Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 Schnittautnahmen 14.10.1943” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 cut recordings 10/14/1943” in English). Close up of V-1 glide bomb Argus pulse jet engine. Disassembly shows various components of the intake on the Argus engine, including the crucial spring controlled flap valve system, designed to close after each pulse of the engine.
Title card says “Flakzielgerät 76 V 102 Schnittautnahmen 17.8.1943” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 V 102 cut recordings 08/17/1943” in English). World War II V-1 glide bomb launches after Argus engine start. View of exit point of Walter catapult. Entire launch ramp shown as camera pans to surface of launch ramp.
Women wearing German-designed fashion in Copenhagen, Denmark during World War II. A pamphlet in Danish reads “Tysk mannequinopvisning i Hotel d'Angleterre 8.-9. Februar 1943” (“German fashion show in Hotel d’Angleterre February 8-9, 1943” in English). A model smiles as she shows her silk dress. Three models in floral coats and dresses at the Hotel d’Angleterre (Kongens Nytorv 34, 1050 København, Denmark). Women in billowing elegant evening dresses. A woman preens before a mirror. Two women in evening dresses leaves together. Models in evening gowns walk in the catwalk. Spectators clapping.
Allied ships on fire in Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. View on shore as a U.S. Navy sailor and a camera man operating a moving image camera view the fire blazing in the harbor on a sunny day. Black and white smoke clouds arise from the ships. Flames leap upward on the ships. Sunken ships in the water. U.S. Navy sailors use water hoses to extinguish the fires at the bow of a ship. Charred gun on the bow of the ship. Sailors survey remains of burned ships and damage at harbor. Men extinguish the fire with water hoses. (This is possibly footage of the surprise day time raid by German Luftwaffe aircraft attacking Allied ships at Tunis harbor on May 19, 1943, six days after the Axis surrender in North Africa.)
On shore at Tunis harbor, a British Navy officer gives a sword salute to a senior Naval officer in World War II. U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy sailors lined up on either side of dock for a salute. General Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanied by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and other British and American Navy officers walk past the sailors in review. Cunningham has a walking cane hooked over his left forearm but does not use it. The Union Jack and the British Royal Navy flag are visible. Ship at dock in the background. Eisenhower and Cunningham and the other officers pause and greet in front of a waiting Royal Navy car, RN ME 4096, parked on shore. Eisenhower, Cunningham, and another British officer enter the waiting car and it leaves, passing by a Allied landing ship with number 5 seen on its bow, anchored at the port. Closeup view of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly and another U.S. Navy officer watching after the car drives away. Honor guard sailors march with rifles, departing the dock after the officers leave. (Eisehhower visited Tunis for meetings with British and U.S. Navy officers May 11-13, 1943. This footage is likely during those 3 days.)
Italian partisans execute Mussolini. Body of Mussolini on a street of the village Giulino di Mezzegra in Italy. Italian soldiers near his body. Early pictures of Mussolini from 1938 to 1943. Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in 1943. Pictures of Mussolini some time before his death. (World War II period).
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.