A film on the underground shelters in London against German attack by rocket buzz bomb ( V-1 flying bomb during World War II). British men, women and children evacuated to the underground shelters built to protect the people against German attack. The canteen in the shelter or bunker. Women drinking from cups. People in the canteen taking food. Men behind counters. A woman with a child. A doctor in an underground shelter attending to a child, mindful of infectious disease risk among the people in close quarters. People sleeping on beds in the shelter. A group of children singing with a boy playing the accordion. A woman feeding her child from a bottle.
Allied leaders meet in Quebec, Canada during World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in chairs as they discuss. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall and U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King and other Allied officers stand behind the leaders. An aircraft taxis and Chinese Foreign Secretary T.V. Soong gets off the aircraft. Prime Minister Mackenzie receives Soong at the airport. Prime Minister Churchill smokes a cigar and President Roosevelt smiles. Allied military officers confer around a table. General George C. Marshal and others confer.
The end of the North African Campaign of World War II. Bizerte and Tunis civilians greet French, U.S. and British troops. The troops in jeeps. People crowd on either side of streets. The people crowd in a street and give 'V' sign for the victory. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops on tanks. People hold flags. The soldiers hold guns and parade.
Manufacturing Ford Liberty aircraft engine in the United States. Silhouettes of workers and machinery. The workers working at a manufacturing plant. Welding of an engine. A worker welds motors. Finished motor (V-12) and the Statue of Liberty superimposed. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
In 1938 American distance runner and athlete Glenn V. Cunningham wins the race in Princeton, New Jersey. Cunningham and U.S. athlete Archie San Romani during the last lap of the race. The spectators seated in a stand as they cheer. Cunningham wins the race.
U.S. aviation pioneer General James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle sets a new air record for flying a passenger airplane from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in twelve hours. Doolittle and his wife seen looking at a map. They both board the waiting aircraft, American Airlines’ Vultee V-1A Special NC13770. 'Shell' oil company symbol written on the airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off from Union Air Terminal, Burbank, California. Aerial view of the airplane in flight over mountains. The airplane in flight over the clouds. The airplane lands at Newark Airport and taxis on a runway. Hangars and a building in the background. Doolittle exits the airplane with his wife at and greets people waiting. They pose for pictures beside the airplane.
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