Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway code named Operation Weserubung during World War II. German aircraft in flight. A navigator in an aircraft plots a chart. The aircraft in flight. German troops seated in the aircraft. Seaplanes parked in water. German transport aircraft in flight over trees. The transport aircraft parked at an airfield. German troops disembark from the aircraft. A large group of German troops march in front of a hangar. A German guard. The aircraft in flight. A large fire burns in woods. Smoke rises due to the fire. Transport airplanes and troops in the foreground. German fighter airplanes in flight. A soldier speaks over a radio. The soldiers at a machine gun. Heavy artillery firing. German officers on a range finder. The seaplanes in flight over a Norwegian port. German bombers in flight. Bombing on the coastline in Norway. Smoke rises due to bombing. A pilot at the controls of an airplane.
Excerpts from speech of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House Correpondents' dinner on March 15, 1941 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated in a hall having dinner. President Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks about people of the world supporting Britain and even Canada. He talks about America's full support to the British. Roosevelt in his speech praises British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He also speaks about America's support in world reconstruction and humanity. Roosevelt speaks that their should not be any racism. Every one should be treated equally and have equal rights. He talks about security, standard of living, and market for manufacturing. He says of dictators in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, "We believe that the rallying cry of the dictators, their boasting about a master-race, will prove to be pure stuff and nonsense. There never has been, there isn't now, and there never will be, any race of people fit to serve as masters over their fellowmen."
Italian fliers land their aircraft at an Allied occupied air base (probably in Southern Italy) to join the Allies for the war against Nazi Germany during World War II. A three-engine Italian Savoia-Marchetti bomber in flight. The aircraft lands at the airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. A hangar in the background. Italian fliers step from the aircraft. U.S. and Italian officer exchange greetings. Aircraft in formation. Italian fighter aircraft land and taxi at the air base. Officers and fliers. The fliers leave their aircraft. Italian fliers seated around a table eat American meal.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. People crowd at the airport. Foreign fliers are introduced to the crowd. Marshal Pietro Colombo of Italy stands beside the tail of an airplane. A close up of Captain Fritz Lohse of Germany. Captain Marcel Doret of France stands beside the tail of an airplane. Other airplanes stationary in the background. Lieutenant Commander R.L. Atcherley of England in a cockpit. Captain Doret perform stunts in an airplane. The crowd looks at the stunts performed by Doret. The airplane lands. Marshal Colombo perform stunts in an airplane. The airplane lands and people crowd at the airfield.
Russian troops celebrate their victory against Germany in the Eastern Front Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket during World War 2. Russian T-34 tanks and Infantry enter a village in the Ukraine. The Russian troops roll into town. Russian Military Commander Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin stands in front of a jeep. Russian Military Commander Ivan Konev and Commander Vatutin stand together. The troops on armor and tanks advancing. The Russian troops fire artillery guns at night in synchronized patterns to celebrate the victory. People watch the guns being fired filling the air with flares and fireworks over a town. Soviet citizens look on and smile.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Europe. An animated map shows tactical missile squadron locations in Europe. A Matador convoy moving along a road in Germany. Animation depicts the dispersion of combat units in pre-planned war time area to support base giving number of operational and training missiles.
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