USS Hancock in a carrier task force in the Pacific during World War 2. In opening scene camera tracks a Fletcher class destroyer moving at hight speed past the USS Hancock (CV-19). Scene shifts to the Hancock flight deck, where F6F aircraft are taking off. Camera pans across the water and shows the battleship, USS New Jersey (BB-52) and several destroyers underway. Back on the flight deck, an F6F is taxiing with folded wings, escorted by several aircraft handlers. They park the aircraft.
Opening scene shows German LVG biwing airplane with gunner in rear cockpit, receiving bombs from ground crewmen and storing them in his cockpit during World War 1. The pilot is inspecting the front cockpit. Next is a view of the battlefield, from the air. White smoke drifts in places and troops on the ground scurry to new positions as if escaping gas. View from wing of German airplane, showing pilot and gunner in forward and rear cockpits, respectively. Gunner raises a bomb from his cockpit and drops it overboard. Explosion is seen on the ground. Several other explosions and white smoke are seen. Scene shifts to a dogfight taking place in the air, between Allied and German aircraft. View from inside the German airplane shows the gunner firing his machine gun. Glimpse of gunner and pilot seen in the airplane, from the rear. Airplanes maneuvering in flight. View from rear of pilot in cockpit of the German airplane. An allied airplane attacks a German blimp, setting it on fire. It plummets to the ground in flames., trailing heavy black smoke. Next French Niewport airplanes are seen in formation and then engaging in a large dogfight with German aircraft. .
Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Linz, Austria. View of the Danube River. Buildings and trees along the side of the river. A ship in the river. Smoke around the ship. It reaches the harbor. A bridge seen over the river. A view of the New Cathedral or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Neuer Dom Herrenstrasse 26, Linz 4020, Austria) at Linz. Alpine mountains in the background.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler, in uniform, on the balcony of his new Reichs Chancellery on Wilhelmplatz (completed in 1939). He is accompanied by Deputy Fuhrer, Rudolf Hess and Schutzstaffel Leader, Julius Schrek. Supporters crowd the square and cheer them. Scene shifts to a nighttime rally, and then to Closeup of Hermann Goering on a balcony with others (unidentified). Glimpse of a Schutzstaffel brass band marching in torchlight parade and Hitler saluting from a balcony. Schutzstaffel assembled in Wilhelmplatz (77 Wilhelmstraße, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Some spectators climb a tree to get better view of events. Crowd returning Nazi salute to Hitler standing alone on Reichs Chancellery balcony. Inserted slate reads: "Memorial Day, 1936."
Funeral procession of Gestapo official Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Dignitaries gather for the funeral at Prague Castle. They place flowers and wreaths. A large crowd of civilians and dignitaries attend the funeral procession which then proceeds back across a bridge over the Vltava River and into central Prague in a slow military parade. Civilians raising arms in Nazi salute as coffin passes. Coffin seen in railroad train as it begins trip back to Berlin for a second funeral service. View inside the new Reich Chancellery on 9 June, 1942. A torch in the background. Nazi German leaders Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Heinrich Himmler at the funeral. Hitler expresses condolences to Heydrich's two young sons, Klaus and Heider, at the State Funeral. Young boy Heider salutes Hitler.
Film begins showing livestock in stalls eating hay. Next, an auction is seen in progress. The auctioneer signals a final sale by striking a board with a wooden mallet. The new owner leads the animal away on a tether. Adolf Hitler is seen in uniform speaking at a podium, extolling German workers, against a background of waving wheat and farmers using scythes to harvest it. The farmers continue, placing the sheaves of wheat into wagons. Scene shifts fo grains of wheat being smoothed with a shovel. A Nazi guard in black uniform stands before a structure displaying a sign reading: Aldolf-Hitler-Roog. A car carrying Hitler enters a rural village area, where a woman steps in front of it to stop it. She speaks to a smiling Hitler as she points toward her newly built neighborhood of homes.
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