U.S. planes of 8th Bomber Command during a mission, flying over Germany. Bombardier and navigator wearing mask during the flight. Gunner holding gun. Planes flying over clouds.
U.S. planes of 8th Bomber Command fly during a mission over clouds in Germany. Bombardier and navigator in plane. Both are working inside the aircraft. Scenes inside the aircraft. Firing by the gunners. Navigator navigates through the instrument. Man presses button to fire. Name on a plane reads "Doodle". Pilot and copilot on their seats. A plane being hit. Pilots look at the crashing plane. Plane crashed. German fighters attack back. (World War II period).
U.S. planes of 8th Bomber Command flying over clouds during a mission in Germany. Scenes of navigator and bombardier at their positions. Animation of formation of planes and targeting strategies including firing of marking flares 5 seconds apart. Bombardier readying, seen working at instruments. Machine gunners in doors firing at enemy aircraft. Navigator sees on ground through navigation instrument. Bomb bay doors open. Targets bombed by the planes. Navigation of the area. An enemy plane shot down. (World War II period).
Relentless bombing of Germany by Allied Forces in World War 2. Bombing on important roads and buildings in German cities by the bombers of the United States Army Air Force. B-17 bombers of the 306th Bomb Group,out of Thurleigh, England (Triangle H tail code) seen in formation. They drop bombs from high altitude on a German city. Black flak clouds and contrails are seen. Immense explosions and destruction on ground from saturation bombing. Serial blasts at a railway marshaling yard, on a road. Bombs gliding towards target leaving a smoke trail behind. Buildings bombed by Allied bombers.
General Eisenhower in trench coat walks with Lieutenant General William H. Simpson, Commander, U.S. 9th Army, and Major General Raymond S. McLain, Commander of its XIX Corps, on a visit to the front, in Germany, during World War II. The three Generals converse. Eisenhower smokes a cigarette, as Simpson points out something of interest. Background shows devastated war-torn areas. Next the Generals are seen in front of a battered former German Headquarters bunker, now occupied by Americans, on which an eagle and damaged relief lettering is displayed. Eisenhower and Simpson climb into a jeep displaying a circle of 5 stars on its bumper. It proceeds, followed by another jeep displaying two stars, in which, XIX Corps Commander McLain is riding. More army vehicles follow. They continue along a rutted dirt road towards more bombed out areas.
Members of Hitler Youth, paramilitary organization of Nazi party, being reviewed by German Nazi national leader (Reichsjugendführer) Arthur Axmann in Germany in World War II. Axmann gives a speech to the members of the Hitler Youth. Axmann decorates the members with badges on their sleeves. Arm badge reads “Hitlerjugend” (“Hitler Youth”).