Parade on a street in Norway during World War II. Formation of Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling and Nazi German officials walking along the lined Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling salutes the flag. French Volunteers lined up in Versailles, France. Volunteers march to railroad station. Volunteers bid farewell to girls and board train. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers march to station. They bid farewell to their families. They board train and wave goodbye.
A German aircraft attacked by a U.S. aircraft in the European Theater during World War Two. The German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane is being attacked by a U.S. aircraft of 8th Fighter Command piloted by Lieutenant J.B. Dickson of 358th Squadron, 355 Fighter Group. A part of the tail section of Messerschmitt Bf 109 is blown away.
Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War 2. Gun camera footage from P-47 flown by Captain Ben E. Cathers of the 61st Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Ground targets being strafed include parked German bomber aircraft on airfields and German armor in a field.
U.S. Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command Operation in the European Theater during World War 2. Gun camera footage of attack on German Focke Wulf 190 (FW190) fighter aircraft by 2nd LT. W A McClure from 62nd Fighter Squadron ,56th Fighter Group. The FW 190 goes out of control and dives to the ground. It hits the ground and explodes.
Activities in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. M36B1 tank destroyers in Germany. The tank destroyers advance through slush and mud. Soldiers of the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to the U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division, seated on the tank destroyers. A 90mm gun is test fired. A soldier removes the barrel cover and fires the gun. Soldiers observe the impact. First United States Army soldiers instruct the 8th Infantry Division troops about the use of captured German guns. A soldier demonstrates the use of a captured German Panzerfaust, a recoilless anti- tank launcher. A tank is hit. Damage caused by the hit. France: The port of Rouen along the Seine River. Various ships arrive with cargo for the Allies battling at the Rhine. A LIberty and Victory ship arrives. The Marine Division of the Army Transportation Corps on board. Women soldiers at work. A soldier near an organizational chart on the ship.
Various kinds of Engineer equipment of the U.S. Army in the European Theater during World War 2. Views of engineering equipment, including: Truck crossing pontoon bridge; camouflage nets for artillery; well drilling equipment being positioned and then view as drilling begins; searchlights; generators for search lights; mine detectors; Carry-alls, Turnables, pneumatic pontoons; steel treadways; steel mats; excavators; road rollers; sheep foot rollers; tractors; steam shovels; jackhammer and bulldozers are seen. A fleet of ships underway at sea. Several cargo ships in a harbor in flames after bombing, with smoke rising. Groups of Engineers and Seabees marching in formation with rifles. Troops marching near overseas cemetery flying an American flag. Montage scenes including some in the Pacific theater. U.S. Army soldiers standing in a line firing rifles during a ceremonial salute. (World War II period).