After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet soldiers fire mortars. Tanks roll as they drive the Nazis backwards. Animated map shows the Russian offensive along an entire belt and the area regained by them from the Nazis. Tanks roll into a city. Helmets on a snow covered field. A sign in German. German prisoners march on a snow covered field.
After effects of German attack in Leningrad, Soviet Union during World War II. An air raid alarm being sounded in Leningrad. People on the streets. A man looks through binoculars. Aircraft in flight. Anti aircraft guns being fired at the Nazi aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped and explosions occur. Antiaircraft guns fire and flakes burst. Nazi aircraft bombard the city at night. Search lights being flashed. Buildings on fire. Civilians remove debris and rubble. A dead Soviet child. Women cry as they mourn the death of their loved ones. Damaged buildings in the city. A dead elephant at a zoo. Animated map depicts how the Nazis surrounded the city.
Ford company aircraft in the United States. Interiors of an aircraft factory. Men at work. Men lift a wing from a sealing area.
A C-47aircraft in flight in the United States. The C-47with a dangling cable and a hook trailing behind it flies low over a field. It snags a cable supported between standards. The cable is attached to an Army glider, sitting on the field, which the C-47 proceeds to pull off the ground and into the air. The C-47 continues in flight, towing the U.S. Army Air Corps glider.The action is repeated again by another aircraft and glider.
Production of Ford B-24 aircraft in Michigan, United States during World War 2. A Ford B-24 aircraft rolls out of an assembly line. The aircraft taxis along a field. The aircraft takes off during a test flight. Aerial view of the ground below. The aircraft in flight.
U.S. Army Glider operations in World War 2. Men set up two poles 20 feet apart on a field, for a so-called "Snatch" operation. (This involves a flying pickup, by an airborne tow plane, snatching the towline of a glider that is still on the ground. It is intended for glider retrieval. The actual operation is not shown in this sequence.) A C-47 aircraft takes off towards the camera, towing two CG-4A gliders. Close view from nearby airplane, of a glider being towed (its tow line visible).
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