USS Augusta during visit of President Harry S. Truman of United States, to Berlin, after World War II. Two SOC Seagull observation planes catapulted from Augusta. Planes take off from ship and glide over sea. Seaplanes make landing in sea waters, man from one SOC holds hoist strings suspended from ship Augusta. SOC seaplane surfing on sea water, and then raised by hoist cranes on ship. Sailors fix plane to its mount on the deck. Other ships leading Augusta on its way.
USS Augusta during visit of President Harry S. Truman of United States, to Berlin, after World War II. Sailors and crew members of the ship assembled during an event. Navy band musicians play. African American man dressed as woman dances with sailors. Sailors and officials enjoy. A boxing match on a ring built on the deck of the ship.
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and high-ranking Nazi officials attend a military review during World War II. Wehrmacht flag on top of a government building. Wehrmacht troops addressed by Hitler. Guards stand with Nazi flag outside the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin). Homage to Austrian Nazis after invasion of Austria by Nazi forces. Wreath at the Neue Wache. Soldiers salute them. Civilians salute Hitler. Nazi German soldiers march in Berlin.
German U-boats in high tide cruise the North Sea. A sailor looks from its top. Workers work inside a U-boat. Huge cannons on deck of the ship. Convoy of German warplanes in sky above the U-boats.
Opening scene shows a German ME-262 jet airplane speeding across the sky. An officer instructor pilot and a student Technical Sergeant observe it from the ground on a snow covered field. They both wear winter flyer's garb. They walk together toward the camera, discussing the jet airplane as they walk. An army truck passes behind them and some buildings and a radar antenna are visible in the background. A soldier on a bicycle and another, walking are seen in background. The instructor and student stop walking. The Officer gives the student a set of binoculars which he peers through. Next, the camera focuses on an ME-262 jet plane coming in for a landing. It is in the process of lowering its landing gear. The officer and student watch. The student using the binoculars. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
At beginning of the film, a German officer instructor pilot and his Technical sergeant student approach a German ME-262 jet airplane set up on maintenance jacks in a snow covered airfield. A mechanic stands as they approach. The landing gear of the plane are in the process of extending, which the instructor pilot discusses and they are moving. Closeup of the landing gear fully extended. The instructor pilot signals to a mechanic in the cockpit and the landing gear are then retracted. Closeup of the gear retracting into the fuselage of the plane. The mechanics leave the instructor pilot and student who then climb up to the airplane cockpit. The instructor points to two hydraulic valve handles for the landing gear in the cockpit. They then both jump down from the plane and continue talking about its controls as they walk. Suddenly, the officer instructor points to an ME-262 taking off from the field. Closeup of the jet on takeoff roll. It has "V 167" stenciled on its fuselage. Next, an ME-262 jet is seen being towed along a ramp past a line of parked ME-262s. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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