B-24 aircraft in formation fire, Europe. High altitude view of the water front and the target area. View of the Houses and trees. Bombs dropped from the planes on the water front, rail road yards and other target areas. Bombs explode. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Bomb strikes the city. (World War II period).
B-24 aircraft in formation drop supplies, Europe. Soldiers unload aerial mines and other supplies from trucks. The mines and other supplies loaded into the bomb bay of aircraft. The B-24 takes off. C-47 tows gliders. Aerial formation of B-24's flying low over farmlands release para packs. Cargo parachutes descend on ground. (World War II period).
B-24 aircraft lands on airfield, Europe. View of the control tower. B-24 comes for landing with the nose wheel jammed. Plane goes off runway onto muddy strip. Pilot and crew look at plane's blown tire on landing gear. Ambulance parked on the airfield. Removal of a wounded from B-24 on stretcher. Men place him in the ambulance which drives away.
United States troops improvise time saving devices in Europe. Soldiers repair a military vehicle. A soldier works on an electric tower. Jeep parked on a railway track. The soldiers turn the jeep on track. Jeep moves on the track. Soldiers work on the jeep in a snow covered field. (World War II period).
A Slav festival in Serbia. People climb stairs to enter a Greek Catholic Church, where a priest is seen waving a container of incense, as part of the ritual. (Narrator notes that the theme is protection of native cultures, including protection of religion.) The Priest slices a large piece of bread for the Mass. Next an accordion is seen and dancers assemble for the "Kolo" (a Serbian national dance). View of dancing, that marks end of the festival. Scene shifts abruptly to a sailboat race in Malaga, Spain. Narrator says it "suggests the idea of normal living with a prosperous new Europe." Film shifts to mountains of the high Tatras, in Czechoslovakia, where Ski troops of the Czech army demonstrate their abilities.
Film obtained by OSS. OSS logo seen at start. A bicycle race in Europe, held during World War 2. Cyclists ride bicycles during a French-Belgian bicycle race. The cyclists speed away on their bicycles. A church. The winner being thronged by people after winning the race. The winner smiles after winning the race.