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General Eisenhower inspects U.S. 9th Air Force in England; Allies battle German aircraft during World War II
Allied forces battle German forces during World War II. Allied soldiers firing artillery under camouflage canopies at Anzio. General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a fighter and the bomber aircraft base of 9th Air Force in England. Eisenhower shakes hands with Major Sherman Beaty, commander of the 555th Squadron, and with the crew of B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft with nose art "Son of Satan" (which was downed by flak over Germany on November 18, 1944). Eisenhower sits in a parked fighter aircraft and fires its guns, with instruction from the pilot standing by. Aerial views of American bomber aircraft conducting daylight bombing runs. Point of view (POV) shot through the partially cracked windscreen of an aircraft after it took enemy fire but kept flying. Bombs-away views as American bombers drop bombs over German targets and as U.S. fighter aircraft shoot down German aircraft. Aerial dogfight battles seen. U.S. Army Air Force fighter strafing German aircraft parked on an airfield. A German fighter plane gets hit, setting it on fire. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers conduct night raids on German targets. A Waco CG-4A glider arrives in England from the United States during World War 2. United States Army soldiers build a Shanty town from glider crates at the base in the United Kingdom. Soldiers enjoy relaxing and recreation inside Shanty houses. A soldier with headset listens to homemade radio and reads a magazine. Soldiers share a meal on a table. Soldiers receive letters from home at mail call time. A barber shop made from scrap where soldiers can get haircuts.
Soviet Union mobilizes to defend against German invasion in June, 1941, World War II
A film titled ' Our Russian front. It shows Soviet Russia's state of preparedness and national mobilization at the time of the German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) in 1941, during World War 2. Soviet troops on parade in Red Square, Moscow, carrying Tokarev SVT-40 semi-automatic assault rifles, with curved magazines and fixed bayonets. Glimpse of a Soviet heavy gun (possibly 152mm howitzer). A Soviet Navy gunboat speeding toward the camera. A formation of Polikarpov I-16 aircraft inflight overhead. Several views of soviet forces, including units composed entirely of women; Closeups of troops, some holding Russian RPD 7.62 cal m44 light machine guns. A Soviet T-26 speeding in Red Square with flag flying, during a parade. View from the rear of a line of Soviet Zvezda BT-7 light tanks being deployed along a dirt road. Russian civilians, most of them women, work digging hillside fortifications. Closeup of woman with small boy in her arms. Views of destroyed buildings and dead civilians in a Russian town Aerial view of bombs bursting on Russian city. Smoke rising from resulting fires. Several views of light flashes from artillery firing at night. American envoy, W. Averell Harriman, participant in the U.S.-British military mission to Moscow, broadcasts about Soviet determination to defend against the Nazi invasion, at all costs. He refers to Soviet mechanics assembling American aircraft (Provided under "Lend Lease"). Narrator identifies Harriman as Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad. View of Russian airplanes in formation, flying high above the State Museum building in Red Square, Moscow. An American Government aircraft (C-47 /DC-3) aircraft lands at Moscow Airport. View of the aircraft parked and surrounded by a large crowd of military and diplomatic attendees. Harriman steps from the plane. Next he is seen with British Lord Beaverbrook and Soviet diplomat, Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky. Another view of Russian aircraft flying over the State museum in Red Square. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (unseen) is heard in the background extolling the Russian efforts against the Nazis. Soviet Tupolev SB bombers in formation overhead. Flags waving Aerial view of a formation of Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight. A Komintern Artillery Tractor,carrying Soviet soldiers, tows a 152mm field howitzer. A formation of army vehicles carrying Russian troops along paths already formed in the dirt by prior tracked vehicles. Seen are Komintern Artillery Tractors and ordinary army trucks.
German troops enter Budapest city. Citizens greet them. Children play with German soldiers
German troops enter Budapest city as civilians watch. Armored half-tracks, Sdkfz.251/7 Ausf.D pioneer vehicle, rarely seen Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers, trucks and other military vehicles move ahead on streets of Budapest. Children smile and shake hands with German troops. Children climb on German tank destroyer and motorcycle. Troops look over Danube river through binoculars. (World War II period).
U.S. General Eisenhower inspects wrecked German equipment and meets with British Field Marshal Montgomery during World War II
Film opens showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking into a microphone, in France during World War 2 around time of liberation of Paris. Next, he is seen photographing a knocked out German StuG III tank destroyer and inspecting an overturned Tiger tank. Closeup of him examining the overturned tank. Next Eisenhower is seen in the back seat of a staff car, parked beside a large dwelling. A change of scene shows him strolling with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery across a pasture where British troops are encamped. The two leaders examine a map with other officers and continue walking together. Later, General Eisenhower photographs destroyed German artillery. While standing in a field littered with destroyed German military vehicles, he is approached by a British officer and British soldier. Eisenhower converses with the officer. An American Army photographer walks along a road littered with German wreckage, on his way to photograph General Eisenhower. Camera pans over damaged German artillery pieces and a destroyed Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. A, armored personnel carrier. As Eisenhower is about to board his staff car, two little French girls give him a bouquet of flowers. He thanks them and shakes their hands.
Top Allied Commanders during invasion of Normandy in World War II
Mast of British ship with British Naval Ensign shown. Allied warships off coast of Normandy in World War 2. Several barrage balloons aloft. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seen on bridge of the British Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser HMS Apollo with British Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Naval Commander in Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force for the invasion. Landing craft approaches ship and General Omar N Bradley boards the HMS Apollo. He is greeted by General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Another craft nears the ship and British General Bernard L. Montgomery boards the HMS Apollo.
Airfield is being constructed at Marston Strip in North Carolina. First use of "Marston Mats."
Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.
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