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Britain attempts to recover its defensive capabilities following equipment losses in the evacuation at Dunkirk, France, in World War II

Opening scene shows a cathedral and houses near the English Channel coast in World War 2. German troops, part of a force of 100 Divisions, are seen advancing through French towns toward the coast. A German army band leads some. Others march through the countryside. Close-up of some ot the marchers, along with a Sd.Kfz.9 Half-Track pulling an artillery field piece. A column of German army trucks raising dust on a French country road and many waiting in line to cross a canal. A covered German halftrack pulling a covered trailer across a partially collapsed bridge. View from a moving railroad train with German troops and one manning an MG-08 machine gun on an open flat car. German soldiers in a "bucket brigade" passing cargo, including jerry cans, being off-loaded from a German Junkers Ju-52 transport plane at a grass airfield in France. A German Krupp K5 railway gun being run up an elevated rail. Imaginative animated map showing Nazi-dominated Europe in contrast to the British Isles. British troops marching. Change of scene to the beachhead at Dunkirk, France, during the mass evacuation of British forces ahead of approaching German armies. View from a British Destroyer of troops wading out through the water towards it. Close-up of two British soldiers being pulled from the water onto a boat, by two men in fowl weather gear. In skies above, British and German aircraft are engaged in aerial dogfights. A British Destroyer filled with soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk. Vickers/Maxim Octuple QF 2-pounder Mark VIII guns being fired by a British warship. British soldiers, some covered with oil, on the deck of a destroyer. Scene shifts to armor and weapons abandoned by the retreating British forces, including trucks, tanks, anti-aircraft guns and armored cars. Scene shifts to England where rescued soldiers begin ascending a gangway from the crowded deck of a warship to a pier above. Smiling British soldiers relaxing as they arrive on a pier. Many rescued soldiers getting organized on land. Narrator mentions that the losses of war materiel leave Britain short of its needs. Soldiers standing around a British Infantry Tank Mk.III Valentine. Soldiers manning a coastal defense machine gun position. Views of the British English Channel coastline. A British battleship (or Battle Cruiser) showing two forward triple gun turrets, is seen underway, ahead of an aircraft carrier. Silhouetted distance views of several British destroyers, and closer view on one escorting a supply shiip. (Narrator notes the British navy was absorbed in protecting supply lines all over the globe.) Animated map illustrates the overwhelming superiority of German Air Forces directed against Britain. view of British airfield displaying flag with Union Jack and RAF roundel. Several RAF personnel stand around an Avro Anson twin engine airplane, parked on the ramp. Several Supermarine Spitfire aircraft are seen parked on an airfield. Close-up of two flying in formation. View of St. Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London, England. British people are seen in a city and at home engaged in ordinary activities, scrubbing floors, chatting over drinks at a Pub, and waiting on a customer in a lady's shop. A farmer tends sheep in a field next to a church, where he converses with the Vicar. A baby crawls across pavement to his mother who reaches out from a doorway. New recruits in uniform mingle with people on a sidewalk. Mature women in uniform walk along with British Army officers in uniform. British sailor and an officer walk past the camera. A boy and older men at work in a field. Four businessmen dressed in civilian clothes are next seen in military uniforms, shouldering rifles. Home Guard civilians carrying rifles are trained in close order drills on a lawn. A home guard man points to a drawing of a tank as he asks a question during an outdoor training session. Recruits watch demonstrations with Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun, and hand grenade launcher on Enfield rifle. A recruit takes his turn firing a single round (to save ammunition) from a Thompson M1921 submachine gun. He hands the weapon back to the instructor and returns to his place.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031680
U.S. Army helicopters CH-47 Chinooks lift loads of ammunition and supplies from an airfield in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Army helicopters in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army helicopter CH-47 Chinook at an airfield in a low flight over several loads of ammunition. The helicopter picks up a sling load of ammunition and supplies. The helicopter lifting off from the airfield. The CH-47 Chinook in flight with the loads in slings. A few other CH-47 Chinook helicopters come down to the airfield and hook sling loads of ammunition and supplies and lift off. Ammunition loads arranged on the airfield ready for picking. More helicopters lifting the load. Two crewmen beside the ammunition loads. A jeep with a crane at the back parked beside the load. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter in a low flight towards the load of ammunition. A sling being hooked on to the helicopter. The helicopter rises and is in flight over a water body. A soldier seated inside the helicopter.

Date: 1969, February 1
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066567
Crewmen check a U.S. Army OV-1 Mohawk attack aircraft on an airfield in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Army aircraft in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army OV-1 Mohawk attack aircraft on an airfield. A ground man standing beside the aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on the airfield and takes off. Two other OV-1 Mohawks taxi and take off from the airfield. Several aircraft on the airfield. An OV-1 Mohawk taking off from the runway. Crewmen check the aircraft. 'Super Snoop II' written on the aircraft. The men check the engines of the aircraft.

Date: 1969, February 4
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066575
U.S. Army Air Force fighter aircraft taking off from runway in Germany near end of World War II in Europe

View from underneath parked airplane, of several U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft taking off in pairs at a German airfield occupied by the Allies. Camera viewpoint shifts to atop a B-17G bomber, being serviced. From there, a number of Republic P-47s are seen lined up. They begin to take off in pairs. A B-26 of of the 585th Bomb Squadron, is parked next to the B-17. Across the airfield, in the distance, more parked B-17s can be seen. This is an undamaged, well-established airfield, with concrete runways and ramps. Closeup of mechanics working on engine of the B-17. A refueling truck pulled up to the B-26.

Date: 1945, April 13
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047570
U.S. Army helicopters OH-6A Cayuse and UH-1 Iroquois and observation aircraft O-1 Bird Dog in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Army aircraft in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A few men watch a U.S. Army OH-6A Cayuse helicopter in flight over an airfield. An army truck and a few aircraft on the airfield. Several U.S. Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopters in flight over a control tower. Few aircraft parked beside the control tower. A U.S. Army O-1 Bird Dog liaison and observation aircraft on Phu Loi Army Airfield. Crewmen standing beside the aircraft. The tail fins of the aircraft. The crewmen beside the cockpit of the aircraft.

Date: 1969, February
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066577
U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters in flight with 105 mm howitzers and ammunition load in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Army helicopters in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Ammunition boxes and containers on an airfield. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter parked in the background. A CH-47 Chinook in flight coming into the airfield. An army truck moves away from the airfield. The helicopter hovers on the airfield. The helicopter lifting with a 105 mm howitzer in its sling. Another CH-47 Chinook in flight with a 105 mm howitzer and an ammunition load in its sling. The helicopter in a low flight over fields. It drops the 105 mm howitzer and the ammunition load in a field and lifts off. The helicopter in flight.

Date: 1969, February 4
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066572