U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 22 April 1944: 1st Lieutenant RS Wetmore of the 359th Fighter Group 370th Squadron attacks ground targets. Lt. Wetmore strafes a Germn train. Smoke billows from the burning train. A hit German Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf FW 190 Wurger in a field. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 24 April 1944: Lieutenant O.R. Jones of the 4th Fighter Group 335th Squadron attacks a German Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter aircraft. The U.S. aircraft in flight amidst clouds. The FW 190 in sight. The two aircraft in a dogfight. Firing and explosions.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 24 April 1944: Captain Woody of the 355th Fighter Group 354th Squadron attacks 5 German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt (ME) 109 fighter aircraft. The U.S. aircraft in flight amidst clouds. The ME 109s in flight. Captain Woody attacks the German aircraft. A ME 109 is hit, descends towards the ground. Other ME 109s in flight.
Industrial steel mill in Germany during World War II. The mill in a field amidst hills. Chimneys, smoke stacks and a network of pipes at the mill. Smoke emitted from the stacks. Large machines at work inside the factory. Raw material is transported in rail carts. The carts pass through a tunnel. Conversion of ore to liquid steel. Smelted ore poured down a large funnel. Men at work inside the factory. Smelted ore is poured into large containers. Smoke and fire from blast furnaces. The process of casting an ingot. A slab of solidified steel transported using machines. The slab on a conveyor belt. The ingot on rollers during the billet rolling process.
View of a town and building in Alpine Germany. Doctor checks blood pressure of a lady. An electric train carries patients. 'Parel Stollen' is written on a sign near a woman standing outside a train. Men and women wearing bathing suits go for therapy. Woman is seen lying on a cot. Two men are seen in a steam room. A doctor and a nurse help a woman who need assistance walking.
A V-2 rocket at a launch station in Germany. Generals view the rocket. Soldiers around smile. A man records. The rocket is fired. It leaves the station. A trail of fire at its tail end is seen. It takes a parabolic pathway and explodes behind groove of trees. Army chiefs stand near the site of explosion. Wreckage of a plane. (World War II period).
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