German Hilltop fortifications and related ground targets being bombed by U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s a month after the end of World War 2 in Europe. A U.S. Army Air Force field grade officer and a sergeant on the ground, both wearing steel helmets. Another U.S. field grade officer, also wearing a steel helmet. Both officers wear Air Force pilot's wings. They communicate with P-47 aircraft via radio. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts drop demolition bombs on the hilltop fortifications. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop napalm on an installation below the hill. smoke and fire rise.
Film begins with nighttime bombardments of rockets and artillery. Then at one minute after midnight, on May 9th, 1945, the guns stop. Next, a day earlier, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel enters a conference room on May 8th, accompanied by German staff officers. He salutes with his Marshal's baton and takes a seat. He signs surrender document. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov stands before being seated. British Air Marshal, Sir Arthur Tedder, is seen signing the document along with Marshal Zhukov. General Carl Spaatz, Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, shakes hands with Marshal Zhukov. Several scenes of battlefield cemeteries are seen next. German officer prisoners are seen from the back as they walk with hands behind their heads. Views of Surrendered German senior military officers, including: German Admiral Erich Raeder; German Marshal Walter Model; German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; and Marshal Hermann Goering (being disarmed).
Several weeks before the end of World War II in Europe, recently captured German prisoners of war, still wearing their uniforms, work under guard, building their own barbed wire enclosure. Some carry and place large timber fence posts. Others dig post holes and string barbed wire. Others fashion fence posts, using saws and hatchets (to sharpen their ends). Several American soldiers supervise and stand guard.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops in Zeebrugge, Belgium during World War I. German officers at a lake shore. A boat in the lake. Views of arriving boat of the Kaiser and officers. A flag of German Army on the boat. The Kaiser arrives in Zeebrugge.
Brief glimpse of Adolf Hitler standing in an open car encircled and being hailed and saluted by numerous SA (Sturmabteilung) troopers. He is smiling and obviously delighted. The troopers all give the Nazi salute.
A German Junkers JU-87 (Stuka) dive bomber parked on ramp with engine running. Rearward view from a Stuka taking off, as it climbs out rapidly. Several Stuka dive bombers climbing out after takeoff, from German airfield during World War Two.
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