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The story of AFN ( American Forces Network) Radio. Founding announced in 1942. First broadcast in 1943; growth in 1944.
U.S. Army soldier reads newspaper while listening to radio. Soldiers doing their respective chores, listen to AFN (American Forces Network) Radio. General Marshall and General Eisenhower announce the creation of AFN, in 1942. July 4, 1943, the first broadcast of AFN. General Eisenhower mingling with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, on the eve of D-day. U.S. B-26 aircraft in flight. United States soldiers aboard landing craft and wading ashore at Normandy, France, on D-day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers tuning radios in the field. United States Sherman tanks and infantry move along country road in France. Audio includes portions from AFN broadcasts, including an announcer saying "You are listening to AFN Paris. This is the American Forces Network, on the road to Berlin." Road sign points to St. Lo. Group of U.S. soldiers gathered around a jeep with a radio, listening to AFN, in Germany. (World War II period).
Adolf Hitler addresses crowd and reviews troops in Germany (WW2)
Adolf Hitler addresses a large crowd in Germany. An animated map of Europe as it was in 1942 in World War II. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in conversation. Anthony Eden and Maxin Litvionf, Russian diplomat at a conference. Close up of sign "10 Downing Street". Neville Chamberlain stands in front of the Prime Minister's residence house and enters. Adolf Hitler reviews marching German troops.
Test flights of German missile A-4 V2 rocket in Peenemunde. First fully successful flight on Oct. 3, 1942.
Opening slate mentions speed and pressures generated in the test launch of A4 V2 rocket. The rocket launches and appears to be successful, moving up and out of sight. However, some white smoke descends and lingers in the atmosphere afterwards. The next slate states that the causes of the malfunctions have been identified and corrected. It is followed by a slate showing date of 3 October, 1942, and another about last instructions before the 3rd launch. German rocket scientist, Konrad Dannenberg, is seen discussing matters with several German officers at the test site. (Dannenberg is in the center of the group. Second from left is possibly Wernher von Braun. Second from right is possibly General Walter Dornberger.) The next slate reads: 1558 hours (3:58 PM) followed by one reading: Fire free. A German officer is seen speaking those words into a microphone. Camera shows a technicians hand as he sets firing switches on a control panel. ;Closeup of V2 rocket engine firing up. The rocket ascends successfully and disappears from sight. (Note: The footage at the end of clip showing the successful Oct 3 flight of A-4 V2 rocket was reportedly part of a film shown to Hitler at his Wolfe's Lair in 1943.) (World War II period).
German military and civilian personnel check instrument section of sheets giving firing order in Peenemude, Germany.
The launch of A-4 (V-2) guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. ( Slate states that causes of earlier breakdowns have been identified and corrected. This is the 3rd shot, on October 3, 1942.) German military and civilian personnel check instrument section of sheets giving firing order. A technician touches fire controls. A-4 missile is launched. Smoke covers the surrounding area. A-4 rocket speeds away out of sight. (World War II period).
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini make war plans in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
Axis plans being discussed at Hitler's Berghof residence in Berchtesgaden, 29 April 1942 during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini ascend steps at Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Inside, the two Axis leaders converse and then, accompanied by Italian and German officers, including General Reich Marshal Albert Kesselring, they look over maps laid out on a table. German Colonel-General Alfred Yodl briefs Hitler and Mussolini while pointing to the maps.
Cultural and religious monuments rubbled by British air raids in Lubeck, Germany.
Damaged and destroyed buildings in Lubeck, Germany during World War II, following British bombing with conventional bombs and incendiary bombs on March 28, 1942. A damaged bridge. Damaged cultural and religious monuments including Lübeck Cathedral, St. Peter's Church, the town hall and St. Mary's Church. Aerial view of the buildings. Damaged buildings along a water front. Bombed out buildings. Interiors of a bombed church with rubble everywhere. Ruins of the bombed and burned buildings.