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Children are sent away from London during World War II, and British citizens and officials prepare for German blitz air attacks

British defense against German aerial warfare in Europe. A soldier stands near artillery gun on British shore. Adolf Hitler talks to Hermann Goering during a meeting at Berchtesgaden. A map of Europe and a finger points at London. Scenes of city of London. British civilian people move on the streets and cross a bridge on foot, with London Bridge in background. British soldiers standby at antiaircraft guns. A barrage balloon aloft in the sky. British spitfighter aircraft parked on airfield. Scenes of civilians building a Anderson Shelter (air raid shelter). A woman holds a child. Children arriving at a train station are evacuated from the city for their protection. Women crying as they watch children depart in railroad train cars for safer locations. Men carry bags on their backs bringing supplies to shelters. Fire crews practice to prepare for blitz raids by German aircraft during Battle of Britain. City streets during a night blackout.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031684
British night bombers attack Bremen,and Germany retaliates by bombing Coventry, in World War II

A British citizen is seen waving and giving the "V for Victory" sign to trucks passing by carrying British troops during World War 2. View of British fliers assembled on the tarmac in front of a Vickers Wellington twin engine bomber, as a string of trolleys carrying bombs moves along the ground near them. Closeup of the bombs on the trolleys. British RAF officers at telephones discussing a night's planned mission involving 10 aircraft. Glimpse of Vickers Wellington bombers and trolleys of bombs on an airfield. RAF officer and assistants (including 2 women) discussing targeting. Officer mentions photographs of submarine yards and they study them. Scene shifts to the targeting officer briefing air crews about their night's mission, to bomb the German submarine and ship building yards at Bremen. View of photographs. View of aircrew members in briefing room. Views of aircrew boarding their Welllington bomber; engine running; and pilot in cockpit. Other Wellington bombers cranking up. The bombers takeoff at dusk. Pilot in one checking with his rear gunner, and radio operator, while they are in flight. Two bombers silhouetted against sky while in flight. Crew member annotating navigation log. Scene shifts to German pilots on the ground, being scrambled to their Messerschitt Bf 109 aircraft. German searchlights scan the sky and soldiers run to man their 12.8 cm Flak 40 antiaircraft guns. Flashes from these guns are seen in the darkness. Some British Wellington bombers flying through clouds with Flak bursts around them. Pilot in a bomber tells his crew they are entering a glide. View of bomber in sharp decent. Antiaircraft batteries firing rapidly. Bombardier at station in a bomber. View of bomb in bomb bay. Bombardier presses button releasing several bombs. Explosions on the ground. Antiaircraft batteries firing furiously. Pilot in cockpit illuminated by flare of bombs and fires. Camera pans across burning buildings on the ground. Closeup of Adolf Hitler vowing revenge. Slate reads: "November 14th, 1940." Views of German bomber aircraft in night raid over Britain during Battle of Britain. Bombs bursting and antiaircraft fire during blitz. View of Coventry, England, in the dawn after the raids. Destroyed and severely damaged buildings, some still burning. Aerial views of some of the destruction. People walking past rubble. Camera captures image as remains of one building collapse. Skeletons of buildings silhouetted against the foggy sky. Survivors on the streets huddle at a bulletin board to read news posted there. Teams of firefighters and others trying to deal with the destruction and pulling victims from the rubble and carrying them for burial in a common grave. Survivors placing garlands of flowers on the graves.

Date: 1940, November
Duration: 5 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031688
Various historic aircraft, and a map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.

History and development of aviation in the United States and elsewhere in the world in the early 20th century.Ground crew fueling a German made Fokker T-2 airplane from gasoline cans. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready, in 1923, standing by their Fokker T-2 aircraft, upon which is painted: "Army Air Services, Non Stop, Coast to Coast." Fokker T-2 airplane taking off. Army officers looking at several biplanes parked, without propellers. A JN-4H (Jenny) airplane in flight. American military engineers or Seabees building an airfield in the Pacific during World War 2. B-25 aircraft sits in middle of construction activity. Crew under a C-47 in snow in the Arctic. A map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031727
Leon W. Johnson inspects the honor guard and Thomas S. Power, Clarence S. Irvine, William H. Tunner walk past them in Germany.

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. A C-54 Skymaster taxis at the airbase. Lt. General Leon W. Johnson inspects the honor guard and the band. He enters a staff car. The band plays. Lt. General Thomas S. Power, General Clarence S. Irvine, Director Chief of Staff Material USAF and General William H. Tunner, Commander in Chief of USAFE walk past the honor guard. They salute the flags. They leave the airfield in staff cars.

Date: 1955, September 8
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031762
Crew members stand near a B-47 Stratojet and climb inside the plane at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England.

A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The crew members of a B-47 Stratojet stand in the shade of the fuselage of the plane. An airfield hangar building and a control tower in the background. Men wear Turkish type hats. Three men climb inside the plane. The ground crew chief replaces a ladder inside the plane and closes the hatch.

Date: 1953, October 28
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031849
Footage of the Japanese South Seas Force on New Guinea following the dual invasions of Lae and Salamaua, in World War II.

Scenes from the Japanese South Seas Force invasion of coastal New Guinea in March 1942, during World War 2. Stern of a ship. Smoke rising from a ship in the far background. Japanese warships underway at sea, mountains in the background. A Japanese man on deck of warship, paints picture of historic naval victory. Animated map showing Northern Australia and New Guinea, with animated bombs falling on Port Moresby and flags showing Japanese-held positions at Lae and Salamaua on the coast of the Solomon Sea, to the North. A view of the coastline on the Solomon Sea. Japanese troops are seen in a column making their way through the jungles.They stand with the rising sun battle flag and proceed further, pulling field pieces and carrying other war materiel. View from inside a dwelling, as the Japanese troops enter town of Lae. Destroyed hangars and aircraft at the Lae airfield, which the Japanese bombed on January 21, 1942. The Japanese rising sun flag flying on a tall flag pole. Japanese ships in harbor.

Date: 1942, March
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675071421