In opening scene, hundreds of Army Aviation Cadet candidates are seen in formation with hands on their hips. They perform calisthenic exercises, principally Jumping Jacks, which the camera shows from several viewpoints. This activity dominates the remainder of the film. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
German bombers strike Russian positions during the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula of World War 2. German He-111 bombers in flight. A German gunner seen at the window of bomber. Crew in a German bomber aircraft. Bombs are dropped on Russian positions. Aerial view of bomb explosions on targets. A pilot and a copilot in a cockpit. Aerial view of bombs dropping on Russian positions.
Spanish Head of State, Francisco Franco, hosts Portuguese Prime Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar, in Seville, Spain during World War 2. Arriving Portuguese Officials greet Francisco Franco. Francisco Franco and Salazar visit the Alcazar of Seville and review the Moorish guards. Aerial view of the city.
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra plays in Germany during World War 2. Factory workers attend a concert performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Smoke stacks of a factory. German workers enter a hall. The orchestra plays. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker orchestra in music by Richard Wagner. Workers seated listen to the orchestra.
The Allies invade Germany during period March 1945 - April 1945, during World War II. Animated map depicts Allied invasion of Germany. Ninth United States Army troops and tanks advance in Hanover, Germany. A convoy of military vehicles on a road. Smoke rises from behind a house. Smoke near a tank. Allied M4 Sherman tanks and trucks move at various German fronts. German women wave white handkerchief signifying surrender. Over the border in Overijssel, Netherlands, British Coldstream Guards roll in to Enschede to liberate the Dutch people there, and many Dutch citizens wave and cheer their liberators. A captured train loaded with German V-2 rockets. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop bombs on a village. Smoke rise due to explosions. Tanks and troops of Ninth U.S. Army cross a bridge. U.S. Infantry soldiers cross a bridge and run through ruins of bombed buildings in house to house village fighting, working to evade German sniper fire. Some German soldiers seen surrendering to American forces. US Army forces walking single file on both sides of a road as tanks and equipment roll by in Germany.
The United Service Organizations (USO) of the United States during World War 2. Recovering soldiers learn arts and crafts at a Port Moresby hospital (New Guinea) with support from the American Red Cross. A man works on a leather craft machine. A man cuts a wooden plank while learning carpentry. Men make paintings and sculptures. Two men read. A man writes a letter. Men play cards.
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