British 4-engined AVRO Lancaster bombers take off at dusk, from the UK, for nighttime bombing missions over Germany, during the second world war.
USS Campbell tying up to a supply ship in the United Kingdom, during World War 2. Views of the USCGC (US Coast Guard Cutter) Campbell, tying up to an anchored British supply vessel in the UK, during World War 2. A British Flower Class Corvette, in camouflage paint, seen briefly passing behind the two ships. Hills in the near background. Crew members on both ships raising hawser out of the water.
Officer pointing to various mission items on a chalk board map of Germany. The cities of Emden and Wilhelmshaven are prominently displayed on the bombing mission map. The note "HIT the Target" is seen on the board. A senior officer reads from a paper. A side view depicting planes with targets below is pointed to. A map of the UK and Germany with flight routes over the English Channel is displayed.
Air-to-ground footage of London Air Park (Hanworth aerodrome), showing hangars and Hanworth Park House in the centre of the grass airfield, plus surrounding houses and A312 Uxbridge Road. Pilot walks toward camera from Pitcairn Model C-130 autogiro G-ACIO. Pilot and others discuss the flight. Pilot poses next to the autogyro.
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.
Several British submarines on the surface nest to a tender, near a steel railroad bridge in the United Kingdom, during World War 1.. On one submarine, smoke stacks are rotated down to nest inside the deck and their openings sealed with hatches.The boat then submerges.in the water. It later surfaces, raises its smoke stacks and proceeds on the surface with smoke billowing from its stacks. Officers assemble on deck in front of a smoke stack with 'K6' stenciled on it. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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