Allied aircraft bombard various installations in Germany during World War II. Smoke rises as Allied aircraft strafe military installations in Germany. Fire occurs at military installations are bombed. Gun position on edge of woods bombed. A small town strafed by the Allies.
Allied troops in Germany during World War II. 40 mm gun crew in Germany. A Nazi Swastika and an eagle mounted on a pillar with a gun in the foreground. A building damaged due to Allied bombings. Allied multiple 50 caliber gun and its crew. German prisoners loaded onto a truck as it pulls away. A destructed rail road trestle in Chantilly, France.
Allied aircraft in Germany during World War II. Allied aircraft in flight. United States P-47 aircraft on an air field in Germany. They taxi along the perimeter and take off. Military trucks and jeeps at the field. P-38 aircraft flies around the field. P-47 aircraft taxis off the runway. P-38 buzz off the field for pull up.
Flashbacks of Nazi activities during World War II presented during Nuremberg Trials. Chief prosecutor from Great Britain, Hartley Shawcross, presents Count No 2, Crimes Against Peace, meaning wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. Lieutenant Colonel Schumt relates Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. View of a truck and uniformed Germans marching and agitating in Poland to advocate annexation by Germany (under Albert Forster). On August 23, 1939, Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop sign Russian-German non-aggression pact. Flashback view of convoy of German tanks moving near farm fields toward Poland. View of Pope Pius XII and then Franklin Delano Roosevelt appealling to Germany not to attack Poland or other sovereign nations. Raucous laughter in Reichstag as Hitler addresses German leaders and describes the appeal by Roosevelt. September 1, 1939, scenes of German troops invading Poland as Luftwaffe begins mass bombing raid. Artillery guns fire, troops in jeeps, personnel carriers, and motorcycles stream into Poland. Aerial view of Luftwaffe aircraft in formation approaching Poland and bombing Polish cities. Bombs away view as bombs fall from aircraft to ground and explosions and smoke seen on ground in Poland. City buildings in Poland seen in flames and crumbling to the ground. Line of German Wehrmacht Army forces marching on roadways into invaded territory. German Army seen invading Denmark on April 9, 1940. German sailors aboard fast moving German ship. German army soldiers aiming machine guns. Camera view of German tank as tank gun is lowered directly toward camera. German forces occupy a North Sea dock area of coastal Denmark, German tanks and vehicles drive on streets and sidewalks in Denmark as Danish citizens run and leap out of the way. Danish citizens stand quietly along sides of a road as German Army marches into a city of Denmark.
Documentary titled ' Through Oil lands of Europe and Africa'. Shows oil fields in Germany. View of an oil field at Wietze near Hanover in Germany. Derricks and oil rigs in operation at the field. An early oil derrick. Farmers stand beside a horse drawn plow in a field. A farmer harvests crop using a horse drawn harvester. View of an oil field at Ciele. A large oil tanker, derricks, oil rigs, and railroad tank car at the site.
A film on the development of air power. A German Zeppelin dirigible in Germany. The dirigible in flight. Trees in the foreground. Animation shows Zeppelin routes in Germany.
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