A film based on ASR (Air Sea Rescue) by U.S. 8th Air Forces in European Theater during World War II. Formation of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight over Nazi German targets in Europe. Bombardier aboard B-17 sights target through Norden bomb sight. Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over targets. Smoke and flame billows up from explosions. More scenes of bombs being dropped from Allied aircraft and hitting targets below during a day time bombing mission. B-17s face attack from Nazi Luftwaffe fighter aircraft. Air to air combat and dogfight scenes. Gunners aboard B-17 firing at Nazi fighters. A B-17 with a damaged tail. A B-17 on fire goes down. Pilot of the same B-17 gives emergency signal. Crash landing of B-17 on water shows crew members preparing to ditch the B-17 at sea. Crew members on raft and aboard a boat heads for English coast. Door sign reads 'Air Sea Rescue Control Room'. Interior of room shows an officer plotting and planning the timings and air route the bomber squadron must follow from and to target area during the mission. Air Sea Rescue Liaison Sergeant of U.S. army talks over phone and alerts British Royal Navy officer. British Navy officer calls up an officer at the RAF (Royal Air Force) high speech launch base and assigns patrol areas. Royal Navy patrol boats head for assigned areas. Emergency rescue squadron is alerted by an officer. Pilots of rescue aircraft prepare to board P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. View of inflatable rafts and smoke floats carried on theThunderbolts.Flying boat PBY Catalina warms up on runway.
Japanese artillery fired in the Malay jungle, Kuantan during World War II. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers load and fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. A map of Singapore showing British positions. The map zooms into Pulau Ubin island. A soldier watches enemy action through binoculars. Japanese troops cross the Straits of Johor from Malay to Singapore in small boats and wade ashore with equipment. Shirtless Japanese gun crewmen load shells into artillery. A Japanese soldier puts a blade on his bayonet. The artillery fired and airplanes drop bombs as screaming Japanese infantry advance along a muddy road. British and Allied prisoners of war (POWs) are being searched and led away by Japanese guards.
A prelude to the entry of United States in World War II, from the "Why We Fight" series. U.S. Army band marching along with the troops. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese during World War II. Night view of air raids in London and anti-aircraft fire amid British building silhouettes. British buildings collapsing and burning during blitz in Battle of Britain. Cavalry and tank battles in Russia against Nazi German forces. Montage of quick shots of German Panzer tank and German Luftwaffe aircraft operations in Western Europe. German troops marching through Paris at Arc de Triomphe. German heavy rail guns firing. Dead bodies of Japanese bombing victims lying on the street in China. German navy ships underway at sea. German army forces advancing in invasion of Czechoslovakia. Very low flying German trimotor bomber aircraft passing overhead over treeline. German invasion of Poland. German heavy artillery guns and railway guns firing. Fighter aircraft plunging toward ground and crashing. German paratroopers being dropped over Holland, Netherlands in invasion of Netherlands. Aerial views of German aircraft passing by Parthenon and ancient Greek monuments in Greece. More heavy rail gun shots. Germans invading Belgium, Albania, Yugoslavia.
The Italian fleet surrenders before the Allied powers in Italy during World War II. Warships underway at sea. British Royal Navy Fleet Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other officers on the bridge of a warship. Distant aerial view of ships in a convoy. Italian battleships Vittorio Veneto and Littoria underway. Italian warships at anchor. Italian warships and submarines at sea. An Italian officer shakes hands with a British officer. An Italian Admiral and aides arrive at a pier in a launch. They are greeted by Admiral Cunningham.
The Army Navy football game in the United States. Flags fluttering on flag poles in the background. People crowd in a stadium. The teams run out on the ground. U.S. President Harry Truman in the stands. U.S. Army Major General Bryant E. Moore shakes hands with the President. The wife of the President seated nearby. U.S. Army General Omar N. Bradley and a British General seated. U.S. Secretary of Army Gordan Gray chats with a woman in the stands. U.S. Secretary of Navy Francis P. Matthews and an admiral seated in the stands. Cadets march and the crowd watches them. The cadets cheer. The game in progress. President Truman and British Army Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery seated in the stands. The crowd walks away on the ground.
Activities of British 8th Army and African American U.S. 99th Pursuit Squadron (part of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group) in Orsogna, Italy during World War II. Cartridge belts are loaded onto the wing of an airplane. A bomb loaded at the bottom of the airplane. An African American pilot gets into the airplane. Eleven United States Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawks take off from a steel-matted runway. British artillery men rush towards a directional range finder. Tents in the background. Other airplanes parked in the background.
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