Allied air raid on Hamburg, Germany during World War II. United States 8th Air Force aircraft take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs are released and impact the ground. Smoke rises as the bombs detonate. Aerial photographs depict industrial plants, docks being destroyed by the aerial bombings. Aerial gunners fire at enemy fighter airplanes as they return to home base after the mission. Damaged aircraft return after the mission A wounded being placed on a litter. Royal Air Force aircraft take off for aerial bombing at night. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over Hamburg at night.
Head of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler inspects Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS troops (likely Kroatische-SS-Freiwilligen-Division or the Croatian SS Volunteer Division, later called the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar, 1st Croatian) training in Neuhammer Germany during World War II. Himmler seen reviewing Islamic Nazi troops wearing fez hats as their commander, General Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, follows behind. Hermann Fegelein is also seen briefly in the review. Götz Berens von Rautenfeld (wearing glasses) and Emil Kuhler seen briefly while Himmler is inspecting a rifle. Himmler observes artillery drill of Albanian recruits. Trees in the background. Himmler rides in a car.
Allied aircraft tracked and damaged in Berlin, Germany during World War 2. Soldiers and officers at Berlin's Air Control Center. The officers track the arrival in the skies of British and American allied aircraft. Search lights light up the skies overhead. German Anti-aircraft fire downs Allied enemy aircraft at night. The damaged allied aircraft and dead pilots on ground.
Adoption of civil defense measures in Berlin, Germany during World War II. German Chancellor and Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Paul Joseph Goebbels confers with the air raid council. Berlin adopts civil defense measures. People eat at the sidewalk kitchens function. Emergency food arrives. Eggs, meat, and fruit distributed to citizens of Berlin. An officer instructs German soldiers who are then seen clearing debris from streets. Carpenters begin rebuilding work after allied bombing. Welders rebuild rail tracks. View of the damaged buildings. German civilians collect food from a market place.
Acrobatics show in Berlin Germany. A large crowd of German citizens including Berlin bombing victims are seen gathered at a hall. Some of them wear bandages from wounds. The crowd watch the acrobatics performance and applauds. (World War II period).
German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on the launch pad ready to be fired. Missile being launched and it lifts off. Missile heads towards the sky as it emits a fiery flare.