Map of Europe highlights Foggia, Italy and London, United Kingdom from where Allied bombers take off to attack German targets in World War II. British officer in United Kingdom briefs young pilots from the Allied forces. United States Army Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters take off. Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers take off. Aerial view showing Allied aircraft strafe and bomb German factories, shipyards, submarine bases, airfields, and oil refineries. Smoke rises from aerial bomb sites. British aircraft attack German war production centers at night. Airplane strafes a moving train. Explosions on German airfield. A fighter pilot wearing oxygen mask behind the cockpit. A gunner firing with machine gun on board a bomber. Dogfight scenes as German fighter aircraft attack bombers. German planes in flames. Allied planes down German fighters over Europe.
'GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) Combat Film'. A Luftwaffe aircraft seen in flight and later exploding due to attack during World War II.
German Army soldiers advancing on a road during World War 2. Views of three different burning and destroyed German tanks in a town and on a battlefield. Dead bodies of German soldiers near a destroyed tank. Dead bodies of German soldiers in foxholes and trenches. Scenes inside a German war production factory with workers making rifles. A worker inspects a rifle stock. Newly built German tanks driving up ramps onto rail cars for transport. Adolf Hitler reviews columns of German soldiers marching on a road and delivers Nazi salute to them.
The German U-Boat, U-181, returning from an Indian Ocean cruise, receives a ceremonial welcome after setting a record for sinking ships. The number 105,812 tons is painted on its conning tower. Captain Luth and his crew stand on deck as the U-boat docks. They sport full grown beards. Captain Luth and his crew are decorated upon arrival.
Several German Tiger I heavy tanks move out of parked position in a demonstration during World War 2. One tank operates in rough wooded terrain. It readily downs a large tree. Various views of the Tiger I as it is being demonstrated.
German fighter aircraft engaging U.S. B-24 bombers during World War 2. Gunsight point of view from German fighter plane firing on a B-24 Liberator bomber. Sky filled with condensation trails from high altitude aerial combat maneuvers. A Liberator bomber, with half of wing shot off, falling from sky. Two German soldiers watch from below. Several parachutes visible as bomber crew members bail out.