A British 8th Army tank leads a huge number of German prisoners of war across the desert of North Africa during World War 2. The German soldiers walk casually but in close formation, with their bedrolls and all their personal equipment. Graves of German soldiers
Soviet scouts and officers line up in rows. Bands mark the opening of an award ceremony on the withdrawal of Soviets from North Korea. Vice Premier Hong Myung He presents Soviet Army and Naval officers with Liberation Medals. Several medals in boxes can be seen on the presentation desk. Scouts help in putting medals on each other. Hong Myung He awards medal to a Soviet lady officer. Awarded comrades congratulate each other.1948.
British soldiers on tank retriever moving through desert area in North Africa. A soldier standing on the retriever moving through desert followed with a jeep. The tank stops and crewmen start winching up a damaged British tank as another men standing on tank whistles and signals with hands. The damaged British tank is loaded on the retriever. Crewmen take protection as incoming ground and artillery fire begins. As firing stops men resume to load tank. Two soldiers winch the crew in turns as another crewman observes the whole process. Rear part of the tank starts to close and crewmen with different devices work near the wheels. (World War II period).
Plans and preparations made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel along with his troops establishes new forward positions. The troops working to build a canal. A number of ships in a harbor. Supplies being loaded on rail cars. Camels crossing a track. Animated map shows Erwin Rommel's troops advancing in Palestine. The British Forces fire at the Germans. A fleet of United States aircraft in flight. They drop bombs over German targets on the ground. Explosions on the ground with tanks advancing. A soldier stands in front of signboards. A convoy of army trucks on a road. German airplanes parked. German troops along with a General march on their way to Egypt.
British and United States Sailors on leave in North Atlantic during World War II. Soldiers play a friendly match of 'tug of war'. Both teams tug the ropes from opposite sides. Soldiers indulge themselves in various recreational activities.
View from conning tower of surfaced German submarine (U-boat) underway in the North Atlantic, during World War 2. Crew scans horizon and see Allied ships. They alert their captain, who comes on deck to confirm their finding of targets off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Animated sequence shows how U-Boat maneuvers. The U-boat teletypes information to its headquarters where German Admiral Karl Doenitz, Commander of the U-boat fleet, is seen with his staff. His charts show area of encounter, between Labrador and Greenland. Doenitz staff wires instructions to the U-boat. View of radio operators and morse code messaging. Views of crew at duty stations inside the submarine. Two U-boats proceeding at high speed on the surface. They are shown in animated sequence. Smoke from burning Allied ship on the horizon. The U-boats come under fire. Shells burst nearby in water. View inside U-boat as it crash dives. Dishes and other items slide and fall inside the U-boat. Animated sequence shows several U-boats moving relative to the convoy. Views of crew poised silently inside submerged sub. Sound of Allied destroyer propellers overhead and explosion of depth charges. Water sprays into U-boat as depth charge causes damage. View on deck of surfaced submarine. U-boat pack circling the convoy. View inside submerged U-boat torpedoing a ship. Inside engine room of boat. Animation shows most ships in convoy being sunk and faster warships trying to escape. Torpedoes being loaded and fired. Explosions from ships hit by torpedoes. Surfaced U-boat firing its deck gun at night. Oil burning on water surface.
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