German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the command post of German General Eugen Meidl in the European Theater of World War II. A map of the Western Front of France. German soldiers rest in troop carriers as Generals Rommel and Meidl confer. German infantry, supported by artillery and armor, enters villages. German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops destroy U.S. tanks and dig emplacements. A U.S. airplane is downed by antiaircraft fire. Explosions on a field. German artillery and rockets detonate an Allied munitions store.
A film based on ASR (Air Sea Rescue) by U.S. 8th Air Forces in European Theater during World War II. Formation of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight over Nazi German targets in Europe. Bombardier aboard B-17 sights target through Norden bomb sight. Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over targets. Smoke and flame billows up from explosions. More scenes of bombs being dropped from Allied aircraft and hitting targets below during a day time bombing mission. B-17s face attack from Nazi Luftwaffe fighter aircraft. Air to air combat and dogfight scenes. Gunners aboard B-17 firing at Nazi fighters. A B-17 with a damaged tail. A B-17 on fire goes down. Pilot of the same B-17 gives emergency signal. Crash landing of B-17 on water shows crew members preparing to ditch the B-17 at sea. Crew members on raft and aboard a boat heads for English coast. Door sign reads 'Air Sea Rescue Control Room'. Interior of room shows an officer plotting and planning the timings and air route the bomber squadron must follow from and to target area during the mission. Air Sea Rescue Liaison Sergeant of U.S. army talks over phone and alerts British Royal Navy officer. British Navy officer calls up an officer at the RAF (Royal Air Force) high speech launch base and assigns patrol areas. Royal Navy patrol boats head for assigned areas. Emergency rescue squadron is alerted by an officer. Pilots of rescue aircraft prepare to board P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. View of inflatable rafts and smoke floats carried on theThunderbolts.Flying boat PBY Catalina warms up on runway.
Activities of U.S. 8th Army Air Forces in the European Theater during World War II. An airplane takes off from an airfield. Airplanes lined up on the airfield. They take off from the field and fly in formation overhead. Men load a bomb in the bomb bay of an airplane. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Airplanes fly in formation. Airplanes parked on the airfield.
A war film titled 'Soldiers without guns' depicts the contribution of army messengers during World War II. A U.S. ship convoy underway at sea in the European Theater. Smoke from the stacks of the ships. Soldiers aboard the ships and a landing craft. The soldiers fire guns from battleships. Smoke rises from the firing of the guns. Supplies loaded on the ships. Tanks and trucks advance on a beach. Paratroopers descend on the land. Airplanes fly in formation. A soldier speaks over a radio. The airplanes bombard a target area. Trucks and jeeps advance along a street. Troops fire rifles. Men in a radio room directing them. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in chairs, discussing. Men study a map and locate areas on the map.
U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in the European Theater during World War II. Soldiers standing on a field. General Eisenhower speaks to them. The soldiers stand at attention. The General shakes hands with the soldiers. The soldiers walk along a railroad track.
U.S. soldiers in the European Theater during World War II. Soldiers standing at attention. An officer awards medals to them. A building in the background. A band marches. Troops march holding rifles. . A soldier at a microphone reads out the names of soldiers who are awarded. The soldiers receive their awards from the officer.