A gift being presented to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Germany in February, 1942. German soldiers lined up in a courtyard as a car arrives. Norwegian Prime minister Vidkun Quisling climbs up the stairs of a building. Interiors of the building as Quisling shake hands with Hitler. He presents him a model of a Viking ship.
Nazi Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels in Germany during World War 2. Dr. Goebbels arrives in a car to meet General Otto Walter Model on the Western Front. They shake hands and salute each other out side a headquarter building. Goebbels departs in a car camouflaged with pine branches. In separate event, signs are shown posted in an armaments factory. They encourage workers to strive for victory. Goebbels addresses a large crowd of armaments workers and some uniformed attendees. Joseph Goebbels addresses the audience. Troopers behind the platform hold banners representing Cologne, Rhein, and other places. The workers listen to the address and applaud at time enthusiastically. Goebbels gives encouragement to the workers,speaking of war progress and allies, like Romania. He thanks them for their efforts. The session ends with all singing a patriotic song.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in Germany during World War 2. Animation of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific and location of U.S. 11th Air Force. Location of U.S. 6th Air Force. Location of U.S. 8th Air Force in England. Interiors of German armament and munitions factories shows armament works, steel works, and German war production workers. German factories making bomb shells, crankshafts, and other war materiel. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. B-17 drops bombs over German targets. German anti-aircraft gunners. Interior of the plane shows British air crews. Bombs being dropped. Mock ups of bombs exploding on German target. Fire in a German city. German search light crew at work. Bombs exploding in German cities. Rubble on street in German town.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) bombing operations over Germany during World War 2. Aircrews leave briefing room. Aircrew on jeep being taken to U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane. Ground crews waving to pilot. B-17 engine starts and plane taxis. B-17 takes off. U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber takes off. B-17 takes off. Formation of B-17s. USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt fighters taxiing. Airman fires gun. P-47s and F-38s take off from an airfield. Formations of B-17s with USAAF P-38 Lightning fighters overhead escorting. P-47s escorting B-17s. Interiors showing German raid alert room as word comes of an American raid. German anti-aircraft gunners in action. Formation of B-17s as flak bursts around them. German crew chief helping pilot into a parachute, pilot gets into a plane. German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes take off from airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter planes and Messerschmitt Bf 109 planes buzz airfield. Formation of B-17s escorted by P-47s and P-38s. Aerial view of German fighter being shot down. P-38s and P-47s peel off to meet a German fighter plane in aerial dogfight. Several views of German aircraft exploding and catching fire in air. Aerial formations of B-17s in sky leaving vapor trails. Interiors of aircraft showing gunners. B-17 with tail shot away. German fighter planes attack B-17 formations. B-17 on fire spinning towards the ground. B-17 formations flying through flak. Bombs being dropped by B-17s over German targets. Close view of bomb bay doors opened and bombs being released from bombers.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. BV-238 on portable dry dock near a body of water. One man stands on top of pilot's cabin and one man is at the large nose with refueling hose. Group of men on top of starboard wing work on open nacelle engines. Aircraft engine and large single tails. Hull of same BV-238 afloat in water. Mechanics on top of aircraft engines closing nacelle doors. Front and side view of same aircraft afloat in water. Small boat attaching heavy line to aircraft tail to be towed. BV-238 taxiing on water way. Three engines of aircraft with spinning propellers. Pilot aboard BV-238. BV-238 taxiing. BV-238 takes off. BV-238 in flight.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. Aircraft pilots at controls inside cabin of BV-238 in flight. BV-238 flies low over water. Same BV-238 taxis over water.