A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) comes onto the beach. A U.S. Army Sherman tank unloads from the LCM. An explosion occurs in the foreground. Smoke billows up due to the explosion. An LCM loaded with SHS (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) troops approaches the beach. The ramp of the LCM being lowered and the troops get off. Soldiers wade through water to reach the shore. A jeep passes on the beach.
View of pilot, Captain Robert K, Morgan, in cockpit of the B-17 bomber "Memphis Belle," as it lands at air field, RAF Bassingbourn, England after a successful air strike against German target during World War II. View of landing gear coming down and touching down on the runway. This is the 25th successful bombing mission for the Memphis Belle. Crewmen wave as the plane taxis along the runway. Crewman jumps from the plane and kisses the ground. Captain Morgan and his crew celebrate with other fliers who greet them. A Sergent paints the 25th bomb on the fuselage of the plane.
A man checks United States B-24 bomber named "Skylark" at an airbase in England during World War II. Men work on various parts of B-24s and turn propellers. B-17s also seen on the airfield.
In the first exchange of Allied and Axis wounded prisoners of war, the British Hospital Ship, Atlantis, with number 33 painted on her side, steams into port, at Leith, Scotland, (and then on to Liverpool, England) during World War 2. She is returning Allied wounded from Germany, by way of Goeteborg, Sweden. British soldiers are carried off ship on stretchers. Several ambulatory American soldiers leave ship on foot. Railroad train seen right at the port.
Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Vehicles pass nearby the Cathedral. Steam roller levels off rubble during clearing operations following blitz bombing attacks by German Luftwaffe aircraft in World War II. A man operates crane and shovel. Devastated buildings near by the Cathedral. Domes of the Cathedral. Demolished Guild Hall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). Heap of debris on ground.
Picture of Churchill in window of blitz bomb damaged shop in London, England, during World War 2. Art dealers rescuing valuable paintings from art dealers gallery. Wrecked dairy shop carry on business. Women do shopping. People remove furniture from flats into street following bomb attack by German Luftwaffe aircraft.
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