Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A twin engine biplane. Four vertical tail fins with four wheels as main landing gear plus skid bars beneath the biplane. The aircraft taxis. A group of U.S. officers stands around a portable communication center and shows radio equipment and operation. A radio setup in an open filed. U.S. soldiers stretch out signal panels on the open ground. A burning object spirals down from the sky. Another burning object descends. Three soldiers run out and grab a small object just before it hits the ground. A man in the foreground fires signal pistol into the air showering the area in which the men are standing with sparks from the signal pistol.
Construction of Bailey bridge near Caen in France during World War II. A view of a river. Engineers stand on a grilled structure on the river. British engineers at work for the construction of Bailey bridge. Many bulldozers being used during the operation. The partially constructed bridge. A trailer raises and dumps concrete. A grilled structure being pushed towards another structure. Men walk on the bridge carrying wooden planks. The engineers lay planks. Men stand on the bridge as they talk. The partially constructed bridge.
British tank battles in France during World War 2. Tanks parked in a line near Caen. Camouflaged tanks. British soldiers being briefed. A soldier on a tank. British tanks advance. The tanks cross railroad tracks, pass through woods. Sherman crab flail tank from British C squadron, 22nd Dragoons. The tanks advance in the wooded region. A truck drives in the wooded region. Infantry follow tanks as they advance. A soldier digs in for the night. Soldiers seated in the dugout look into the plan. Two soldiers seated look into the plan and one of them smokes a cigarette.
During "Operation Epsom". British and German forces battle in France during World War 2. Tanks move out at dawn. British soldiers in tanks. The soldiers and Sherman tanks in action. Smoke rises in the background due to firing. Shermans fire. Explosion and smoke rises in the far background. An M10 Tank Destroyer and Sherman Firefly fire. British soldiers stand near the tank. Sherman tanks fire at the 12th SS Panzer Division and advance. A soldier looks through binoculars. The tanks fire. British infantry advance in a wooded area. British soldiers follow advancing tanks. Soldiers carry guns and shells. A soldier speaks into a radio. Tanks advancing. A tank from the 23rd Hussars at approximately mark 1:46. A wrecked German Panther tank in the foreground. Footage at junction of the D139 and the D173a. This is the junction of the road from Fontenay to Grainville (D139) and the road from Tessel to Cheux(D173a). A dead German soldier. British Sherman Firefly and soldiers advance. The soldiers fire upon enemy tanks and positions. Another dead German soldier. Two soldiers in prone position fire a gun. British troops enter a village. Clip includes including footage of German Panzer Regt. 12 and the British 49th West Riding Division.
British tank battles in France during World War II. A damaged building in a village. Several wrecked German Panther tanks. A German Pz.IV tank burns. Captured German prisoners of war (POW) walk in a squad. A German car drives on a road. German high ranking officers arrive at British headquarters. Officer under guard leaves the headquarters.
Queen Frederica and King Paul of Greece arrive at NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) headquarters in France. The Military Policemen stand in formation. The king and queen get off from a car. Supreme Allied Commander General Lauris Nostrand greets them. The SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) personnel and their family look at King and Queen of Greece. Queen Frederica and King Paul visit the nerve center of Western European Defense. Queen as King Paul shakes hand with the General.
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