United States troops of the 345th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division take cover behind M-4 Tanks of U.S. 734th Tank Battalion in a wood near Tambach in Germany. The infantrymen fire at German positions in the wooded area. An officer of the 87th Infantry Division speaks over field telephone and directs further operations. The infantrymen fire at German positions and advance to take new covering positions. (World War II period).
United States Military Police (MP) of the 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army (FUSA) search German prisoners near a roadside in Nordhausen, Germany. (World War II period).
A United States New Mexico class battleship (believed to be the USS Idaho) is seen underway off Okinawa in World War 2. Heavy flak (antiaircraft gun fire) in the sky. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bombers) in the skies under heavy flak fire. Kamikaze dives and strikes a battleship that appears to be the USS Tennessee (BB-43) throwing up a ball of flame. In the background is a smoking Destroyer, probably the USS Zellars (DD777) which was already hit by one or two Kamikazes. The Zellars and Tennessee were a short distance ahead of the Idaho during the attack. The Zellars was dead in the water as the Idaho passed it.
The capture of German General Albert Kesselring in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. General Kesselring and two aides enter the terrace of the Berchtesgadener Hof hotel (present location is now the Haus der Berge, Hanielstraße 7, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, where U.S. General Maxwell D. Taylor had arranged for them to stay following surrender at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They sit together at a table and review documents. United States Army General Maxwell D. Taylor and Colonel Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave a building with a 101st Airborne emblem on the doorway and meet Colonel Charles H. Chase.
A propaganda film titled "Angel in Overalls" by the U.S. Army aimed at praising and encouraging war materiel production workers in the U.S. who are building aircraft and other weaponry for U.S. soldiers in World War 2. Aerial scenes of clouds and formations of B-24 Liberator aircraft on their way to a day light bombing run over Germany. Interior views of B-24 cockpit area and other parts of B-24 aircraft as crew perform their duties. Bombardier using sighting equipment to evaluate path toward target. Mix of staged and actual battle scenes. Mock dialog between crew members is heard. Simulation of view through bombardier scope is seen. Bomb bay doors seen opening. Flak bursts and phosphorous bombs seen exploding nearby. Smoke streaming out from one of the B-24 aircraft in formation after it is hit by enemy fire. Machine gunner opens fire at an incoming enemy aircraft. Several views of machine guns being fired. Views of ammunition casings falling the floor as the guns are fired. Hit enemy aircraft are seen exploding and breaking up in air. Close-up view of a P-38 Lightning aircraft joining the group in combat. Scene of a P-38 aircraft production factory assembling P-38 planes in the United States. Narration encourages the work of P-38 production plant workers. P-38 aircraft during building and assembly operations. Formation of four P-38 aircraft in flight. Aerial views of a P-38 in flight. Gun camera footage showing strafing of a German target at the edge of a forest of trees.
White Sands Proving Ground and the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The white drifting sand dunes. The entrance sign reads 'White Sands National Monument, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service'. A building in the premises with the American flag in the foreground. Soldier walks on the sand dunes with a gun. Tracks made by motor vehicle. Sandy desert area with a cactus bush. Soldier runs over sand dunes. Soldier throws sand out of the camera. Sign reads 'Air Material Command Alamogordo AAF Special Range'. (World War II period).