View of Generals and Admirals seated around table for conference. General Dwight Eisenhower seated with General Bernard L Montgomerry and Air Marshal Arthur W Tedder. Other officers stand behind Generals seated. All Generals including Lieutenant General Omar Nelson Bradley, Admiral Ramsay, Air Chief Marshall Leigh Sir Trafford L Mallory and Lieutenant General Walter B Smith walks to large wall map of Europe where General Eisenhower points to central Germany area. View of large group of photographers taking pictures.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann speaks at War Emergency Conference of World Jewish Congress. He says World War 2 was avoidable and talks about the rights of European Jews to be allowed to settle in Palestine and start a new life. Further he talks, about 5 million Jews massacred in Europe because they had no homeland. and Palestine should be given to the Jews and helped by United Nations to establish a Jewish state (Israel). He calls for Jewish representation in governments.
Alsos mission carried out by United States Alsos mission personnel in Europe during World War II. Unit welcomed by the French civilians in Paris during liberation of Paris. Alsos personnel pass on vehicles and crowd from roadside cheers. Colonel Boris T. Pash meets an officer in a building. Celebrations in streets of Paris. Plane over Arc de Triomphe and crowd march on street. Alsos personnel walk out of a building and get on jeeps. Personnel leave in jeeps.
8th Army Air Force footage 'Fighter Kills over Europe'. Enemy fighter planes ME-109 on ground and in air destroyed by United States fighter planes during World War 2. Strafing of airfields, railroad trains and airfield towers by United States fighter planes.
Allied leaders including General Eisenhower, General Montgomery and General Arthur Tedder meet in London to plan invasion of mainland Europe in World War II. Cameramen take their photographs. The Generals map the invasion attack. view of amassed Allied fighter planes, spare engines, propellers, replacement parts, and stacks of munitions, incendiary bombs, shells, and various bombs are seen being readied for use in invasion.
A line of B-25 Mitchell bombers on an airfield in Britain. They display the British roundel on their fuselages. A line of British de havilland Mosquito bombers on a British airfield. One has its engines running and ground crew are removing ground power unit. A line of Martin B-26 Marauder bombers taxiing on an airfield. Several persons on the ground wave as a pair of B-26s take off in formation. The B-26s display French roundels on their fuselages. View of a B-26 heading toward the camera on takeoff. British Avro Lancaster bombers taxiing out for takeoff. Closeup of one pilot in cockpit of a Lancaster with engines running. The bomber displays numerous mission symbols below the cockpit as well as some nose art. A Lancaster taking off. An animated map showing England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Enemy gun and rocket sites are depicted as important targets. A formation of B-26 bombers in flight. Closeup of one from above. Formation of Mosquito bombers in flight at low altitude over water.Two British B-25 bombers in close formation above clouds. Next, the animated map shows lines of communication that are important targets. .B-25s seen dropping bombs. Views from aircraft of bombs exploding on the ground. A B-26 bomber surrounded by black Flak clouds. More bombs exploding. More B-25s dropping bombs. Animated map highlights transportation centers such as railroad lines and junctions as the next targets. B-26 bombers dropping bombs in flak clouds and views of exploding bombs below. Finally, the animated map shows enemy war factories throughout Europe that are to be targeted. Huge fires and explosions at night from bombed war factories.