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Prime Minister Churchill visits Bristol England during the Blitz in 1941
Crowds cheer British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during his visit to Bristol, England, during the Blitz. He is greeted by Nurses and staff in the courtyard of a hospital. Accompanied by Lord Mayor of Bristol, Alderman Thomas Underwood, he inspects a contingent of Home Guard. Churchill removes his hat and waves it. He then walks rapidly across a square followed by his entourage. The lord Mayor points out a set of three photographs held by a man. (These are not distinguishable). Churchill's daughter Sarah and her mother, Lady Churchill, are right behind him. Closeup of American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, John Gilbert Winant, who is part of the Prime Minister's party. Citizens wave as Churchill and the Lord Mayor sit high in the back of an open car driving along the street. Bomb damaged buildings in background from German aerial blitakrieg attack. Closeup from moving car of enthusiastic young women cheering the Prime Minister. Churchill walking down a city street surrounded by crowds, holds his hat high above, balancing it on his walking stick. View from car approaching women in middle of the street, waving British flags. Winston Churchill, surrounded by well-wishers, walking rapidly along a sidewalk with cigar in his mouth. He removes his hat and waves it. Many spectators waving (most are women). One shakes his hand as he speeds past her. Workers standing near scaffolding, set up to repair a building, pause to wave at the Prime Minister. Churchill with cigar in mouth and hat raised, is caught in a crush of well-wishers, (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt arrives at Livadia Palace during the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union.
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Russian guards and civilians walk past the main entrance of Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655). Vehicles parked outside the palace. Dignitaries attending the conference tour the palace in an open jeep. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Boettiger and two Russian officials in the jeep as it pulls up to the main entrance of the palace. A sign points towards U.S. headquarters on the palace grounds. A Russian guard directs traffic at an intersection.
The Soviet Army prepares to fight against the Germans in the Soviet Union during world War II.
A film titled 'Why we fight : Battle of Russia' about German aggression in the Soviet Union during World War II. A dramatization depicts Soviet troops as they defend their land against foreign invaders over the years. A map of the Soviet Union depicts the advance of German forces up to Moscow. Red Army troops march. A picture of an ancient Russian warrior. Snow covered surroundings with the onset of winters. St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. People pray in a church. A bishop conducts a service. Soviet soldiers listen to an order read out to them. Aircraft parked on a field. Soviet paratroopers, infantrymen and cavalry units. Artillery being fired at an enemy position.
Shackleton's final ship "Quest" underway in the Atlantic Ocean during an expedition headed to Antarctica.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest underway at sea after stopping at Lisbon, Portugal. The Quest underway in the Atlantic Ocean. View from Quest as it passes the five masted sailing ship "France II" (stated as"La France" in the film slates), the largest sailing ship in the world, as it approaches St. Paul Rocks off the coast of Brazil. (France II was built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde in Bordeaux, and was launched November 9, 1911.)
America embraces marksmanship training after Spanish-American War. American troops fire weapons in World War I
The uses and importance of weapons since ancient times in the United States. Pages showing U.S Congress Act creating the National Bureau for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, 1903. Exteriors of the 71st Regiment National Guard Armory building in New York City at Park Avenue and 33rd Street. People enter the building. German troops on parade circa 1914. American troops mobilized for World War 1, and traveling on troop trains in 1918. Troops moving along a muddy road, with military supplies in wagons being pulled by horses. American soldiers firing their 1903 Springfield rifles, from a bunker in France. Americans firing a M1914 Hotchkiss air-cooled machine gun and another U.S. gun crew firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun. U.S. troops wearing gas masks, firing a trench mortar. American gun crew firing a 155mm howitzer (as some hold their ears).French troops walk past destroyed buildings above which a blimp is seen flying with French observers in a gondola suspended underneath.
King Victor Emmanuel III inspects German Graf Zeppelin as it lands in Rome, Italy.
Graf Zeppelin airship lands in Rome, Italy. German Graf Zeppelin in flight over the Castel Sant’Angelo and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III and Italian Air Minister Italo Balbo talk to officers at Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy). Graf Zeppelin lands as King Victor Emmanuel III shakes hands with the crew. The Italian King comes out of the airship after inspecting it.
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