United States B-25 Mitchell bomber bomb Japanese Bases in New Guinea and New Britain in Pacific Theater. Preparations for the attack at night. B-25 bombers stand in a row. Pilots enter the planes. Planes take off. Aircraft in flight. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Aerial view of the land. Splashes in water due to explosions. Planes return back after the mission is over. (World War II period).
British Admiral, John Cronyn Tovey, arrives in a closed launch,manned by sailors, and is piped aboard a battleship off the coast of England. He is greeted, on board, by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Forbes. After shaking hands with the ship's officers, Admiral Forbes descends the ship's ladder and enters his launch, which is seen heading back to shore. Admiral Tovey and officers of the ship's company pose for pictures. The Union Jack is replaced by a White Ensign on ship's mast, in preparation for getting underway.
World War 2 scenes following the Gran Sasso raid or Operation Eiche: The rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini by German paratroops under the command of Otto Skorzeny, in the Apennine Mountains. A German soldier speaks over the radio. A tower on a hill. Otto Skorzeny salutes Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Skorzeny helps him from a mountain cable car. Soldiers wave and bid farewell to Mussolini as he boards a light German Fieseler Fi 156 'Stork' reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft in flight. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano greet Mussolini as he gets off from a German Junker transport in Germany. Hitler, Mussolini and other officers. An official hugs and greets Mussolini. Hitler guides the Italian leader to his car. Soldiers give the Nazi salute. The two leaders get into the car and leave. German officers and soldiers welcome Hitler and Mussolini on arrival at Hitler's headquarters. The meet with numerous Nazi officials. They get into a car and leave. Mussolini meets more Nazi officers and officials. They greet Mussolini with the Nazi salute. Mussolini boards the German Junker. Hitler waves as the plane takes off for Italy.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A soldier weaves camouflage netting. A U.S. military truck camouflaged by the netting. A U.S. fighter aircraft also camouflaged by the netting. A U.S. tank camouflaged by canvas.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A soldier attaches a message to a carrier pigeon's leg. The soldier opens the door of the cage to release the bird. The carrier pigeon sits on the roof of a military tent.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A hospital flag outside an open tent hospital in a field. A patient taking treatment inside the tent. Rail tank cars on a rail siding. Several gasoline cans stand beside the cars. Soldiers unload the refrigerator car. The soldiers operate the U.S. 75 mm anti-aircraft guns. A U.S. fighter aircraft. In a pan area the gasoline cans being camouflaged by bushes. A ponton bridge. A military truck passes over the bridge. Soldiers guard the bridge with a machine gun.
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