Propeller of a RAF (Royal Air Force) Supermarine spitfire single-seat fighter plane stops. Fuel lorry seen. Ground crew check the planes and make it ready for the next flight. Planes re-fueled. Planes are re-armed before mission during Battle of Britain. (World War II period).
A Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Show in England. The Royal Air Force passes in Coronation Review for the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II. R.A.F flyers march. R.A.F. aircraft on airfield for inspection by Queen Elizabeth. RAF aircraft fly overhead in formation, including Lincoln Bombers, Meteor Fighters, English Electric Canberra Jet Bombers, and a Handley Page Victor Jet Bomber which had been top secret until the occasion. An aerial view of the Victor Jet Bomber is also seen.
The Royal Family of Britain seated under a shade as they watch a horse show. Princess Anne seated with her parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on either side of her. A boy rides a horse in the show. She takes help from her father as her blanket falls.
Conscripted British men receive personal notices as their names are read at public gathering. The drafted men assemble and march off for training and World War 1 service, accompanied by uniformed officials. Friends and bystanders, including a number of women, walk along beside and behind the new recruits on their way to war.
A long distance walk by the League of Nations from London to Brighton in England. Participants walk down a street as they set off from London for a long distance walk to Brighton. Men walk past the street cars. T.W. Green wins the walk by setting a new record. He covers 51 miles in 8 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Green being surrounded by people as they greet him on his victory.
Fragmentation plant in England. Massive crane at the plant reduces old and abandoned automobiles to small pieces of metal scrap. It also handles all waste metals like a giant 'Sausage Grinder'. The crane lifts metal scrap.
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