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United States troops create a Shanty town made of glider crates in the United Kingdom (WW2)
Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.
Planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France (WW2)
View of a port in England, filled with Allied ships and boats to carry war materiel for Allied forces preparing to invade Europe during World War II. A barrage balloon aloft overhead. Yards full of military rolling stock. Scene shifts to wide street view in London including Whitehall Government buildings around the Cenotaph War Memorial (Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET, United Kingdom) in London, England. Inside the British military headquarters the Allied High Command is gathered to plan the invasion of Europe. Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower is pointing at a wall map, as senior Allied commanders, including British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, look on. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in D-Day paint stripes take off from an air base. Officers watch takeoffs from control tower porch. Views from Allied aircraft gun cameras show strafing from low altitudes destroying German ground targets, including railroads and airfields. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight overhead. Lines of communication such as road junctions being destroyed by bombing. Glimpse of copilot at controls in a bomber. Scene shifts to June 6, 1944 and the D-Day Allied invasion fleet underway across the English Channel. Allied warships bombarding the shores of Normandy, France. Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) firing salvos of rockets. Animated map shows the invasion forces striking the defenses of the German Atlantic Wall. View of British and American soldiers wading ashore from landing craft, and some falling to German gunfire at the shoreline beaches of Normandy. View of German defenders firing from inside a German fortifications. German soldiers firing machine guns from protected places overlooking the beaches of Normandy. Trapped American soldiers firing upwards toward the German positions in cliffs overlooking the beach. Later views of Allied troops in combat further inland. Animated map shows area of allied penetration after 19 days of bitter fighting. Allied Armor, trucks, and supplies moving inland from the beachhead. Barrage balloon above the improvised ports. Allied troops heading toward the port of Cherbourg and guns firing in that battle. American M8 Greyhound armored personnel carriers proceeding into the town of Cherbourg, Normandy, France. closeup of American soldiers firing small arms. Soldiers firing a howitzer point blank. The last of the German garrison troops surrender under a flag of truce, on June 27, 1944. Large group of German prisoners of war with hands clasped over their heads, being escorted under Allied guard from Cherbourg. Docks and facilities needing repair to make the port serviceable. U.S. Army engineers welding port facilities. Closeup of a locomotive operated by French railroad men, moving in the restored port.
Health enthusiast Dr. Barbara Moore walks from Scotland to Land's End, Wales in the U.K.
Dr. Barbara Moore walking on road to Land's End in Wales. View of angry seas and a rocky coast. Crowd and children cheering as she walks by. People, cars can be seen following her. View of Dr. Barbara Moore and crowd at 'Lands End to John's o Groats' , the extreme southwestward point of Great Britain, situated in western Cornwall. Road signs seen include a distance marker showing "Redruth 3, Penzance 21" and a sign for Land's End that reads, "Welcome to Land's End. 2 Miles ahead to Sennen Cove's and Golden Sands" Dr. Moore is seen outside the Land's End Hotel with a crowd of supporters.
WWII scenes in Britain and Scotland; countryside, industrial cities, castles, shipyards and a factory making ammunition
World War 2 activities of the British in Great Britain. Industrial areas in Britain with opening shot of steel mill area, heaps of coal, and smoke pollution pouring from industrial stacks. An advertisement shows old country towns in Southern England. Other advertisements show Dunkeld Cathedral and a country vacation in Southern California. The countryside with bucolic fields and pasture scenes in view. Cattle grazing in a field. Exterior wide view of steel mills of Sheffield. A village with a flowing stream. Old castles in England. A shipyard on the River Clyde with ships anchored. Old cathedrals. Industrial cities of Birmingham, Glasgow, and Manchester are shown with aerial and elevated views of industrial stacks and smoke from industry. A train passes by an industrial plan in Leeds. Interior views of a small war materiel munitions factory in which British men work making war ammunition, shells, and ordnance.
German Nazi prisoners of war disembark from bus, eating at mess hall in the United Kingdom during World War II
Arrival of German Nazi prisoners of war in the United Kingdom during World War 2. A bus arrives. A military policeman disembarks. German prisoners of war disembark from the bus one by one under guard. German prisoners of war, including captured German generals, enter the Transient Personnel Entrance of a mess hall. Sign with “Messing Hours” hang on the right side of the building. Nazi prisoners of war eating at a mess hall under guard. A German prisoner of war is seen with his hands clasped. Some prisoners drink from mugs. A man pour coffee for German generals.
German prisoners of war enter bus in the United Kingdom during World War II
German Nazi prisoners of war detained in the United Kingdom during World War 2. Captured German generals exit the Transient Personnel Entrance of a mess hall. They are joined by the Military Police. Military Policeman checks the bus filled with prisoners before the bus’s departure. The bus drives away. More German prisoners of war crowd outside the mess hall. Two British women pose together, flashing the “Victory” hand sign.
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