Views from a B-17 of U.S. 8th Air Force on its way back to England, after bombing mission over Germany during World War 2. The formation of B-17s is attacked by German FW-190s and ME-110 fighter planes. B-17 gunners shoot one down. They shoot down two more FW-190s and then an ME-110, which explodes in a ball of fire. An attacking German FW-190 is suddenly intercepted by a British Spitfire over the British Channel, and retreats. Seeing this, crew members in one B-17 begin to sing "Goodnight Sweetheart." Among the B-17s shown in flight, is B-17F, Serial Number 41-24635 (named:"8 Ball Mk II") of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, stationed at RAF Station Molesworth, England. A rainbow is seen as the returning B-17s begin landing at their home base. Two airmen are seen walking together in their flight gear, across a field.
U.S. tanks move up a road in Germany during World War II. Four German prisoners walk. Liberated French prisoners cheer as U.S. troops arrive on tanks. A U.S. tank moves up. A medic attends to a wounded German soldier. Long lines of German prisoners marching along a road and sidewalks. White flags hang from buildings. U.S. tanks move along a narrow street.
American Army officers speak with local German policemen in a town in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. German homes on fire on outskirts of town. U.S. Sherman tanks moving at high speed along road beside a river. German firemen fighting fires with hoses. Charred remains of a burning German aircraft. (Unrelated brief glimpse of corpse at Concentration Camp.)
Victims of a Nazi concentration camp in Germany during World War II. Corpses lying on the ground at the concentration camp. A U.S. officer interrogates a camp prisoner. Charred bodies of victims. A human leg sticks out of a lime pit and bloody water.
Burning German aircraft in Germany during World War II. U.S. tanks roll past a burning German aircraft on a field. A U.S. soldier on a tank looks through binoculars towards a flying German aircraft. A gunner aims his gun to attack the German aircraft.
U.S. troops in Germany towards the end of World War II. An early build German Pz.III tank burns in front of a building. U.S. crew operating 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. They fire several rounds. The howitzer is then elevated. The crew loads and fires. A Sergeant on a phone gives a firing order. A crewman points to the sky and a gunner points the M7's machine gun.
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