Views of British troops and civilians celebrating country's second war time Christmas in England. Gifts and champagne bottles under a Christmas Tree. Group of British troops gather around a Christmas tree, taking gifts from under it. Views of evacuated British children attending a Christmas party inside an air-raid shelter. The children wear party hats and bat a balloon around for fun.
Pilot Jimmy Taylor and army officials inspect a new tailless plane that resembles a bumblebee at Floyd Bennett air field in Brooklyn . Pilots takes off in Bumblebee Plane from airstrip. Shot of Bumblebee flying at high altitude. April 1938.
University of Illinois Gymnasts Team pose before camera and show off their gymnastics skills at a field in Champaign Illinois. Gymnasts tumble, twirl and somersault through the air. April 1938.
Covers the events just before the atomic bomb tests (Operation Sandstone) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. U.S. parachute troopers board a transport plane. Scenes of men working on communication systems. Tests and experiments are conducted in the laboratories and valuable data collected. Light aircraft is used to ferry scientists from one point to another. An air laboratory inside a plane to collect valuable information. Men prepare to leave Eniwetok. Scientists and technicians make a last minute inspection of all the necessary instruments before leaving the island. U.S. ships loaded with men move to safer water. Unmanned B-17 drone aircraft takes off to capture traces of the atomic cloud. Men prepare to trigger the atomic bomb on the Eniwetok atoll.
Montage of brief scenes in World War 2, around Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The first is view from a ship rising and falling with waves or swells in water, with sun setting in background. Next a high speed boat (perhaps a PT boat) is seen churning up large white wake as it speeds about in waters near Tunis. Closeup of a sailor (aboard the camera boat) manning a deck gun. He maneuvers the gun in various elevations and directions and then fires a round from it. Another crew member fires a tripod mounted Browning M 1919 air cooled 30 caliber machine gun. A third sailor fires a twin 20mm antiaircraft gun from a station atop the ship. A soldier fires his rifle from the ship's deck at sunset. Camera pans across widely spaced group of warships in the distance, and continues panning to show city of Tunis on the horizon. Now in Tunis harbor, the camera ship moves past a sunken ship with masts and funnel showing above water surface. Anchored transport ships silhouetted against light sky in the harbor. Stern view of a landing craft infantry. Huge explosion occurs in the water. An American soldier is seen on a sandy hill plunging the handle on a detonator. Views of waters turning rough in the area. Change of scene and time (water is extremely calm). A beached ship is seen in the harbor and several boats.
Scenes of destruction in London, England after German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg bombing attack (Blitz) on the city during World War 2. Night time views of bombed buildings and some being consumed by fire. Camera at ground level viewing dramatic scene upward, as it pans from left to right showing buildings in flames and with flaming pieces and sparks raining down. Views of firemen fighting fires using water hoses. Day time views as air raid wardens and civilians dig through the rubble. Scenes of London residents rescuing their chickens. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit British citizens in the streets outside of bombed buildings and talk to Londoners. Queen Elizabeth talks to a group of boys gathered in front of her.
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