American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter in Europe during World War II. A United States Army Air Forces A-20 Havoc light bomber parked at the end of a ramp. A group of officers gathered around a truck mounted with a 50 caliber machine gun. The A-20 Havoc aircraft in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker shows pilots how to use the machine gun. Rickenbacker behind the gun. An officer in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter. A bomb service truck with a bomb carriage and a trailer attached to it drives past. The truck stops in front of the A-20 Havoc. Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Hunter and the officers inspect the bombs as the bomb service crew unloads the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspecting the bombs. They inspect the smaller bombs. Two 2000 pound bombs on the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspect the 2000 pound bombs.
Nazi German propaganda against Allied paratroopers and airborne troops during the Normandy landings in World War II. Allied actions in Normandy, France. A map detailing the Allied occupation of areas in Normandy. Soldiers gather around a map in Europe. A man uses a stick to point to map. They discuss the map. The soldiers prepare their guns in a camp. A soldier puts a brassard with the United Kingdom flag (Union Jack) on the arm of another soldier. Insignia of the Parachute Regiment on a wall. United States paratroopers packing supplies. An airplane parked on a field. Paratroopers board the airplane. Airplanes take off from the field and fly in formation. The paratroopers descend and equipment is dropped from the airplanes. They land on the war front.
Bombing missions over Europe. A formation of United States B-24 Liberators in flight. They drop bombs over targets. Gunners seated inside the aircraft fire at attacking fighter aircraft. Explosions on ground with smoke rising from them. A group of B-26 Marauders fly in formation. A P51B/C Mustang fighter plane taxis to a stop after landing. The pilot shuts down the engine. As he begins unfastening his shoulder harness, a black and white dog runs out to greet him and stands behind the left wing of the airplane while the pilot gets ready to leave the cockpit. (World War II period).
Several destroyed small German armored tracked vehicles are seen lined up along the side of a road , at the edge of a wooded area in Europe, during the second world war.
Germans in Europe during World War II. Recruits from Dutch workers and ceremony of handing over shovel: Dutch worker, service recruits stand in a line and receive patriotically, symbolic shovels. They parade along with shovels. A Greek priest celebrates mass and natives perform a dance during Serbian festival. Sailboats race off Malaga, Spain. Czechoslovakia soldiers ski in the Carpathians. German torpedo boats, equipped with twin anti-aircraft guns. A French fishing boat at sea. Crewman watch through binoculars. French fleet at sea in distance. Drive off an enemy plane. German techniques being used. Newly organized Italian army units celebrate Mass in Trieste, Italy and take an oath to the Italian flag.
B-24 aircraft fires over the German oil fields and other target areas, Europe. Bombs dropped from the aircraft. Bomb strikes on rail road junctions and rail road yards. Explosion on the land due to the bombarding. Smoke arises. High altitude view of the bombarding. (World War II period).