Allied soldiers of the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union meet togeher, having converged on Torgau Germany near the end of World War II. Soldiers walk with a girl. Soldiers seated on ground and adjust their camera. British, Russian and U.S. flags on display. Russian girls just released from captivity talk and smile with Russian soldiers who proudly display their medals. Bridge over the Elbe river in the background. U.S. Army Major General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General of the 69th Division, shakes hands with his Russian counterpart, Major General Vladimir V. Rusakov, Commanding Officer of the 58th Guards Division.
Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill arrives home in London, England. Churchill returns back to his home after being in hospital for 54 days. His wife arrives at the hospital. A large crowd gathers outside the hospital. Churchill seated on a chair is transferred to a van by the soldiers. The van leaves the area. They arrive home. He is taken out of the van.
Former United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower with his family in Scotland. Exterior of the Culzean Castle (Maybole, South Ayrshire, Ayrshire, KA19 8LE). An apartment in the castle is being given to the former President. Dwight D. Eisenhower uses a telephoto lens camera to take photos for the family album. Grandson David Eisenhower II plays baseball. Dwight D. Eisenhower stands with other officials outside the castle. His family stands outside the castle. The Eisenhower family plays golf. An airplane arrives at an airbase. Eisenhower meets various British officials.
Officials sign the Munich Pact in Munich, Germany, permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Munich along with German officers. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier speaks to a German officer. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini enter a building. The officials sign the Munich Agreement.
As film begins, heavily camouflaged German Panther tanks (Panzerkampfwagen V Panther) are seen moving along a dirt road in Normandy during World War 2. Next, German infantry walk along a road next to forests and behind a Stug IV assault gun. A stone marker on the ground, at rear of a parked Panther tank, points to Beauquay 5 Km and Aunay 7Km. A German soldier lying prone on side of road firing an M42 machine gun. Another soldier lying prone behind him. Parked Stug IV with gun pointed to right. Some infantry gather behind artillery firing from heavily camouflaged positions. An officer with headphones communicates to gun crews. Shells bursting in the distance. A battery of rocket launchers (Nebelwerfers) begins firing. Closeup of soldier activating remote fire control box. White smoke rising in distance. Infantry moving forward toward area of white smoke. German soldiers examine a dead American soldier lying next to a knocked out Sherman tank. Closeup of large shell hole in side of the tank. German infantryman walks past a destroyed U.S. Army tank. A German soldier exploring inside the turret of a half overturned American tank. A formation of German soldiers at a field decoration ceremony. Soldiers receiving the iron cross award. They exchange hand salutes and handshakes afterwards. Next, Oberleutnant Franz Ludwig Chef 2. Batterie / Sturmgeschutz - Abteilung 1346 and Commander Stug III (Sd. Kfz. 1542/1) is seen showing approval of a soldier who mans a Stug III Ausf G, with numerous white rings painted on its gun barrel (indicating victories in combat). (Franz Ludwig is wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded on June 24, 1944 for success against British tanks in combat at the forest of Bovent east of the River Orne, Normandy.) Closeups of Franz Ludwig. View of him briefing several soldiers as they stand in front of barrel-striped StuG III. (Note: Franz Ludwig died in combat on August 14, 1944.)
During the Cold War, a British Royal Air Force soldier describes a mounted M60 machine gun to a fellow RAF soldier and notes that the M60 machine gun has a range of 3725 meters with a maximum effective range of 1100 meters. A sign says “501st Tactical Missile Wing”. A U.S. Air Force C5-A Galaxy’s front open with BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile inside. The upward hinged door says “Military Airlift Command”. A soldier signals to the truck inside the aircraft. Soldiers working onBGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Soldiers adjust camouflage covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers walk in front of a military vehicle towing a missile.RAF soldiers with an M60 machine gun. Rear view of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile being towed along a dirt road. Close up of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile wheels moving. A soldier, wearing glasses, driving a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile drives through a muddy, flooded road. View of undercarriage of BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile as it drives on road.
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