United States fleet during World War II. Firing and bombardment on the target area. Smoke arises due to bombardment. A ship explodes. The dead bodies of United States soldiers wrapped in U.S. flags lying on stretchers. Burial of the bodies at sea. Cemetery of dead U.S. soldiers who lost their lives during the war. U.S. flag flies on a flag pole amidst the cemetery.
A court trial in session. Fascist Pietro Caruso of Italy in court. Norwegian Army officer Vidkun Quisling in court. General Henri-Philippe Petain of France. French politician Pierre Laval in court speaking forcefully. Prosecutors gesturing. Nazi Hermann Goering. Nazi generals being arrested at end of World War II including Field Marshal von Rundstedt. Germany's Kaiser Wilhlem II and General Staff during World War I. Henry Lloyd George of Britain, after World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm II, residing in Holland, after World War I. He smoke a cigarette and throws wood into a pile using his right hand. A post-war aerial view of bomb-damaged Nuremberg, Germany. The court house of Nuremberg. U.S. chief prosecutor Robert Houghwout Jackson on walk outside the Nuremberg courthouse. Enactment of British Courtroom scene. View from above of Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. View of a Soviet court in session.
Animated sequence shows flags of Allied forces advancing through France against German forces during World War 2. U.S. and Free French flags shown in South of France and British and Canadian to the North. Beyond the Seine River, German soldiers are seen watching the launch of V-1 buzz bombs against London. Aerial views of British armored units racing towards Brussels, Belgium. Local people wave and applaud them as they move through villages towards Brussels. Crowds greet them joyfully as they enter Brussels. American soldiers crossing fields and entering the boundaries of Germany. British soldiers (Tommies) being given drinks by Belgian man in Brussels. American soldier walking with another who is clowning around, wearing a top hat and carrying an umbrella. Line of surrendering German soldiers on bicycles. A German Army Division, of about 20 thousand soldiers marching along a road to surrender. Canadian troops advancing in the North, happen upon a deserted German "flying bomb" site. American P-51 fighters operating on a German airfield. African American U.S. Army troops setting up communications systems on poles. Allied troops being entertained by USO performer. British and American troops moving through Germany.
Filmed titled 'German and Italian Sneak Craft' describes and dramatizes the methods and machines used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. Methods and machines used are swimmers, human torpedoes, midget submarines, explosive boats, torpedo boats aka S-boats or Schnellboots. A U.S. ship sinks after an Axis attack. Views of harbors at Alexandria, Souda Bay, and Algiers. Rock of Gibraltar. Task force heads for enemy beach. Allied ships in harbor.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II Italian SLC (Siluro a Lenta Corsa) -200 Maiale human torpedo hoisted on dock. Ocean in the background. Warhead is clamped onto the nose of torpedo. Rudder, motor switch, and instrument panel of Maiale. Maiale is hoisted to release it on water. Torpedo operator gets ready with two high pressure bottles. Two men on torpedo. Torpedo submerges. Animation shows how undetected torpedo boat reaches to Allied ship and second man on torpedo places the warhead on a ship. Torpedo moves away after placing the charge. Maiale surfaces.
Demonstration of methods used by Axis powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. A German Biber midget submarine. Biber being launched in sea. Biber underway. An operator at controls.