An animation shows a mosquito squadron training for attack on humans. They stage mock attacks and navigate a mosquito obstacle course. With training complete, the mosquitoes attack their enemy, Private Snafu, who, as a result, gets malaria and is admitted to a malaria ward. A General pins up a medal onto a mosquito soldier for successfully accomplishing the task. (World War II period).
Four B-24s fly over city. Distant view of scattered formation of six B-24s over Budapest. Five B-24s fly over the city with shadows on ground moving across flat terrain. A B-24 drop bombs over the target area. Vapor trails of B-24s can be seen in sky. Hazy view of aircraft over high clouds. (World War II period).
Officials of Moravia and Bohemia enter a room where they are received by Adolf Hitler. They exchange Nazi salutes and Hitler shakes hands with each of them. Their chief civilian delegate reads from a document and then presents Hitler a certificate that he passes to an aide, standing nearby.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Nazi German foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop greets Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, upon his arrival in Salzburg during World War 2. German officials greet Horthy with a Nazi salute. Next, the conferees are seen within the Schloss Klessheim (Klessheim Palace, Kleßheim 1a, 5071 Wals, Austria) where they would, ostensibly, negotiate the German occupation of Hungary (Operation Margarethe). Discussions commence after dignitaries enter the conference hall. General Döme Sztójay, Hungarian ambassador to Germany is present at the conference.
German troops enter Budapest ( reportedly after Hitler learned of secret Hungarian overtures towards the Allies) in World War 2. Locals watch and cheer the German troops. As German troops enter Budapest, they employ a number of different military vehicles. Among those seen are: Sdkfz.251/7 armored half-tracks; Ausf.D pioneer vehicle; Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers,and other military vehicles. Soldiers shake hands with civilians and school boys. Kids climb on military tanks and a BMW military motorcycle. Wehrmacht troops look over river with binoculars in the Buda Castle.
White Russian Cossack Cavalry, who had fought with Germany, against Communist Soviet forces, parade on horseback on a street in central Zagreb, Croatia, during World War 2. They are being honored by Germany. German Cavalry officer, Lieutenant General Helmuth von Pannwitz, in fur hat, standing next to Field Marshal Paul Ludwig von Kleist, salutes the Cossacks as they pass. (He organized Cossack volunteers into the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division.) View of Cossack cavalry soldiers as they parade past the base of the equestrian statue of Josip Jelacic (Ban Josip Jelačić) in Jelacic Square, Zagreb, Croatia. (The statue is in its original north-facing placement in Ban Jelačić Square). Storefront sign in background for Cerjak I Drugovi, manufacturers of knitted goods, located at 6 Jelačić Square (Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 6, Zagreb). Individual White Russian soldiers and some German soldiers are decorated by Field Marshal Von Kleist. Afterwards, in a large field, Cossacks ride past and demonstrate a charge brandishing sabers.
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