A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Image of Adolf Hitler speaking at a rally earlier in the war, with translation of some of his words superimposed on the image. Stone heaps in a European city following bombing in World War 2. A sign for Hazelaarstraat (area of Amsterdam, Netherlands.) Rubble of destroyed buildings. The ruins of a church. Closeup views of address numbers in a city, including 6, 24, and 40, each followed by scenes of rubble and twisted metal. Woman emerges from a cave dwelling with a young child. A sad woman holding a young child. Close-up view of a rat emerging from a hole in a wallboard, walking directly toward camera position. Person placing a blanket on a crying baby. A sign board on a street reads, "Danger: Typhus carried by lice." Children (possibly Italian) gathered with water vessels near a well, collecting what appears to be dirty water. A boy lying in a hospital bed, with images of Christ and Italian writing above bed. Hand taking down a hospital chart record. "Napoli" visible on chart implying Naples, Italy. Hungry men, women, and children in Greece, living in poverty, are seen scavenging for food from trash cans. Sign on wall behind reads, "ΚΟΣΜΙΚΟΝ." Arms of women holding water pitchers, standing in a group waiting for water. A desperate looking woman holding a half-clothed sleeping child in her arms. A young boy holding the leg of an adult and crying. A carriage of a undertaker or funeral service driving away on a street.
The film 'Two Down and One to Go' talks about the activities of the Axis powers Italy, Germany and Japan during World War II. United States Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson at a desk. Animation shows a swastika being exploded over Germany. Caricatures of the late Duce of the Italian Social Republic Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, the late Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. A cross being superimposed on the two dictators. The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII blesses the crowds in St. Peter's Square. 1st Military Governor of the American Occupation Zone in Germany Dwight David Eisenhower, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin display festive moods in separate events. People cheer.
A film about U.S. response to the activities of the Axis powers Italy, Germany and Japan during World War II. U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall praises the United States Military offensives in Europe and Africa. George Marshall narrates rest of the clip. Animation of a globe depicts the Allied forces in the middle east planning to isolate China and Russia. The animation depicts the German Forces crossing the British allies, joining Japan and then attacking America. It depicts U.S. plans to stop the collaboration of Germany and Japan. Scenes of American shipyards are shown, with workers building new war ships. Some workers welding. A sign reads, "Work must continue during launching. Positively." The animation depicts the shorter routes to the European Theater. Aerial footage of a large fleet of U.S. Navy Ships at sea, underway during World War 2. Next scenes shows smoke pouring from ships at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii following attack by Japan. View of Soviet Russian horse cavalry forces charging toward enemy German positions during a battle in World War 2. Scenes of Allied artillery being fired at night in North Africa. Animation depicts the need to establish American air bases closer to Japan before launching successful air attacks. Footage of U.S. soldiers running out of landing crafts and coming ashore at a beach head during World War 2. Animation depicts U.S. plan to defeat Japan. Animation depicts strong German Army. Animation depicts U.S. plan to defeat the Nazi and the Fascist power in Europe.
Nazi leaders in Germany giving speeches during World War 2. Soldiers from various countries like England, Poland, Greece, America and Norway. View of young boy soldiers in Germany at end of World War 2. Earlier scene of Nazi Waffen SS soldiers as they march with goosestep on parade. Victims executed in Nazi massacre in Italy shown with hands tied behind their backs. Nazi victims mourned in France. Bodies of women and children slain by the Nazi SS in Belgium. A large crowd of civilians gathered to pay homage to the dead in Lublin, Poland. Allied military vehicles and personnel trample and walk on Nazi flags and posters in Germany. A pile of Nazi flags burning in the street, as men, women and children walk past. German prisoners of war assembled in a large outdoor enclosure, and moving out in a line. German soldiers surrendering, with white flags displayed. American soldiers look at open mass graves of persons shot dead by Nazis. Emaciated boy children inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp stand behind barbed wire fence around the time of its liberation. The prior scenes are contrasted with ordinary life in the United States. A boy retrieves a ball from a pond, and throws it. Children play on see saws at a playground. A baby take first few faltering steps. A girl hangs from monkey bar. A man and two women share a newspaper article.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt at the Villa Abaza during World War 2. A car pulls in front of the building. OSS agents and radiomen in training attend a class. An instructor shows a large map of the Balkan region. Another professor points to a map of Italy. A trainee answers the professor. Trainees examine a map together. OSS trainees study land surveying outdoors.
Italian SSB 2-man torpedo hoisted in a crane hook. View of controls in the cockpit of the SSB torpedo. Pilots in the cockpit of the SSB underway in water. Crew put on their scuba type face masks. SSB torpedo dives under the water surface. Torpedo comes on the surface and alongside a merchant ship. The Captain remains in the cockpit and the 2nd man gets off the torpedo. He fastens a clamp to the keel of taget ship and then pulls a warhead from the torpedo and fastens it to the target ship. He climbs back aboard the the SSB and they pull away.