Views of battle between German Panzer Units and Allied Forces south of Caen, France, during World War 2. SS troop soldier looks through binocular from trenches. Explosions raise huge clouds of smoke. Close up view of SS tank ace Michael Wittmann and loader on a German Tiger tank of s.SS.Pz.Abt.101. (Wittmann wears Knights Cross and Swords military decoration.) German SS grenadiers in position. German tanks firing. Multiple views of wrecked British tanks, including one on its side. An abandoned British soldier helmet and gas mask on the ground. German artillery is fired. German soldier prone firing MG 34 machine gun equipped with TM 34 75-round double-drum magazine. German soldiers fighting in streets of town. Heavily bombed buildings of a French town south of Caen. German soldiers moving building to building. German soldiers firing flamethrower.
German infantry battle against Allied forces in Normandy region in World War 2. German soldiers fire machine guns. German troops take high ground above a wide valley with forest in distance. Nazi German infantry forces supported by tanks and artillery battle for wooded area. Germab soldiers run over open ground toward Allied targets. In an unusual move, German soldiers employ a 20 mm Flakvierling 38 antiaircraft gun against Allied armor emerging from the woods. Explosions and smoke during battle. German tanks advance.
New York Athletic Club Games at Madison Square Garden. Women running on track and Yetta Heiner of Germany wins the women's 60 yard sprint. Men compete in pole vaulting. French competitor falls short as his pole breaks in half. Rolando Cruz of Villanova tops 16 feet in Pole Vault. Crowd watching and cheering. Gerry Ashworth wins the men's 60 yard dash. Jim Beatty sets a new Indoor record for the mile in 3:58:6. View of Tom O' Hara who also finished under four minutes. In the high Jump, Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union sets a new Indoor mark at 7 feet 2 inches.
American flags flying at half-mast at base of Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA). United States flags flying at half-mast from the US Marine Corps War Memorial and various government buildings.
Workers working at an Indianapolis plant where Allison liquid-cooled motors are being fabricated and tested for aircraft engines in World War 2. View of a rotating fan with the help of a motor.
First class of Air cadets who were taught by Southwest Airways under private contract with the U.S. Army during World War 2. They are seen in classroom, receiving instruction. Next scene shows them marching in front of a hangar at Thunderbird Field. They stand in a formation and then Air cadets receive their diplomas and shake hands with U.S. Army Air Force officers. Final scene shows cadets taxiing their Stearman PT-17 aircraft out sequentially from the flight line.
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