Contrasts innocent play of children in America with military play and training in Axis countries during World War 2. View of children playing games and on jungle gym in United States. Scene changes to Germany, with German boys climbing over and around artillery pieces under watchful eye of a uniformed German official. Next shows children in Japan staging military training and a charge across a mock battlefield. Next scene shows boys in Italy in uniform engaged in a mock battle charge and putting on gas masks between advances. Also seen during the clip: The Japanese flag is raised, as well as the Nazi flag and an Italian flag. Slogan of the Japanese Army: ' To die for Emperor is to live forever'. Back in the United States, a woman collects funds to help Japanese children affected by an earthquake. Children pass by the collection bin and place money in the jar.
German Luftwaffe attack British Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hurricane aircraft over Malta during World War 2. A German Luftwaffe pilot gets into the cockpit of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. Ground crew member helps pilot in putting on his helmet before flying. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 takes off from a German airfield in Sicily, Italy. A group of fighters take off, heading for Malta. Aerial views of the coast of Malta. Gun camera footage from Luftwaffe aircraft shows Bf 109 shooting down British Hawker Hurricane aircraft. British aircraft on fire and crashing into ocean.
The funeral of István Horthy, son of Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and World War II fighter pilot. View of the dome of the Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055 Hungary) in Budapest. Pallbearers carry the coffin of István Horthy from a gun carriage. Sign bearing the name and coat of arms of István Horthy. Funeral procession of István Horthy. The coffin is taken inside the Hungarian Parliament Building. Banners with the Swastika, 'Adolf Hitler' and 'Benito Mussolini' in the flower arrangements. Prominent guests from Axis nations pay respects during the funeral. Nazi Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop and Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring attend the funeral in Budapest. Officers perform the Nazi salute. Men bring in a large funeral wreath with a royal monogram “VE” (Victor Emmanuel II of Italy). Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano conte di Cortellazzo, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, attend the funeral. Guests gather around the casket and the flower arrangements and honors for István Horthy. A military funeral parade with the coffin of István Horthy carried on a cannon carriage. Two women with their heads completely covered with black veil (probably Magdolna Purgly, wife of Admiral Miklós Horthy and Countess Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, widow of István Horthy) accompany Admiral Miklós Horthy as he trails behind the cannon carriage. A black flag on top of a building.
Names of German war correspondents listed in World War II. Narrator refers to past political regimes. Refers to Fascists from Berlin and their comrades from the old guard. Representatives of "Fasci Italiani All Estero" (Italian Fascists Abroad) meet in Rome at Building labeled "Fascion-Federico Guella." They participate in ceremony honoring fallen Fascists. Memorial Wreaths and flags are shown. Secretary General of the Italian Fascists Abroad, Piero Parini, greets the group and gives a speech in which he emphasizes that Italian Fascists are "side by side" with the Germans--that. Italian and German soldiers are comrades in war. Banners of various groups of fascists abroad are displayed.
Italian troops mobilize during World War 2. Italian soldiers pack their back packs and prepare to march forward. The troops begin to march to trains bound for Russia. The military band plays as they march. A huge crowd of civilians on the streets. Men, women, and children watch as the troops march towards the trains. People hold miniature Italian flags and cheer the soldiers. Civilians gather on either side of the road as the soldiers move ahead.
World War II. U.S. Soldiers walk through a demolished Italian village. Other soldiers escort some Italian prisoners . They approach a pontoon bridge over which a U.S. military armored half-track vehicle is crossing toward them. The half-track passes by and the prisoners and their guards walk across the pontoon bridge.