Scenes from the Liberation of Paris. A partisan blows a bugle from a window. Two partisans discuss important issues at a desk. People walk about and descend the stairs of the Partisan Headquarter. A partisan writes a pass for his mother. A message on a typewriter. A woman partisan leader stands in a street.
The Liberation of Paris during World War II. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) standing on the streets of Paris, France. An overturned burning truck on a road. A German military vehicle overturned on the street in front of La Samaritaine department store. An abandoned Allied tank on a street. French civilians and FFI men look at burning vehicles. Men ride bicycles on a deserted street. Brief view from a moving car of smoke coming from the Grand Palais which was set on fire by the Germans. A crowd stands next to burned German vehicles.
Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Europe during World War II. U.S Army Air Corps P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft take off from an air base in East Anglia, England. P-51D number 44-13959 named “Proboscis" of 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, is seen closeup in flight . P-38 Lightning airplanes and P-51 Mustang aircraft strafe a German city. United States airmen relax and play billiards at a base camp. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies at a headquarters. Officers discuss pointing at a map on a wall. An officer briefs pilots about a mission. The officer points at a large map on a wall and a blackboard.Pilot writes mission profile on back of his hand during briefing.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Fighter Command in Europe during World War 2. Gun camera footage showing P-51s downing German aircraft. German pilot bailing out in one scene. Brief view of a P-51 in D-Day paint stripes.
Bombardment of the target area of Aziso Viaduct in Italy. An aerial view of the target area. A bomb bursts in the target area. (World War II period).
A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A DT-15 torpedo with air frames attached. The DT-15 is attached to the bottom of an aircraft. This is a preset control glide missile. DT-15 drops. It descends towards water. About 50 feet above water surface the air frame separates from the torpedo. Wake left by the torpedo as it goes through water. A freighter is hit by the torpedo. Explosion on the freighter. Black smoke rises up from water.
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