Prime Minister of United Kingdom Clement Attlee arrives at the airport in Washington D.C. He is greeted by dignitaries. Prime Minister Attlee arrives at White House for talk with President Truman relating mainly to atomic bomb control. President Truman pays tribute to those who died in World War at the 'Tomb of the unknown soldier'. Prime Minister Attlee and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King accompany him in the ceremony after which conferences will take place.
During the Great Depression, thousands of veteran soldiers, mostly of World War I, gather at the offices of the Wayne County Council in Detroit. The unemployed ex-servicemen rush following Henry Ford's offer to employ residents of the locality who had served in military service. Ford plant seen. Several former soldiers drink beverages while several others smoke.
United States tanks on a road in France during World War 2. United States infantry and tank units in France. Sand bags are packed tight around a tank to fortify and dampen effect of enemy fire. U.S. tanks camouflaged, first with painting (a tank with lettering 'Warhawk" on the side is shown); then with branches over top to help conceal it. Nets and haystacks used for covering and obscuring tanks. Snow covered fields near St Vith. Tanks painted white with a whitewash to camouflage for winter battle. Tanks with lettering on side, "Kathleen", is whitewashed. A tank hits mines and explodes. A British tank outfitted with flails is used to find and detonate land mines. An explosive 'Snake' deployed in a field and used for demolition of enemy mines.
Gun camera footage highlights of United States Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat in Germany during World War 2. Eighth Air Force attacks German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-163 rocket propelled fighter aircraft. ME-163 attacked by 370th, 385th, 335th and 336th Squadron Groups. German aircraft hit during aerial battle and falling from the sky.
United States soldiers climb a captured German Mark V Panther Tank at Saint Lo in France during World War 2. The soldiers in the bivouac area. The soldiers remove weapons and equipment from a disabled Mark V tank. Sergeant Basil Ashmore holds MG34 machine gun and some twisted shell cases for Captain Boyd to inspect
German Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with "Porsche" running gear, being tested at tank testing grounds associated with the Henschel Werk III tank factory in Mittelfeld near Kassel, Germany, soon after conclusion of World War 2 in Europe. Tank is tested in forward and reverse. Affect of running in piled dirt is evaluated. (The filmed Vehicle is # 305004, which was eventually shipped back to the UK and is now at the Tank Museum at Bovington.)
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