'Highlights of the War' depicts work by combat cameramen that has been honored with citations for outstanding photography. 'The Coast Guard at War' depicts the work of combat cameramen on the U.S. Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Patrol. CG personnel aboard a cutter. Deck gun and the U.S. flag. A sailor communicates over the radio. Sailors on deck, the bow and deck. Combat cameramen record the CG activities including a religious ceremony. Sicily Invasion, 1943: Combat cameramen capture the scene as a German bomb hits an ammunition ship off the coast. Explosion on the ship, a mushroom cloud rises up. Sailors watch with binoculars. Normandy, 1944: Allied troops climb down rope ladders into Landing Craft Personnel (LCP). which deliver the men and cargo to the Normandy beaches. Soldiers wade through the water towards the shore under enemy fire.
Royal Air Force (R.A.F) Boston bombers over occupied Europe during World War II. The bombers strike Nazi German war plants in occupied Europe during low level attacks. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
German coastal defenses in Europe during World War 2. A map of Finland and Sweden. A map southward toward France and depiction of Atlantic Wall running Dutch, Belgium, and French coast facing the English Channel. Artillery and gun emplacements and fortifications along Atlantic Wall in Europe. A German soldier standing atop a fortification bunker looks through binoculars out across the English Channel. Forced laborers (slave labor) construct German coastal defenses at a beach. Concrete being mixed and poured and slave workers build the coastal defense reinforced concrete pillboxes. Massive guns and artillery being raised at the Atlantic Wall coastal defenses. The barrel of a large gun.
United States Ninth Airforce raids in Europe during World War 2. Aerial view of towns and airfields in Europe, likely in Normandy, France. Aerial view of two airfields surrounded by hedgerow fields. Some craters are seen near the coast. Aerial view of a coast with warships approaching the beach. Two Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in flight with flak bursts all around. Aerial view of a bombed city.
United States Ninth Airforce raids in Europe during World War II. A Martin B-26 Marauder in flight. Aerial view showing bombs dropping over a town in Europe. Some craters can be seen in countryside. Smoke emanates from bomb sites.
Independence celebrations in Europe during World War II. In France large crowds gather to celebrate liberation. Soldiers salute. French children hold American flags which are made from paper by them and sing a song. An old man standing in front of them. In Rome, Italy wreaths are placed at Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the U.S. flag flutters in air.