Allied soldiers board a British transport ship at Dundee in Scotland during World War I. Troops wave before departing. The ship departs. British flag flutters at the bow of the ship. View of a dock area.
Fire at a Whiskey warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland. A warehouse filled with 28 million dollars worth of scotch whiskey burns and explodes. Flames rise from the warehouse. Water being sprayed on fire by fire fighters during Cheapside Street whisky bond warehouse fire. Firemen stand on roof. They spray water from fire hoses on the blaze. Flames soar as whisky alcohol ignites. More than 19 fire fighters die and 40 more are injured fighting the fire.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit a boy’s camp in Balmoral, Scotland. King George VI of United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, together with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, arrive in the Abergeldie Castle camp (Ballater AB35 5SY, UK). The king is seen wearing a kilt. King George VI plays games with working class and public-school British boys in camp. King George VI throws darts at a target board. Boys taking photos. The king examines a motion picture movie camera and operates the movie camera. Boys sitting on ground. The king, the queen, the princesses, and others seated in chairs during a photo session. They all move their hands in unison gestures as part of a game.
British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill together with Mrs. (Clementine) Churchill, Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's assistant, and British Chief of Staff, Sir John Dill, stand in a shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. The company of a British ship raise their hats in collective cheers to the Prime Minister and his party. Titan Crane at Clydebank visible in background when men lower their hats. Prime Minister Churchill descends gangplank to dock and greets shipyard workers, who cheer him. Harry Hopkins comes down the gangplank, and is seen with Sir John Dill and Mrs Churchill, who waves at the crew of the ship, just visited. Winston Churchill walks along dock, followed by Harry Hopkins and Mrs. Churchill. Wind is blowing so Hopkins holds on to his hat. The Churchills climb ladder to board a ship under construction, with shipyard workers gathered above, around the ladder. Churchills, followed by Harry Hopkins, cross a walkway in the shipyard. Local personnel, gather in a closed yard, each wearing a helmet and carrying gas masks and protective gear. The Churchills and Harry Hopkins walk through the ranks of police and helmeted workers and converse with some.
Douglas Haig Chancellor of the University of St Andrews and Rudyard Kipling at the University of St Andrews in Edinburgh, Scotland. Douglas Haig sits with officials. He enters with other delegates. He reviews students in parade. Students around Joseph Rudyard Kipling appointed as Rector of the university and Premier Baldwin.
John Cobb enters the cockpit of the Crusader, his jet propelled boat, in attempt to beat world speed boat record mark, at Loch Ness Scotland. The Crusader boat seen traveling on Loch Ness at high speed. The boat disintegrates in the waters of Loch Ness and John Cobb dies.
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