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 film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Past events depict smoke rising from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii after Japanese attack of December 7, 1941 during World War II. American soldiers fire machine guns during the war, from a jungle area in the Pacific. The soldiers run through muddy waters. Sky filled with parachutes, as seen from the ground, as U.S. Army paratroopers descend and land for an airborne invasion. American Army Infantrymen on a snow-covered landscape in Europe fire M-1 rifles at enemy German positions during World War 2.
Pre-invasion activities of United States Army Rangers (2nd Battalion) in Weymouth, England during World War 2. The Rangers eating doughnuts (donuts) and drinking coffee. They march along Weymouth Esplanade to an embarkation area. Royal Hotel Weymouth and St. John's Church seen in the background. They are checked as they move past the pier. The rangers get into British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) at the pier. (The officer seen with a white bar on front of his M1 helmet, is First Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin, who was the first American soldier to board a Landing craft at Weymouth for the Invasion of Europe.) LCAs underway at harbor en route to a transport. An LCA filled with troops.
A Rugby match in France at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Opens as players come out of a huddle and kick off. Play proceeds. Closeup of Allied military officers in front row seats of a huge stadium filled with spectators. Commercial advertisements are posted in French all along the stadium roof facia. Views alternating between play on the field and spectators cheering in the stands. Complete change U.S. soldiers playing and American football game. closeup of a player, wearing shoulder pads, helping a teammate with his jersey. Another player wearing a protective helmet. View of the football players starting the game with a kickoff. The stadium appears to have mostly U.S. military spectators (although some French civilians are seen standing in the stands at end of the film). Glimpse of an American woman in military uniform cheering in the stands. Views of the game in progress. Near the end, one of the players kicks a field goal.
The Nazis blow up numerous buildings in the Soviet Union during World War II, during their retreat to the Balkans and central Europe. German soldiers in vehicles take cattle out of the city. Vehicles drive on a dirt road. Troops on tanks roll down the road. A soldier puts dynamite in a hangar. The hangar is blown up. Smoke rises due to explosion. The Nazis blow up several huge buildings. Smoke rises. A jeep drives past a blown up building. Rings of smoke formed. Black smoke in sky as the Nazis burn oil dumps. The burning windows. The Nazi soldiers destroying railway tracks. The soldiers blow up the tracks. The soldiers in the foreground put dynamite on the tracks. The dynamite explodes. Smoke in sky.
Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe General Dwight Eisenhower and Commander of U.S. 3rd Army General George Patton in 3rd Army area near Nancy, France during World War II. General Eisenhower with General Patton at 3rd Army front area visits Division Command Post and speaks to soldiers. The Generals inspect battle damage, gas and ration depots and U.S. 12th Evacuation Hospital.