American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) seen in a trench in a snowy field in France. One of them has a Lewis, Light machine gun at his position. They don their gas masks. Gas drifts over their trench. They take up their firing positions, and one is seen to fire his weapon.Then the scene is obscured by gas. As the gas fumes begin to clear, one soldier is seen taking samples of the air with vacuum bulb and phosgene detector. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Visitors to an outdoor display, to look at a crashed German Me 109 fighter plane, during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. The plane is under a camouflage net canopy. A sign in front of the plane reads 'made in Germany and finished in England'. Royal Air Force Sergeants and civilians look at it. Sergeants turn the propeller blades, which are severely bent, and point at bullet holes in the aircraft. A sign on the fence surrounding the display reads: "In Aid of the local Spitfire Fund." An RAF pilot climbs into the cockpit of the Me 109, as another helps close its canopy. Later, the RAF pilots examine the plane's wing flaps and an open wing hatch.
Royal Air force aircraft under construction. Girls at an aircraft factory in Britain. Aircraft manufactured. Men work on various parts of aircraft. Aircraft structures lined up. Men assemble planes.
British artillery of World War II. Machines at an antiaircraft gun manufacturing factory in England. King George VI and others inspect machines at the factory and get some information about the manufacturing process. Workers work at machines. Flames emitted from a machine. A Royal Air Force plane in flight.
British preparedness for German Luftwaffe attacks during Battle of Britain in World War 2. A British barrage balloon being inflated. Balloon suspended from ropes floats in air. Balloon attached with a string to a jeep. Barrage balloon in flight as dignitaries look on.
Aftermath of early German blitzkrieg bombings in England during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. King George VI and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspect damage and seek to raise morale of citizens. Two British citizens stand in the doorway of an Anderson Shelter air raid shelter, unharmed, with much debris from a bombing around them. Crowd gathers to look at the dignitaries. Churchill, smoking a cigar, talks to fire fighters who have hoses trained on a building fire. Ruined buildings and debris on street. A car rammed into the debris.
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