United States M-24 Light Tank of the U.S. 9th Army fires at a target. Soldiers aboard tank. Narrator describes the M-24 to help distinguish it in appearance from German tanks, during World War 2. The torsion bar suspension of M-24 Light Tank and its 16 inch wide tracks. The 75 mm gun barrel of the tank. Side by side shot of M5A1 and the M-24 replacing it. Comparing ammunition placed on ground. Recognition features of M-24.
Mrs. Emmy Goering with her daughter Edda detained at Fischhorn Castle (Schloßstraße 55, 5710 Kaprun, Austria), near Zell am See, Austria after the end of World War II. Train at Zell am See. Mountains in the background. Mrs. Emmy Goering sit with her young daughter Edda. U.S. soldiers stand behind them. They climb downstairs. Lieutenant Jerome Shapiro, NYC, 36th Division guards them while they sit at a garden table. Mrs. Goering and Edda talk with a friend.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes (with bubble canopies) of U.S. Army Air Corps 365th Fighter Group, on parking ramp at airfield (Y-34) in Metz, France. Extensive damage seen to hangars and structures around the parking area. Pilot climbs out of P-47 cockpit, smokes cigarette and talks.
Ruins of a German town in World War II. U.S. ARmy truck convoy driving through ruined town. American soldier on motorbike talks with another U.S. Army soldier. Ruined buildings and rubble in town from heavy bombardment by Allied forces. American soldiers on streets. Various bomb damaged buildings. Destruction and bomb craters in a graveyard or cemetery, and a cross topped tomb stone seen amidst the rubble and devastation.
Captured German World War 2 footage about the Fritz X radio controlled dive bomb describes the mechanism and usage of the German dive bomb Fritz X (also known as the Ruhrstahl X-1). A high angle radio controlled bomb on a trolley. A smaller Fritz X dive bomb on a trolley as man pushes it. German civilian checks a bomb trainer. He lies on to it and operates a bomb sight. A mock up of fleet of ship seen through bomb sight. An arrow points to bomb hit.
World War 2 footage shows the German dive bomb Fritz X (also known as the Ruhrstahl X-1 guided dive bomb). A wind tunnel test conducted as Fritz X bomb remains suspended in a sling. A man works on a throttle. Men work on a transmitter receiver. A man installs it into the tail section of the Fritz X bomb. Radio antenna pointed out. A roll gyro installed in the bomb. A man rocks the missile to check its proportion. A man places rockets in the tail of the bomb.
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