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U.S. B-17s bomb the German positions in Rouen, France and return to home base in England during World War II.
First American air raid on German positions in Rouen, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft on an airfield in England. Ground crew work on the aircraft. Bomb bay door opens up. Fuel tank as men refuel the aircraft. Combat crew members arrive at the briefing hut and being instructed by an officer. He instructs the pilots and other flight about the targets to be bombed. Radio men being instructed. After the briefing crew members head towards the airfield. Flight crew board B-17s. Aircraft take off from the field. B-17s in formation flight. Bomb bay door opens and bombs are dropped. Bombs hit the target and smoke rises. Aircraft head for England after the air raid. Aircraft arrive at the airfield in England. Major General Carl Spaatz , Head of the USAAF in England greet the pilots after a successful air raid. Crew members share their experiences of the mission with an intelligence officer. A pilot talks about how his aircraft was attacked by a German ME-109 aircraft during the air raid.
Industrial and cultural advances in USA contrasted with Nazi Germany; children sing a song in a church and play
A motion picture film explores the background of World War II. In the United States a view of a large hyrdoelectric dam with water gushing through its gates. Electrical towers of a power plant and a man throwing large switches to activate power. Newspaper headlines: 'Senator oppose the league of nation' and 'Senate passes tariff bill by 44 to 42 vote'. A crowd holds posters of Dewey, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other leaders. Books of competing ideologies for sales in the United States, including those of democracy, socialism, fascism including Mein Kampf and books about Stalin. Voting time in Germany with Hitler as the only candidate and signs promoting Hitler. Germans casting voting ballots for Hitler. People burning books in Nazi Germany. A church in America or Britiain with close up views of a boys choir singing hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers." Children in America playing at a playground on a jungle gym and slide. A girl makes a drawing of natural scenes. American children smiling, playing, and running.
German troops and military vehicles amidst a flaming town on the Russian border during World War II.
German troops battle in a town on the Russian border during World War II. German cavalry and soldiers in horse carts, on bicycles, on foot advance into the town. Soldiers seated on tanks and artillery. Soldiers march on a tree flanked road. A German officer looks through binoculars to survey the town. Smoke emerges from two large stacks in an industrial plant. Smoke rises from various locations in the town. An aircraft in flight overhead. Soldiers on tanks advance into the town. German officers amidst burning buildings. Bomb damaged buildings. Black smoke rises from burning structures. Military trucks advance. Soldiers on motorbikes. Officers in cars. Soldiers on tanks.
Russian prisoners construct block houses for German soldiers on the Eastern front (WW2)
Block houses for German soldiers on the Eastern front in World War II. Russian war prisoners with axes cut down the trees into logs from snow covered forest areas. Men with hatchets and saws cut logs and smooth them for use in construction. War prisoners construct the block houses while German soldiers instruct and inspect them. Views of constructed block houses covered with snow. German soldiers work, drink, smoke, and relax in the block houses. View of several block houses in snow covered areas.
German military engineers making foundation for block houses in Eastern front.
Block houses in Eastern front. German engineers digging the ground for the foundation of block houses. Men with axes cut tree logs for the block house. Men place tree logs in foundation and construct the block. A man works with bricks beneath the log roof. Men cover the rooftop of the houses with mud and straw bedding. A man with a horse comes out from the block house. German engineers engage in constructing rooftops.
German military engineers constructing block houses in Eastern front (WW2)
Block houses built for German troops in Eastern front during World War II. A man with a grass cutter prepares the ground while others with spade digging for block houses. Men carry tree logs on their shoulders. German engineers construct the shades of the houses with tree logs and cover t with straw bedding. View of Russian prisoners of war cutting trees into logs in snow covered area.