Hands hold a wallet. Crew of 8th bomber Command arrive at air fields in England. Crew receive final briefings. Crew coming out of the room. They board trucks. Trucks drive away. Trucks and planes at an air base. Crew get out of the trucks. Name on a plane reads "Kill Joy". Name on a plane reads "Renos raider". Crewman talking. Crew boarding planes. Name on a plane reads "Big Bust". A man looks at watch. The watch shows time 7' O clock. Propeller of planes moving.
Plane of 8th Bomber Command taking off at an air base in England. Planes flying in group. Animation describing composition of a fighting group. (World War II period).
British soldiers embarking a gangplank at a dock in United Kingdom. Soldiers carry duffel bags (World War II period).
Invention of the "instant, hand held fire extinguisher." British inventor Llewelyn Evans stands by a stock of extinguishers. Various tests of the new invention in England. Fire put out with the help of the new extinguisher in a hall and a kitchen. A man set on fire, while another uses the invention to extinguish the fire.
King George VI rides in a royal carriage to Westminster Abbey for his coronation on May 12, 1937. Large crowd gathers to see the ceremony. Royal guards accompany the coach. Coach arrives in Buckingham Palace. Indian Sikh men watching among the crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. King George VI is seen with Queen Elizabeth and others from a balcony. King George VI is seen with Queen Elizabeth pose with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret for a formal family portrait. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom seated on thrones.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tours war-damaged town during World War II. Churchill is accompanied by the city's Lord Mayor and an officer and other officials. Churchill smokes a cigar. He pauses to greet a small boy who is too shy to respond. Churchill in automobile. He signs autograph for English woman. Winston amidst officers and crowd. He signs a document with a dignitary.
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