German soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns and use panoramic sights to scan the skies. The narrator notes that the attack has been repelled, and that the skies are clear. Close ups of the German soldiers, some smoke pipes. A reconnaissance aircraft takes off from a German airfield near near the port of Anzio, Italy. Aerial views from the plane, flying several kilometers above the port of Anzio where Allied naval ships are docked. A German soldier inside the reconnaissance plane turns on a camera to document the port. Many Allied ships are docked. The reconnaissance plane lands back at the German airfield, and the film is transported to a tent to be analyzed. Allied ships can be seen in the images using a magnifying lens. A photograph of the Anzio port is marked with specific positions of Allied vessels. Scene changes to a German Krupp K5 railway gun, dubbed "Anzio Annie" by Allied forces, as it is moved into position. The 28cm artillery gun fires, smoke billowing from the barrel. Explosions in the distance and clouds of smoke erupting, seen through binoculars. A team of German soldiers reload and fire the rail gun several times. Smoking explosions litter the port of Anzio in the distance.
Procession of German tanks and military vehicles transporting German soldiers in the Narva sector, north of Lake Peipus, Estonia, during WW2. Shot of German anti-aircraft gun. The supply procession moves through cold winter weather. Horses dusted with snow pull a carriage. A German soldier attempts to light a cigarette outside and fails, requiring the lighter of another soldier inside a vehicle, protected from the wind. A German assault team wearing white winter camouflage walk across the ice of Lake Peipus, carrying assault rifles. The German soldiers approach a Soviet-occupied island on the lake. German field artillery fires on the Soviet island position, enabling the assault team to move forward. Shot of the German assault team walking through a forest, smoking buildings visible just outside the treeline. German assault team advances to the buildings to capture the Soviets. A German soldier uses a flamethrower to ignite hay in a barn. Soviet prisoners of war (POW) walk in single file with arms raised. A Soviet counterattack coming from across the ice is stopped by German firepower. Close up shots of German soldiers firing on the Soviets using rifles, machine guns, and artillery.
View of two German warships off the coast of Narva, Estonia, during WW2, taken from the leading ship. Flags are raised up the mast. Close ups of various German naval crew members on board the German vessel. Guns on the German ship begin firing, German soldiers watch through large binocular scoping devices. A German soldiers triumphantly raises his fist after looking through the scoping device. Various scenes of the soldiers in the engine and control rooms, watching and managing instrument gauges. Muzzle blast and smoke from the warships guns. German soldiers wearing life vests reload the weapons. A German soldier smiling and talking, another smiling while lighting a cigarette. Shot of the wake behind the moving ship.
Daisy track run No. 568, using live animal chimpanzee No. 35. Men wheel a cart holding a chimpanzee, strapped down during test. The chimpanzee is lifted by a team of men and strapped, laying on its side, to a sled on the high speed air-powered daisy track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Close up shots of the men fastening the chimpanzee into place. A man uses a stethoscope on the ape. A slate is held up for the camera above the monkey. Scene changes and a man pulls a cord to launch the sled. The sled carrying the chimpanzee is launched forward and abruptly halts at the end of the track. The team of men approach the chimpanzee and inspect it. Close ups of chimpanzee strapped to sled, unmoving. The chimpanzee is untied by the men and lifted back onto the cart, where it is strapped down again.
Small explosion visible early on at the base of the United States Vanguard TV-3 (Vanguard Test Vehicle-Three) rocket. Smoke begins billowing out from the launch pad area. At launch, the rocket barely gains thrust, rising slightly above the launch umbilical tower (LUT), before it falls back downward. Dramatic slow motion capture as the conical nose of the rocket tips off and the area is engulfed in a fireball, initiated from an explosion at the base of the rocket. Thick cloud of black smoke remains after. The service structure is sprayed with water. During the beginning of the Space Race.
Famous Luftwaffe ace, Major Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and other figures, at an airfield in Berlin, Germany, 1944, during WW2. Narrator notes that Major Rudel is the first fighter aircraft pilot to be decorated with the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, the highest decoration. Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the first and only German to ever receive this award. Standing in front of a group of German soldiers, Major Rudel is interviewed about his most dangerous experience. He talks about a time he outran Soviet troops on foot after being shot in the left shoulder. Once back to safety, Major Rudel says he returned to his aircraft to continue the battle, despite his injury. The men laugh when Major Rudel jokes that he was only able to rejoin the battle because his army doctor was on vacation. Major Rudel talks about the number of tanks he destroyed in his first missions. Shot of Major Rudel climbing into the cockpit of a Henschel Hs 129 ground-attack aircraft. Scene changes to built-on cameras on a German ground-attack aircraft, documenting the shelling of Soviet tanks.
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