U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England during World War 2. Paratroopers marching on Welford airfield, Berkshire, England, then home of the U.S. 435th Troop Carrier Group. They march past gliders parked with their rear doors open. Tail of a WACO CG-4A Glider is seen with serial number 277396. A band plays. An olive drab staff car arrives on the airfield. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the car. They review 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. Prime Minister Winston Churchill shakes hands with Brigadier General Don Pratt, Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division (who was later killed on D-Day in the Normandy Landings). As the reviewing party proceeds, they pass the guidon of 321st Glider Artillery Headquarters, displaying crossed cannons. Churchill pauses momentarily, as he passes a British paratrooper in formation with the 101st Airborne.
Allied transport aircraft fly overhead at RAF Newbury in Berkshire, England during World War II. The transport planes release gliders. A Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider bank as it lands on the airfield. Various military planes parked in the background. A formation of transport planes fly overhead. A British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa military transport glider. C-47 Skytrain transport plane tows a glider during takeoff.
The world of sports presents Junior Manx Prix Classic at Isle of Man, England. Bike Rider rides a German DKF (Dampf Kraft Wagen) motorcycle crashed during the race. Winner took the lead with the speed of 79 MPH.
A "Dynasphere" mono wheel invention in Weston-super-Mare, England. A man sits in a Dynasphere vehicle designed by Englishman Dr. J.H. Purves. People stand beside the mono wheel. The unusual mono wheel is driven in the seaside town during a demonstration.
At Tamgmere Air Station, Chichester, England, Squadron Leader, Neville Duke, Britains famous test pilot gets into the cockpit of his Hawker Hunter jet fighter (WB 188) and takes off in attempt to set a new world air speed record .
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