating victories in combat). (Franz Ludwig is wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded on June 24, 1944 for success against British tanks in combat at the forest of Bovent east of the River Orne, Normandy.) Closeups of Franz Ludwig. View of him briefing several soldiers as they stand in front of barrel-striped StuG III. (Note: Franz Ludwig died in combat on August 14, 1944.)
United States soldiers in a Bavarian town during World War 2. POV driving into village, two unarmed but uniformed German soldiers wave or show hands to greet. Sherman M4 tanks parked, army jeeps move through a road in Bavaria towards Weilheim in Oberbayern. A Sherman M4 tank dozer pushes logs blocking the road.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. A car driving southwards by the park road through St. Vrain Canyon. Snow capped Rocky Mountains in the background. A creek flowing near St. Vrain Canyon. A car drives in between rocky canyon on the way out of the national park.
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