Scenes of German forces operating on the Eastern front against the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa in World War 2. Film begins showing German 250 series half track armored personnel carriers camouflaged by pieces of shrubbery. They pull camouflaged artillery pieces. German infantry advance rapidly along with the armor. Glimpses of horses legs as they move on dusty road. A German soldier stands beside a Panzer III tank, alongside a road over which small military vehicles are traveling. Views of German forces making way with difficulty as Fall rains make it difficult for vehicles to move in the water and mud. German staff cars and half tracks slowed by the conditions. German troops on foot, in horse-drawn wagons and on bicycles, are Silhouetted against a light sky as they move along a ridge road.
Soviet units in action against the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War 2. Soviet soldiers, tanks and artillery concealed in a forest. Camouflaged Soviet trucks and tanks move along a road. Soldiers confer at a map. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks, of 11th Panzer Division, and trucks advance. A soldier looks through binoculars at an enemy position. A Soviet heavy gun is fired from a concealed position in the woods. Soviet soldiers crawl across a field and throw flaming grenades. They fire water-cooled machine guns. Wounded Soviet soldier being treated by medics. German Messerschmitt aircraft in flight. British Hawker Hurricane aircraft (provided to Soviets under lend-lease) takes off to engage German airplane. Flaming wreckage of German aircraft on the ground. A Soviet pilot records the victory in a log book. Soviet fliers smile, as they pose in front of radial-engined biplanes. Wreckage of German aircraft strewn on the ground. German prisoners being marched under Soviet guard.
Although narrator states "General Chennault's United States 10th Air Force," this film actually depicts Chennault's 14th Air Force formed in 1943. Its B-25s and P-40s are shown during an attack on Hong Kong during World War 2 U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell aircraft take off from an air base in China to attack Hong Kong. The aircraft in flight. Propellers of the aircraft. Aerial view of the area below. Bombs being released over Hong Kong. View of crew in cockpit of B-25.The aircraft landing at an air base in China after the mission. P-40s with tiger teeth paint job parked on the airport tarmac. Aircrews relax with refreshments on the ramp.
Many Polish refugees are seen in the final phase of their monumental trek of three years and three thousand miles from Poland, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Poland in 1939, where polish refugees crowd roads carrying their belongings in wooden carts and other conveyances. They are seen at a rest stop where they obtain food. Animated map shows path of refugees fleeing East into the Soviet Union, following the German invasion in August, 1939. The path continues Southeast in 1941, as they flee from the German campaign, Operation Barbarossa, into the Soviet Union. Their journey continues along the west coast of the Caspian Sea, through the Caucasus, to Persia (Iran). Views of refugees arriving at the Persian border, where they are seen near many tents, and being provided with articles of clothing from British and American Red Cross Stations. Refugees donning new shoes and other items. Young girls having their hair styled. Refugees sit at long tables where they receive hot meals. A teacher conducts an outdoor class for Polish refugee children. Closeup of children at their desks. Refugee women are seen tilling soil to plant crops, while fathers and grown sons and daughters leave to join the new armies of the Polish Government in Exile. Views of Polish women, in uniforms marching and of uniformed armed Polish soldiers, as well becoming part of the Allied war against the Axis powers. Polish refugees at an outdoor shrine, offering prayers for the safety of their members in the military. New polish refugee arrivals at the Persian border being greeted by others, many of whom are family members.
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the home of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, while he has some time between command assignments, during World War 2. The six Goebbels children line up to greet him on the doorstep of their home, holding bouquets in their hands.From left to right, they are: youngest daughter, Heidrun "Heide" Elisabeth (who also salutes for the camera at start of the scene); Hedwig "Hedda" Johanna; Holdine "Holde"Kathrin; Helmut christian; Hildegard "Hilde" Traudel; and Helga Susanne (interesting that they all have first names beginning with H). Field Marshal Rommel arrives in a staff car. He is formally greeted by each child and accepts their flowers. He chats with Mrs. Goebbels (Magda), who also greets his military aides. Then they all enter the house.
Production of Ford B-24 aircraft in Michigan, United States during World War 2. Ford B-24 aircraft in flight. Interiors of the Ford Willow Run aircraft manufacturing plant. B-24 bombers on an assembly line at the factory. Men and women war production workers are seen working on the assembly line, wiring, and assembling airplane component pieces. Workers install canopy, a twin-tail section and aircraft engines. A landing gear is seen as an aircraft moves on the assembly line. Propellers being installed. Workers polish a finished airplane. A woman cleans a bombardier's window.
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