U.S. 8th Air Force fighter aircraft operate unopposed over Germany in final days of World War 2. Gun camera footage from P-47M, of the 56th Fighter Group, 63rd Fighter Squadron, tail number 44-21112, UN-Z, "Ungly Duckling," flown by Major George E. Bostwick, of Dayton, Ohio. He strafes and destroys 5 German aircraft on the ground.
Last days of air war in Germany near end of World War 2. U.S. Airmen holding film slate, on dirt airfield, with P-47 parked behind. Slate identifies location as A-82 (Verdun Airfield, France). Gun camera footage from P-47 flown by pilot named Hunter, of the 9th Air Force, 100th Fighter Wing, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron. Footage shows strafing of German targets along lines of communication.
A bomb damaged city or town in Germany during World War II (possibly part of Berlin). Pedestrians walk on road with bridge overpass. Part of sign remains on bridge with last word "Tageblatt" (possibly referring to the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper?) A U.S. Army ambulance jeep approaches on the road. An old man walks holding a stick in hand. German civilians on a street with walking bicycles past area with rubble of bombed out buildings. United States military truck on a road. German boy walking past the truck. A man and a woman go by in a horse driven carriage. Three young boys stand in front of barbed wire and watch the cameraman closely, making no expressions.
Prisoners after being set free from German prison camps in Germany during World War II. Pastor Martin Niemoller smokes a pipe as he is interviewed by a soldier reporter, who takes notes as they converse. A snow covered prison building. A snow covered mountain. Capt John Alexander Elphinston, nephew of the Queen of England; Lord Las-celles, nephew of the King of England; 1st Lt John G Winant, son of the U.S. Ambassador.
Scenes of destruction in Germany at end of World War II, including Destroyed dwellings and rubble and rubbish-filled bomb craters. A U.S. soldier medic steps across a destroyed structure. German citizens line up to obtain water from a small tank trailer. A bucket being filled. A German civilian work crew laying new water pipes. A large trash heap displaying a sign in German reading: Drinking strictly forbidden. Danger from Typhus!(Trinken Strengstens verboten. Typhusgefahr!). Germans wearing gas masks as they lead horses drawing corpse-laden carts, along a road. Allied military spraying German civilians with DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) at a delousing station. They give each treated person a certificate certifying their treatment. The treated include men, women, and many mothers with their children. A nurse holds a small child as the mother is treated.
Armored fighting vehicles of the U.S. 6th Armored Division move up a road in Germany during World War 2. Vehicles including trucks, jeeps, M8 armored cars, half tracks and tanks advancing on the road. 15th armored regiment tanks in column. Large white tactical numbers synonymous with the 6th Armored Division displayed. Smoke rises from fire in the background. A T34 rocket launcher mounted on an M4 medium tank beside the road. A M4(105) tank of HQ company rounds a corner throwing up dust. A tank with a rocket launcher moves along the road. Jeeps loaded with medics move up with the armored spearhead (heading to their assembly area prior to the Rhine crossing the following day).