Map of Eastern front around Charkow, Ukraine. German Army troops advance in that region during World War II. Nazi Pz.IV tanks advance in Ukraine supported by infantry and artillery. A motorcycle messenger crosses the snowy eastern front. Soldiers on motorcycles cross streams. Nazi artillery fire at and completely destroy a building. Infantrymen take aim and fire at Soviet defenders. Infantrymen and tanks of 1SS Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler advance through the frozen roads of Charkow. Firing breaks out in a building. A sniper fires from inside a building. Buildings destroyed due to battle. Head bandaged on wounded German military officer.
German trucks, German Panzer Pz.III tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War II. Scenes near Bengazi Libya. German pilots and Italian pilots in conversation near Axis aircraft on an airfield. Italian soldiers carrying rifles ride on motorcycles. Natives on camels watch them. Convoy of Axis military vehicles and many trucks on roads. A post of Soldiers of Army of Italy in desert. Italian air force pilots in collaboration with German forces discuss prior to take off for a mission. Italian biplane aircraft taking off. Barb wired border lines in desert guarded by Italian soldier. Italian troops on the move on motorcyles. Nazi planes bomb British positions in desert. Gun camera footage of German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Me 110) aircraft attacking and firing on British targets on the ground in the desert.
A huge crowd celebrates the birthday of King Christian X of Denmark on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. The crowd cheers for their popular King Christian X of Denmark (also King of Iceland), as he rides on his horse, Jubilee, in the crowd. View of cheering populace standing near the equestrian statue of King Frederick V of Denmark, in the center of Amalienborg Square. View of the King standing on a porch of the Amalienborg Palace (Amalienborg Slotsplads 5, 1257 København K, Denmark). Masses of adoring subjects cheering their king.
A military ceremony in Budapest, Hungary. Opening scene shows Hungarian soldiers in uniform wearing M38 Hungarian steel helmets, marching in front of carrying massed flags, during World War 2. Cadre of uniformed Police in formation. Two Hungarian officers in black uniforms are seen among spectators watching the event. Silhouette of Heroes’ Square (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary) by Zala Gyorgy, depicting female statue of Peace in chariot and horses, palm leaf in hand, located on Heroes' Square. Flags are suspended from it. Crowd of spectators on sidelines of the event. The formation of Hungarian soldiers, seen earlier, march across Heroes' Square with their flags. Soldiers of the Kingdom of Hungary with their flag grounded, and a flag lowered by another cadre of soldiers behind them. Front view of the Army soldiers carrying their flags. They pass the monumental column topped by a statue of the archangel Gabriel. The formation of army soldiers all lower their flags apparently in salute to the monument. Closeup of flags grounded. Wider view of the military formations on Heroes' Square. The Equestrian Statue of Artur Gorgey (Görgey-szobor Budapest, Palota út 1, 1014 Hungary) on Castle Hill. The soldiers raise their flags again and march away.
Film begins showing formations of Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 bombers (Type 97 Heavy Bombers) in flght on a mission to bomb the Chinese city of Chungking (Chongqing) in World War 2. They begin releasing their bombs. Views from one of the aircraft of bomb striking in profusion on the ground. Very closeup of the front of one of the bombers in flight. More views of bombs dropping. View from an attacking airplane of bombs striking the port of Chongqing on the Yangtze River. Next, firefighters are seen directing hoses of water on fiercely burning fires, and then in streets of the city directing water onto smoking buildings. Large building consumed by fires out of control.
Opening scene shows ships of the French fleet in the harbor of Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria, during World War 2. French tricolors seen flying from the superstructure of the French battleship, Dunkerque. A motorboat arrives, delivering a note from British Admiral Somerville, via HMS Foxhound (destroyer) to Vichy French naval officer Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, with final warning ultimatum against siding with the Axis powers. Sailors on the Dunkerque watch over the railing of their ship. The messengers board the Dunkerque. French and British Navy sailors exchange signal light messages between ships. Onboard the Dunkerque, the message is delivered to French Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul. Closeup of the message. More signal light messages between ships. (The French had rejected the ultimatum.) French sailors are seen running across a concrete pier separating small pleasure boats in the foreground, from the French warships on the other side of the pier, in the background. View of sailors running to battle stations aboard French ships. An explosion occurs in the waters of the harbor. Striking shells create explosions near the French warships. The Battleship Dunkerque with heavy black smoke rising from her funnel getting underway. French sailors on a battleship with heavy white smoke surrounding them as they stand near her 13-inch guns. The French battleship, Bretagne, exploding after being hit by British gunfire. French sailors fighting fires on burning deck of a warship. Another view of the exploding battleship, Bretagne. A British warship firing its 15-inch guns. Unidentified French warship hit in its aft section by gunfire and exploding in heavy smoke. French survivors in life vests and lifeboats throughout the harbor. Wreckage of some destroyed French ships. (Note: The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralize or destroy French warships in Vichy France, to prevent them from falling into German hands.)
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