British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets Wendell Wilkie in London, England. Wendell Wilkie on a visit to Britain in World War II. Wendell Wilkie and Prime Minister Churchill talk. He visits air raid shelter. Crowd of civilians in the background. Men sitting on bunk beds talk to him.
A view of damage caused by German air raid in city of Alexandria, Egypt during World War 2. Wrecked buildings in view. Rubble on the streets. People stand on the streets. Native refugees sit in groups. People move to other parts of the city with their families. They carry their belongings with them. Several men carry their belongings on carts.
Air Raid Precaution Depot at Borough of Camberwell in London, England as World War 2 looms in Europe. People seated on chairs. Several women sit with their children. A man fits a gas mask on a woman. People stand around a table. Several articles and documents kept on a table. People try masks in the background. Posters are pasted on the wall. The posters read "Borough of Camberwell. Fitting of Gas Masks."
Contribution of German women during war for German World war II effort. Women work as postal clerks in Germany. They sort mails. The women work as mechanics, munitions workers in war production and war materiel, fire personnel and air raid wardens. Women work as conductors in buses. Women work as chauffeurs.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Men in uniforms on flight deck and walk along catwalk. A huge crowd gathered on the pier to welcome USS Philippine Sea. Family members wave as ship comes alongside pier. Automobiles on the pier. Officers greet wives on pier. Men pick up children in their arms. People hug each other. Family members greet sailors. People go aboard the aircraft carrier. A large crane lowers F9F Panther from deck on the pier at Dartmouth Naval Air Station.
Aerial views of airfield in Illesheim, Germany, at the end of World War II. Numerous single-engine airplanes are parked in various places on the airfield. Among them are P-47s of the U.S. 9th Air Force. View from above of a U.S. P-47 taking off from the field. Flights of P-47s fly overhead and break formation to land.
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