Loading of U.S. LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) at Polgwidden (a.k.a. Trebah) Beach, Helford River, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, on 1st June 1944.in World War 2. U.S. LST 27, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy LST 533 are loading vehicles in readiness for the invasion of Normandy. A truck pulls a trailer up the ramp of LST 27. A jeep enters the LST. Some sailors and troops seen on the deck of the LST. A barrage balloon in the sky. U.S.Army vehicles travel through the village of Mawnan Smith on their way to embarkation at Trebah (Polgwidden).
British troops aboard 3 different troopships depart from harbors in England, United Kingdom, early in World War 2. Boats on British river. Workers transfer goods onto a ship with the help of cranes. British soldiers aboard the ship SS Bremen as the ship departs from the harbor. Next view is a low view of bow of SS Europa as it is pulling away from a port with troops on board. Last part of clip shows people at dockyard waving at troops aboard the TSMV Dorsetshire, loaded with British forces (ship also called the HM Troopship Dorsetshire, or the HMT Dorsetshire). The soldiers wave back as the ship pulls away from the docks.
Cattle ranching in Western United States. Man and woman on horseback, overlooking valley where cowboys work a large cattle herd. New England scene in Eastern U.S.A. waterwheel turning by an old mill. Boy lying on his back in wagon pulled by horse. He waves and jumps off as it arrives in village. Boys swimming in river. Neighbors conversing on front porches and sitting in porch swings. Horse drawn wagon moving down village street. High rise buildings and skyscrapers in crowded cities in America.
View of a United States Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 aircraft in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a C-141 inflight. A flight engineer and navigator at their respective stations in the aircraft. C-141 aircraft from the 437th Military Airlift Wing, at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, taxis on the ramp at RAF Station, Mildenhall, England. A C-130 on final approach, passing thatched roof cottage and stone house nearby. A C-141transport aircraft flying low over a highway as it descends to land at the Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany. The C-141 touching down on the runway. View of trams running in the city of Frankfurt. Quick closeup of airport control tower at Torrejon Air Base, near Madrid, Spain and camera pans to a C-130 aircraft parked on the ramp. View from the air of the las ventas bull ring, in Madrid. The Banco Central building as viewed from the Plaza de la Cibeles, in Madrid. A MAC C-141 taxiing to park at the Incirlik Airfield, Adana, Turkey. Flowers in gardens at the Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul. Brief sunset view of an unidentified mosque. view of the passenger terminal at Karachi International Airport, Pakistan. Camera pans across a ramp to a MAC C-5 aircraft with its nose loading doors open. View of the Pasig River and buildings, from aircraft flying over Manila, Philippines and ground-level view of a central square. A crowded shopping area in Japan. The Sidney Bridge (and opera house in background), Sidney, Australia. A C-5 inflight departing a coastline. Crew members in cockpit of a C-5. A navigator with sextant mounted in roof of aircraft.
From movie "La Ciudad" (The City). Credited to Pare Lorentz. Opening credits text in Spanish. A reenactment of 18th Century life in American New England village. Reflections in water. Water gushing over an old water wheel at a mill. A sign over a structure reads 'Sias Farm 1791'. Old covered bridge spans river and waterfalls. Boys skinny dip swim naked in lake. Farmer drives a horse- drawn wagon on a path. Boy lying down in the wagon with head resting on a gunny sack next to a barrel of apples. Boy looks up at clouds overhead, daydreaming. Engraved granite milestone points to "Shirley" 3 miles and to "Shirley Village" 4 miles, the opposite way. Boy jumps off wagon as it enters village. Wagon stops at blacksmith shop, where farmer and blacksmith unload a damaged wheel as two boys and an old man watch.Blacksmith and farmer use hand-operated rollers to true-up broken iron strap from wheel. Old woman doing needle work. Young woman working on a loom. Man weaving a basket. Water wheel turning in water. View, inside mill, shows millstone, turning,as miller grinds corn. Farmers harvesting grain with scythes. White Wooden church with steeple.Graveyard with old gravestones.One reads: "Mary Day,died March 18, 1829,Aged 43." Blacksmith, at forge, repairing broken iron strap for wheel.
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.
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