Guns mounted on deck of the battleship, USS Missouri (BB-63), anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester A Nimitz walking on deck with other officials in preparation for signing of treaty to end war with Japan in World War II. Crew members crowd on deck. ( Note: The ship from which the action is photographed at the beginning, is the USS Buchanan, DD-484. She carried MacArthur and his entourage to the Missouri for the signing of the surrender.)
Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler addressing his soldiers in Germany in World War II. German soldiers march in large columns, some with goosestep march. Dragons teeth of Siegfried line extending in distance. German soldiers enter a bunker fortification beneath entrance sign Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238. Principals at Munich Agreement signing, including Hitler, Mussolini, and Goering. Hitler riding in car as people lining road cheer during Anschluss; Close up views of German soldiers carrying Nazi flags and rifles and marching in streets as civilians cheer, give Nazi salute, and some weep. Various views of Adolf Hitler speaking and huge gathering. General Gerd von Runstedt and staff meeting with Hitler and discussing a map. Views of war affected places and civilians. Exhausted Soviet prisoners of war in a field. Views of starving civilians. Weak and dirty, a woman stumbles forward in a soup line carrying an empty bowl. Adolf Hitler beside Hermann Goering (wearing combat helmet) reviewing a parade of German soldiers marching goosestep. British soldiers boarding ships evacuating Dunkirk. A British soldier without pants boards a fishing boat assisting in the evacuation.
Allied aircraft in flight and dropping shells toward enemy targets. Explosions on the ground seen from the air as bombs hit targets. Gun camera footage of Allied aircraft attacking and strafing parked German aircraft, roads, and railroads. Newspaper headline announcing Allies penetrating further into Germany. U.S. Army soldiers advancing on foot. U.S. soldiers firing artillery. Artillery in action, explosion can be seen.
The Queen Mary troopship docks in Sydney Harbor, Australia. The ship carries the U.S. troops. A small boat floats nearby. Smoke comes out of the stack of the ship. People at the harbor wave at the ship. (World War II period)
Allies bomb Nazi targets in France and Netherlands during World War II. An animated map shows France and Germany. Allied squadrons move towards the bombers. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft taxi and take off from a British airfield in England, United Kingdom. Interior cockpit view of a B-26 A pilot in the cockpit as he puts on a steel combat helmet and wears a steel jacket. A formation of bombers drops bombs on a Nazi German controlled airfield in Holland. Ground crew watches as a bomber comes in for landing. An aircraft sends off flares shortly before landing, indicating to ground crews that there are wounded soldiers on board. The bomber lands on its belly. Ground crew moves towards the bomber. A row of bombers. Crew members work on the bomber. Multiple shots of more bomber aircraft as they take off (some shots from the side, and some with the aircraft approaching the camera position). View of bombs attached to the bomber with bomb bay open. Bombs away view as bomb clusters are released through open aircraft bomb bay doors. Bombs dropped on Nazi installations in France. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
Royal Air Force (R.A.F) Boston bombers over occupied Europe during World War II. The bombers strike Nazi German war plants in occupied Europe during low level attacks. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
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