Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid, an allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France. Allied aircraft loading bombs and preparing at dawn. Pilot enters cockpit and takes off for attack on Northern coast of France. Allied Commandos on boat mostly consisting of Canadians climbing onto ship. Close up of "commando" patch and Cross of Lorraine Free France patch on uniform. Allied aircraft flying over ships. Map showing Dieppe as destination. Radio operator speaking aboard ship. Black smoke from ship smoke stack as it speeds on water. Fighter planes in air and explosion in water. Convoys firing and shells ejected from ship artillery. Field and village shops on fire. Allied Army soldiers marching German Prisoners of War with hands up. Allied soldier with dirty face smiling. Wounded French and Canadian soldiers smiling and then walking up gang plank at dock, some helped by others. Wounded soldier on stretcher is given a cigarette. Sign reads 'Dieppe' Sign surrounded by barbed wire reads, "Defense de passer-Betreten verboten" (No Passing-Entering Prohibited). French and Canadian prisoners with hands held up behind barbed wire. Captured allied boats with names, "Calgary" and "Beefy." Floating abandoned allied landing craft at beach. Allied helmets washed by surf at beach.
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Combat missions of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 planes over France. B-17 plane in flight. Large formation of B-17s in flight over France heading for target area. Radio operator sends code message. Aerial formation of B-17s. Ball turret view B-17's shadow on ground. Ball turret view of farms.
Opens with scene of Japanese Ambassador to Germany, General Hiroshi Oshima ascending stairs to greet German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The Japanese and German representatives are shown signing an economic pact. Scene changes to French young men working in a German plant in occupied France during World War II. Prisoner French young men are seen working as apprentices in the German artillery plant. Men working on machines in the plant and then seated in a dining hall to have a meal. The French workers receive diploma certificates on completion of their training.
German and British soldiers in France during the Dieppe Raid of World War II. Dead troops lying on beach in a long barbed wire entanglement. Canadian and British troops. Damaged amphibious tanks stranded on beach. British soldiers' damaged helmets lying around tanks. Damaged Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft on field. Germans march captured Commandos through the streets. Some Commandos in uniform. Scenes of German prisoners camp: food rationed out to prisoners. Street scenes: civilians walk around. Buildings seen on either side of the streets. German soldier stands guard at the beach with machine gun in front of him. Platoons of German troops in uniform march on beach. German soldier mans a machine gun. Men stand around it.
Events related to World War II. Aerial view of German bomber dropping bombs over enemy installations in France. Explosions on the ground. Wall of building crashes to the ground. German Junker 52s take off an airfield. Japanese cavalry and troops pass in a review.
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Combat missions of B-17 planes in France. Long line of B-17s on airfield in England. B-17s taxis to take off point on airfield. B-17 in flight. Tracer fired at aircraft over water. Aerial view of coastline. Bombs burst over ground targets. Five B-17s in formation. Side gunner of B-17. Ten B-17 flying over clouds. Bomb bay view of bombs falling. Flak bursts. Large formation of B-17s, one plane's engine on fire. B-17 on fire goes down. B-17 drops bombs. Smoke rises from explosions on ground. (World War II period).