62 Canadian Canadair Sabre Jets arrives at an RAF (Royal Air Force) base in Scotland. Canadair Sabre jets (variant of North American F-86 Sabre jet) are in formation flight Soldiers stand beside jeeps. A Canadian jets lands after completing a jet formation flight across the Atlantic Ocean successfully. A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot is greeted for an impressive achievement. Jets parked in a line after major contribution in NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defense.
Many sightseers stand around the wreckage of a German Heinkel He111H-2 bomber that crash landed in a field. A swastika painted on the tail of the bomber. The damaged cockpit. Several British Royal Air Force fliers examine it. (Note: This is German Heinkel He-111H-2 bomber,coded 1H+JA of Luftwaffe Stabskette/KG26. Known as the 'Humbie Heinkel,' it crash landed, on 28 October, 1939, at Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, after being shot down by No.602 'City of Glasgow' Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, during an armed reconnaissance mission over the Firth of Forth, where Royal Navy warships were harbored, during World War 2.)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill visits a dock in England. A woman officer greets and receives Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine Churchill on the dock.(ancient cannon in background.) the Churchills stand with dock workers in helmets, and look up at something. The Prime Minister Churchill walks along the sidewalks near the docks with group of Officers and Officials.(Roadwork in evidence.) Churchill and his wife Clementine aboard a motor boat. Maritime scenes along the river Thames. Churchill in stern of motor boat with British ensign, bearing Union Jack and what appears to be a lion, fluttering behind him. .Churchill walks on the dock. Officers escort him.
The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) transporting from the United Kingdom to the war front in France during Battle of France of World War II. British troops embark a ship with baggage in hand. Sailors standing along as British troops get onto the ship. A group of soldiers standing on the ship deck.
Opening scene shows the American transport ship, USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) anchored in a bay off Scotland in March, 1944 during World War 2. View from deck of the USS Thomas Jefferson, as some of her Higgins boats return from maneuvers to bring soldiers back on board. The troops climb up landing nets at the side of the ship, with help from U.S. Coastguard crewmen. View from directly overhead shows the landing net clearly. Various views of the Coastguard crewmen helping the soldiers. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Officials and visitors seen in audience, during meeting of United Nations Security Council, at Lake Success, New York (During timeframe that large UN General Assembly had been meeting at Flushing Meadows, New York.) Camera men record event from booth above meeting hall. Close up view of camera man operating motion picture camera in recording booth. Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union sits next to Polish delegate, Ludwik Rajchman. Press photographers take pictures of people in the audience, including two fashionable women in 1940s fashions including fur coats. Joao Carlos Muniz, of Brazil, is seen with bandages on his face. He chats with Australian delegate, Herbert Vere Evatt. USA delegate, Edward Stettinius is seen, next to Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom.
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