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A film recounts two years of German aerial attacks on Dover, in Kent England, during World War II

British troops evacuating from Dunkirk and arriving in Dover. British home guard civlians march and train. British troops in defensive positions on the cliffs of Dover. Winston Churchill sitting outdoors with Lord Louis Mountbatten . British civilians preparing air raid shelters. British farmers working their fields in August, 1940. They look up at the sound of approaching German bombers. RAF fighter planes intercept German bombers. One seen crashed on the ground. A fallen German aviator. Views of British countryside. Cemetery with crosses marking graves of downed German airmen. Closeup of graves of fliers, Leutnant R.Zehre and Unteroffizier Scheidt, German Air Force, downed on September 27, 1940. Blossoms on fruit trees. Artillery gun firing. Squad of British soldiers runs for cover as explosions occur around them. German Dornier Do 217 bomber in flames overhead. British paratroopers in training drop. Parachutes open. British soldiers charge out of trench as explosion occurs right in front of them in a live fire exercise. British troops firing automatic weapons from cover in brush. British sailors manning landing craft (invasion barges) carrying troops during beach landing exercises. The troops charge ashore as the boats hit the beach. British Able Seaman Fletcher in a landing craft, says in former raids on enemy territory, he had to put the "pungos"(sp?) (soldiers) ashore in a rowing boat. Navy Lieutenant John Lewis mentions several French coastal locations where the landing craft were used. He speaks of taking soldiers on raids and waiting to take them back home again. More scenes of British troops in live fire exercises.

Location: Dover Kent England United Kingdom
Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071986
Franklin Roosevelt delivers nomination acceptance speech during presidential campaign at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nominee for president, delivers his nomination acceptance speech. The flag of the United States and another flag in the background. A sign: 'NBC'(National Broadcasting Company.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071990
Franklin Roosevelt and an official deliver speeches during the presidential campaign at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. People cheer. Banners reading 'Missouri' and 'North Carolina'. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nominee for the president, and other officials standing on a platform. Democratic Party Chairman, Senator Thomas J. Walsh (Montana) speaks to Roosevelt and congratulates him on his nomination to be the Democratic party candidate for President of the United States. The flag of the United States in the background. Another flag with 'California' written on it. Democratic Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 6 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071991
Post-World War II views of submarine pens in France. Views of New York City and harbor

Retrospective view inside a former German submarine pen in France, as narrator mentions its former use in World War 2. View from outside the structure. An American Airlines Douglas DC-4 passenger plane flying over Manhattan Island, New York City, with Empire State Building visible among other skyscrapers below. Aerial view of New York harbor, with ocean-going ships docked at terminals below. Traffic moving in the harbor, including barges, tugboats, and ships, displaying various national flags.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072001
NATO's Atlantic Alliance ships and aircraft associated with anti-submarine preparedness

Film opens with aerial view from overflying aircraft, of the aircraft carrier, U.S. Navy ship USS Independence (CVA-62) underway. Scene shifts to Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, where a ramp is filled with a variety of aircraft. A pair of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft are taxiing. View of men in the Control Tower with large radar array in background. Two A-4 Skyhawks approach and one lands as the other goes around. Complete change of scene, to Halifax Nova Scotia, where warships of the Royal Canadian Navy are berthed. In waters off the Grand Banks, the Canadian Navy Aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) is seen making way at high speed during anti-submarine exercises.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072003
Allied troops construct airstrips and Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall inspect Allied positions in France.

Allied troops in France during World War II. A bulldozer levels land for constructing airstrips. A group of men discusses. Ground troops unload a truck. Several aircraft in flight. Airplanes land at a constructed airstrip. Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D Eisenhower and U.S. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall arrive. They both view Allied positions. A damaged airplane on the ground. Artillery is fired and explosions and smoke rise. Tanks pass along the streets of a city.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072014
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