United States 8th Air Force Division attack railway center in Bruchsal, Germany in World War II. B-17 bombers fly in formation and drop bombs to destroy railroad marshaling yards. Aerial bombs away view as bombs and incendiaries drop emitting vapor trails. Aerial view of bomb impacts causing light flashes and smoke to sise up from the target area.
Three German soldiers, who were captured in American uniforms, spying behind the American lines, in the Fall of 1944, are executed by a firing squad. In a separate sequence, one of several German civilians is marched toward gallows at Bruchsal prison near Karlsruhe, Germany. They were condemned by a military tribunal for killing six United States Army Air Force aviators who were being held as prisoners of war after crash landing their airplane near the end of the war. A hangman makes preparations. The German criminals are hanged.