Soldiers stand near wrecked vehicles in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Road sign 'Bastogne', Provision of Luxembourg in Bastogne, Belgium. Wrecked vehicles on a field covered with snow. Trees in the background. Soldiers stand near the vehicles. Soldiers watch the severely damaged vehicles. Soldier tries to fix engine of a vehicle. A dead German paratrooper lay in the snow.
P-47 Thunderbolts in Belgium, during World War 2. Several P-47 Thunderbolts circling and peeling off for landings. P-47s landing on airstrip. Runway controller fires flare at one point and a P-47 goes around as another lands. P-47s taxiing and parking. Aircraft seen include P-47 tail number 42-26860 and two other P-47s from 512th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group. Also seen are aircraft from 513th and 514th Squadrons of the 406th Fighter Group and 389th Fighter Squadron of the 366th Fighter Group. Location is most likely Asch airbase (Y-29) in Belgium.
A flying United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in flames over Bérismenil, Belgium during World War II. Smoke trails are seen from the burning bomber. View of the snow-covered crash site in Bérismenil, Luxembourg province (Belgium). Dark cloud of smoke forms over the crash site of the downed B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft.
United States 87th Infantry Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. visits the city of Saint-Hubert in Wallonia, Belgium during World War 2. General Culin arrives at the Saint-Hubert City Hall (Pl. du Marché 1, 6870 Saint-Hubert, Belgium). The Mayor of Saint-Hubert shake hands with General Culin. A man greets General Culin and takes off his hat. Women are also present outside the City Hall during General Culin’s visit.
This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. It is dated June 1, 1939 and ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. Bombs bursting on the ground. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill; climbing over rubble; and marching along a road toward a village. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Map highlights Tokyo, Rome, and Berlin. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law); Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan’s Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. German armor and artillery moving eastward. German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German troops firing siege guns. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. Battle of Britain scenes, with view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze following blitzkrieg. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Navy warship. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. Another view of the Arizona sinking. Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. Glimpse of postwar Nuremberg trial.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin and other places in Europe after World War II. Buildings and streets of Antwerp in Belgium. President Truman and U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes aboard U.S. Ship Augusta. President raises his hat and waves to spectators on the dock at Antwerp. Few buildings damaged during war can be seen. Motorcade of President moving towards the Evere Airport in Brussels. Cars in cities and countryside of Belgium. At the Evere Airport, the 35th Infantry Division gives the honor guard to President. Soldiers in attention position near the Air Transport command airplanes on the airfield.
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