General MacArthur maps the drive on Leyte with field commanders. Guarding the operation in the Philippines is a vast naval force. Battle map shows location of U.S. 7th fleet (Kinkaid) and U.S. 3rd fleet (Halsey). The air and sea Battle of Leyte Gulf. Aircraft carrier operation, planes land and take-off. Japanese plane shot down; hit by anti-aircraft fire Japanese plane cartwheels through the sky and crashes into the ocean. The USS Princeton is loss in battle. Aerial view of damage and later view of Princeton magazine exploding. Damaged plane landing on carrier deck on one landing gear. Admiral Nimitz reports on battle. (World War II period).
German POWs march in a group, guarded by U.S. Army soldiers of the 7th Armored Division, near Westenfeld, Germany. Bodies of two dead German soldiers lay beside a road. with an Army truck parked a few yards behind them. A U.S. soldier inspects the dead German soldiers. Faces of the dead German soldiers. (World War II period).
Troops of the U.S. Army 7th Armored Division pass by Westenfeld Germany. Townspeople at road side work to put out a fire using a manual pump on wheels. View of a German civilian holding the firehose and spraying water at a burning building. U.S. troops pass through on various military vehicles. U.S. troops march along a road. View of a large fire burning in the foothills above the road. Troops atop tanks and other vehicles pass. U.S. troops take cover in ditches along roadside. Smoke arises from the wreckage of a house in Westenfeld. An injured, burned pig hobbles out of a burning building. Civilians including men, women, children race to a water pump and work to extinguish the fire. (World War II period).
U.S. Army 90th infantry convoy of tanks and trucks passes through the town of Probstzella in Germany. Low mountains and country side in the background. Soldiers atop an artillery tractor and trucks. Trucks loaded with equipment and ammunition. White flags of surrender draped from a number of the buildings and homes. A civilian walks by with a heavy load on her back. (World War II period).
U.S. Army 90th Infantry convoy of trucks, jeeps and full-tracks passes by the town of Probstzella in Germany. Soldiers atop the vehicles. An artillery piece drawn by a full-track artillery tractor. A sign indicates the town of Kleinneundorf approaching. (World War II period).
Dramatization: Shipping room of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. U.S. workers packing up art. Several paintings and art subjects. German guard supervises. Man brings in box to be stenciled. It reads 'Brooklyn museum of Art.' Box stenciled with destination address 'ReichsMarschall Hermann W. Goring..."
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