Soviet Officers from a military mission, accompanied by British and American officers, watch a demonstration of field artillery weapons including an anti-tank gun and a mortar, during WW2. The weapons are fired at a distant hillside causing explosions, clouds of smoke and dust. The group of Allied officers inspect a naval landing craft and pose for a photo.
Aerial views of a fleet of Allied naval ships in the English Channel during WW2. A wave of landing craft head toward the beach. Scene changes to a ship firing multiple volleys of rockets. The ship is covered in smoke as it fires its weapons. Distant shot of smoke on the beachheads, another rocket ship fires toward the coastline.
Air Force One (C-121 named Columbine II) aircraft with President and Mrs. Eisenhower aboard, lands at Blair County Airport, Pennsylvania. The Eisenhowers depart by cadillac automobile to the town of State College, Pennsylvania, where they attend the funeral of Helen Elsie Eakin Eisenhower, wife of the President's brother, Milton S. Eisenhower. Upon arrival, President and Mrs. Eisenhower enter St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,behind Milton Eisenhower and his son, Milton Jr.(Lieutenant in military uniform, with black armband) and his daughter, Helen Eisenhower. Pallbearers carry coffin into the church. Two Episcopal Ministers, following a crucifer, emerge from church, followed by pallbearers and coffin. Spectators watch from across the street as the coffin is placed in a hearse. Dr. Milton Eisenhower walks from the church, flanked by his son and daughter. President and Mrs. Eisenhower follow immediately behind them. They all enter the Presidential limousine and drive away, followed by other cars on the funeral procession.
British response to Germany's successive attack on England during World War II Battle of Britain. A British soldier walks along a mesh wire fence. Soldiers hold guns. Soldiers and officers stand in front of parked aircraft. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, with other officers walks past the airplanes. War production workers at work inside an ordnance factory. A man stands leaning against a wall. People in London. A man sits in a car and lights a cigar for another man. Ships at a sea. Wide, elevated scenes of buildings and landmarks in London. The flag of England being hoisted. Soldiers with artillery gun and the barrel is raised.
Homes on Leinster Gardens in Bayswater, London, England. View of a three feet thick facade false house erected to hide the subway tunnel. Traffic in front of the facade building. The subway tunnel and railroad tracks. A car parked in front of the building. A train on the tracks of the hidden London underground tunnel.
A circus-like stunt act staged at a height of 100 feet in air in Colwyn Bay, England. Two men climb a pole and move towards a grilled ring high in the air. A man rides a motorbike on the grilled ring. A man on a ladder attached to the motorbike. The ladder attached to the motorbike rotates as the motorbike moves on the grilled ring. Another person on a swing attached to the ladder. The ladder swing raises the person on the motorbike in the air and then raises another person on the swing. The men take various positions while performing the stunt.
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