Women collaborators in the Chatou residential suburb, Northwestern Paris, France, during World War II, in Europe. A woman collaborationist tried by FFI (French Forces of the Interior) men. A soldier shaves the head of a woman collaborator found guilty of collaborating with the Nazi Germans during the occupation. A woman collaborator speaks during a trial, attempting to defend herself. An official wearing an armband (possibly FFI) shaves her head after she is found guilty of collaborating.
U.S. war correspondents in a French town shortly after the allied Invasion of France near the end of World War II in Europe. Portion of U.S. invasion fleet off coast of France. Allied naval fleet underway at sea. Officers and war correspondents aboard the ships. U.S. Army jeeps on the hangar deck of a ship. Equipment unloaded at a French port. U.S. flag on a ship. Men milling about in the foreground. U.S. war correspondents seated on the hood of a jeep in a French town as they talk and smile. A photographer with a camera as he talks to a soldier. Buildings along the harbor of the coastal town and views of the channel.
German slates refer to the dream of "Northern" people to fly, fulfilled by aircraft development. Scenes from Paris airshow in 1908, when it was a feature of the automobile show that year. Hangars bear names of aircraft companies: Bleriot; Vetze and others, with historic vintage airplanes of the period parked on the grass in front of each. A man plays with a dog in the grass. Spectators are seated in stands set up in the background. Scene shifts to 1935, where a long row of German aircraft are shown parked with engines running. Then it shifts to 1943, during World War 2, with a long line of German Messerschmitt aircraft parked with engines running. An animated map shows air lines of communication emanating from center of Germany and extending throughout Europe. Huge formations of German warplanes are seen in flight.
Map shows Nazi German occupation in Europe during World War II. Allies military officers plan and plot on map. American Airborne Troops get ready for test in England. Airborne troops board transport Douglas C-47 'Skytrain' planes. Airplanes take off from an airfield in England. Airborne troops jump from planes. Supplies like guns, ammunition, mortars are dropped from the transport planes. English Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American General Eisenhower watch the parachute drop in England.
War production work by American women contributing to the war effort in World War II. Women work in factories and other places producing war materials. View of nursery schools and personal services like banks, ration card issuance, driver's license issuance, and beauty shops open at longer hours in and near war production plants to help working women. Women meet their children in the schools. They enjoy meals in a women's dining rooms. Women enjoy leisure time bowling in a bowling alley. On the job in a factory, a view of several women welders in uniform, welding for war production. They produce soldiers' helmets and other war materials. They work on machines in manufacturing plants and factories. Women and men workers boarding buses at the end of a workday. Women using drill presses and driving trucks and forklifts. A ship blown up at sea during a World War 2 attack. View of Soviet soldiers helping a child and then a woman with a baby emerge from an underground bomb shelter in Europe. A woman on stage at a rally in Italy holds a small child. Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini steps forward and kisses the child. Women assembling tail assemblies and airplane fuselage in America for an aircraft. Smoking ruins of a leveled European city soon after a bombing raid. A body of a soldier floating in water at the edge of the ocean. A ticker tape parade in New York city with ticker tape streaming down. A view of the Statue of Liberty as seen from near its base, looking upward.
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).