Italian warships maneuvering in the Mediterranean during World War 2. Destroyers pass a Corazzata-class Italian battleship. Italian IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance planes are launched from a battleship. Two Corazzata-class Italian battleships underway. Change of scene shows the island of Malta, viewed from a low flying airplane. A formation of Italian CANT Z.508 seaplane bombers flying overhead to attack Malta. View from ground on Malta of anti-aircraft flak burst clouds in the air above. Smoke rising from bomb bursts. Glimpse of a large British warship slowly easing out of its dock. Single engine aircraft overhead moving through heavy flak clouds. More bomb explosions. Local civilian people and refugees, including many children, seeking safety from bombing. People perusing destroyed buildings. A formation of British Bristol Blenheim light bombers in flight over North Africa. British forces firing artillery in Libya. War materiel abandoned by retreating Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland. British troops and a contingent of Ethiopian troops march into Addis Ababa, escorting Emperor Haile Selassie as he is restored to his throne in May, 1942. Next, German armor in North Africa is seen burning. A knocked out German tank viewed through window of a British armored vehicle. More burning German armor. German aircraft destroyed on the ground at an airbase. Bombs lined up on the ground. Huge number of Italian prisoners of war marching across the desert in Libya.
German Luftwaffe attack British Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hurricane aircraft over Malta during World War 2. A German Luftwaffe pilot gets into the cockpit of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. Ground crew member helps pilot in putting on his helmet before flying. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 takes off from a German airfield in Sicily, Italy. A group of fighters take off, heading for Malta. Aerial views of the coast of Malta. Gun camera footage from Luftwaffe aircraft shows Bf 109 shooting down British Hawker Hurricane aircraft. British aircraft on fire and crashing into ocean.
A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Exteriors of the venue of the Malta Conference. A car pulls up outside the building. A sign on the building reads 'Montgomery House'.
A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Combined Chiefs of Staff seated around a conference table during the Malta Conference. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Brigadier General A.S. MacFarland, U.S. Army Major General Lawrence Kuter, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, U.S. Major General John E. Hull, U.S. Brigadier General Loutzenheiser, U.S. Lieutenat General Walter B. Smith, U.S. Major General Harold R. Bull, British Commander Richard Colleridge, British Major General Robert Laycock, British Field Marshal Wilson, British Air Marshal Sir Charles F. Portal, British Field Marshal Alan Brooke and Fleet Admiral A.B. Cunningham present. British Admiral James Somerville, British General Hastings Ismay, Captain Graves, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral McCormick and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles Cooke also present.
Allied leaders and officers arrive for the Malta Conference (Code word: Argonaut , Phase I, Cricket) during World War 2. American Admirals King and Leahy arrive and are greeted by other officers and Ambassador Averell Harriman, at the Allied Air Terminal, Luqa, Malta. British Field Marshal Allan Brooke gets off the aircraft and is greeted by officers. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall arrives and shakes hands with Averell Harriman. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden being greeted on his arrival.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. United States Fleet Commander in Chief Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall and another military officer seated at a table during a preliminary meeting at the Yalta Conference. Commanding General of U.S. Army Service Forces General Brehon B.Somervell standing beside General Marshall and talking to him. The General looking into a document at a table. General Somervell walks away. American and British Army officers seated around the table at the conference. General Marshall opening a document at the table and talking to the officers. Chief of the Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Alan Brooke seated among other officers at the conference.