German troops on the Eastern Front during World War II. Snow covered area. Germans chop down a pine tree to use as a Christmas tree on the Russian front in 1941. German soldiers rush out of the bunker entrance. A field post soldier arrives in motorcycle with a sidecar. Soldiers lift the field post man, triumphantly carrying him into the bunker. The German transport squadrons bring reserves to the Eastern Front. Soldiers on sledges. German ski patrol encounters Russian forces while towing equipment cross country. Soldiers unload supplies from an aircraft. German troops use reindeer to transport supplies in the snow. The soldiers wear white snow camouflage suits while skiing in the forest. Frozen coniferous trees covered in snow. Whitewashed Pz.38t Czech tank, used by Germans, passes in the snow.
Thanksgiving Day celebrations at Oum El Aguareb in Algeria,North Africa. American soldiers chase a flock of turkeys. Natives gift turkey to U.S. soldiers. U.S. soldiers roll up copies of detailed war maps meant for tank commanders. Allied tanks deployed near Tebourba in Tunisia. Convoy of Allied tanks, half tracks and jeeps move.
Film begins showing a British Spitfire aircraft in flight overhead, viewed from a warship. Next the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable (67) is seen and an Atlanta class light cruiser nearby. A Corsair fighter plane circles the carrier and lands on it. It is followed by another that executes a missed approach, goes around and returns again to land. Two battleships are seen and then other warships and the carrier in the distance. A light cruiser is viewed from a following ship having twin guns in a forward turret. Several warships silhouetted against the sky in the distance. Near land, barrage balloons are seen in the sky. Several transport ships in the distance with barrage balloons above them. Ships headed toward a port with a city behind it.
The return of "Carlson's Raiders," to Pearl Harbor following their successful Makin Raid in World War 2. View from a high point overlooking a wharf at Pearl Harbor, as the USS Nautilus (SS-168) approaches. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, a reception committee of high ranking naval officers, and other well-wishers. (Unrelated sequence inserted, of a surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun and smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship in the distance.) Scene shifts back to Pearl Harbor, again. This time it shows the USS Argonaut (SS-166) docked, and Admiral Chester Nimitz boarding the submarine and shaking hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, its Commanding Officer. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, (President Roosevelt's son) who is Executive Officer of the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. Scene shifts again, to deck of the USS Nautilus, where Admiral Nimitz, holding Japanese war trophies from the Makin Raid, discusses them with a young officer from the Second Raider Battalion. View of arms and equipment of the Marines on the submarine deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. Marine Raiders begin to leave the submarine and walk past a military honor guard with rifles at parade rest.
U.S. Army Air Force B-17s in formation flight over enemy terrain in Europe during World War II. Interiors of a B-17 in flight. Pilot in cockpit of B-17, with hand on throttles. Copilot next to him. Other crew members at their stations. View from aircraft as it crosses coastline. Navigator checking his charts with pair of dividers. B-17s generating contrails in the sky.
U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses in daylight bombing missions over enemy terrain in Europe during World War II. Interiors of a B-17 in flight. Crewmen at their stations. Views of industrial sites and ships in water below. Airmen with helmets and oxygen masks on. Heavy Flak bursts at the same altitude. Attacks by German Me-109 fighters. Waist gunner of B-17 firing at the German aircraft. A bombardier in the nose of the aircraft, at a bomb sight. Bombs drop from B-17s and hit the ground. The bombardier signals "OK". Heavy smoke from target area. B-17 gunners firing at German fighters. A B-17 hit in number 2 engine. Me-109s attacking. B-17 falling, out of control. A B-17 with smoke coming from number 3 engine and descending.
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