United States bomber aircraft during first day light raid on Berlin during World War II. Bombers leave condensation trails in the sky while flying in formation toward Berlin. Views of American soldiers in aircraft. Aircraft drop bombs. Smoke arises due to explosion. B-17 aircraft in flight. Return of damaged B-17 bomber. American soldiers stand on and around a B-17 bomber after the bombing run.
Chiefs of Allied Invasion Command at the headquarters in England. American General Dwight D Eisenhower meets the soldiers. Military supplies put into action. Trucks, Jeeps and mechanized equipment are assembled. General Montgomery, Deputy Commander General Arthur Tedder and General Eisenhower see new equipment in action. Artillery fired. Aircraft in flight. Paratroopers in sky. General Montgomery, Master of air tactics, General Arthur Tedder and Liberator of North Africa, General Eisenhower. (World War II period).
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Opening scenes show bomb damage due to German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg air raids (The Blitz) in Southern Counties of London earlier during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Firemen and rescue workers try to extinguish the fires with water hoses. The rescue workers conduct operations amidst bomb damaged buildings and rubble. Severely damaged buildings. Rubble strewn all over the streets in England. A Food Flying Squad van makes its way on the streets. Food distributed from the van. A British man walks amidst the rubble. Relief work in progress. Buckets of food and water lying at camps. Displaced civilian people eat and drink. London civilian residents evacuate numerous areas. Evacuees walk across a bridge. Big Ben seen in the background. Allied bombers in flight. Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito aircraft track and shoot down enemy aircraft. The dogfights result in mid air explosions. Two soldiers operate a U.S. radar designed to direct antiaircraft fire in combat area. The radar tracks a target moving up to 600 miles an hour. The soldiers track down aerial targets, the gun directors make adjustments and the antiaircraft guns are fired at buzz bombs. Enemy V-1 Flying bombs are hit and downed before they can reach the coastline. German V-1 rockets are tracked over England by radar and shot down. An V-1 is hit. It descends to the ground and explodes. France: A downed V-1 flying bomb is examined. The wreckage of a V-1 in a field. Soldiers and civilians near the wrecked V-1 Flying Bomb
War bond rally in England during World War II. Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle purchases a war bond at a booth and signs a register. American soldier seated on ground as Military Policemen (MP) stand in the foreground. Soldiers including WACs (Women's Army Corps) run across for seats before the Army Air Forces band. MPs march. Military band marches. Soldiers seated as Major Glenn Miller speaks into a microphone about the war bonds. Members of the Army Air Forces band play various instruments and sing. Soldiers applaud in appreciation. Lieutenant General Doolittle and other officers listen to the band play.
A war bond rally in England during World War II. American soldiers stand in a formation of 'V8'. Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle purchases a war bond at a booth and signs a register. Photographers take pictures. Soldiers in a formation of V8. Soldiers take their seats in front of the Army Air Forces band. Major Glenn Miller leads the band. The band plays. Officers seated in chairs applaud. Glenn Miller signs an autograph.
Map shows Nazi German occupation in Europe during World War II. Allies military officers plan and plot on map. American Airborne Troops get ready for test in England. Airborne troops board transport Douglas C-47 'Skytrain' planes. Airplanes take off from an airfield in England. Airborne troops jump from planes. Supplies like guns, ammunition, mortars are dropped from the transport planes. English Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American General Eisenhower watch the parachute drop in England.