A German amphibious biplane takes off. Pilot in the plane. View of the clouds from the plane. The sea below. A soldier in a life raft in the water. The pilot lands the plane in the water. The soldier in the life raft hooks a wounded pilot to the rescue line. The pilot pulls him into the plane. The soldier also gets in and the plane takes off. (World War II period).
German destroyer patrols along the White Cliffs of Dover. A Nazi Swastika flag on the ship. Pilot at the wheel. A soldier sends semaphore signal. A sign on a cliff reads 'Dover'. Officers and crew on the ship. Sunken ships in the water. A crew member signals from the ship. An Italian submarine at a German port. Officers and crew member on submarine roof. The sub-marine crew salutes passing German vessel. The German soldiers salute in return Soldiers on a ship. White flags on the ship. Soldiers talk, relax, smoke cigarettes and pipes. A picture drawn on the ship side. A ship in rough seas. It cuts through the water as water splashes on the side of the vessel. (World War II period).
German bombers attack British coastal shipping. Aerial view from a German aircraft. The plane flies over clouds. Pilots and a gunner in the plane. AIrcraft flies over the British coast. An airman reads a map. A lighthouse on land. Planes parked on an airstrip on the ground below. British ships off the coast. The German aircraft drops bombs on the ships. Black smoke from the explosions and bombardment. Sunken ship in the water. Plane flies over the ships. (World War II period).
Italian fleet on maneuvers in the Mediterranean. The Italian flag on a battleship. A fleet of Italian ships. Airplanes on the ship deck. Sailors work on a plane. The plane is catapulted into flight. Officers and sailors survey the surroundings through binoculars. Gun on the ship deck. Sailors in the engine room. Water splashing along the ship. Flags on the ship. Explosions in the water. Ships fire during the exercise. Ships are hit. Black smoke from the ships on fire. Charred deck of a ship. Firemen try to put out the fire with water hoses. An officer looks through a telescope. A burning ship. (World War II period).
A bald man sits at a table in a liquor bar. Glasses of beer on the table. Another man comes and sits with him. The bald man drinks. The second man calls the waiter and asks for a drink. Women seated on a table in the background. One of them smokes. The bald man takes out a handkerchief and wipes his tears. Points to a paper kept on the table. He talks animatedly to the second man. The conversation continues for a while. The waiter brings the second man a glass of beer. The men talk, gesture and laugh together. The bald man calls the waiter and asks him to refill the beer glass. The waiter gets a refill. The bald man begins to whisper something. The second man puts his palm over the bald man's mouth to prevent him from saying something.
German airmen mechanics perform maintenance inspections on a Messerschmitt Bf-109 aircraft in occupied France, during World War 2. They rearm it with machine gun ammunition and install a gun camera. One ground crewman paints a tally mark, for a mission, on the aircraft tail. A German flier feeds a pet bear, while others look on. Another pilot plays with two pet dogs, while being photographed by a movie camera (cameraman seen only by his shadow). German soldier reports the sighting by telephone. German pilot dons life vest and climbs into the cockpit of his Bf-109. Several Bf-109s take off. Gun camera view from German fighter aircraft firing from headon and below, at a British Spitfire aircraft. German pilots on the ground look up as two British Spitfire aircraft buzz low over nearby buildings. Group of German airmen gather to watch dogfights between German and British aircraft. Closeup of several looking up and pointing. Gun camera footage of a Spitfire taking headon fire from below and another being shot at from rear and above. A ball of black smoke is seen from an aircraft that has been hit by gunfire. Closeup of German Bf-109 in flight. German Gun camera view of a Spitfire being being hit from behind. Glimpse of two aircraft in close combat followed by one crashing and exploding on the ground. Gun camera view from German aircraft attacking a British Lysander aircraft. Extreme closeup of German ace Adolf Galland in cockpit of his airborne Bf-109. A British Spitfire aircraft sitting where it crash landed in shallow water. Fighter aircraft flying high above in echelon formation. A BF-109 buzzing low over the camera, followed by one taxiing after landing. View of Adolf Galland, stepping from cockpit of his Bf-109, and walking back to base operations along with other pilots who greet him.