German soldiers battle against Russian troops in Sevastopol, Russia during World War II. A fleet of German aircraft in flight. A pilot seated in the cockpit of an airplane. Aerial view of the ground and a lake below. The aircraft drop bombs over enemy positions. The aircraft strafe. Fire and explosions on the ground.
Unloading activity in Sevastopol, Soviet Union during World War II. Liberty ship SS William Blount being unloaded. Trucks in the foreground. Supply boxes in a sling are lowered from the ship. Supply crates in a sling being raised from the hangar deck of the ship.
Funeral services at mass grave unearthed in Vinitsa, Russia. Civilians look at thousands of corpses, primarily of Polish dead, as they are unearthed. The commentator calls it another "Katyn massacre" by the Russian G.P.U. ("Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie of the NKVD of the RSFSR"). People look at a document. Several articles lying on a table. A clergyman conducts funeral services. People express their grief.
Film taken from the fleet transport USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP-69, during amphibious training exercise in World War 2. United States Army soldiers in battle gear, aboard the Elizabeth C. Stanton, lower rope nets over her side and descend them into her LCVPs (landing craft vehicle personnel). Soldiers crouched in landing craft. LCVP's and LCPL's under way towards a beach.
Two U.S. Naval officers, aboard the USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP-69, in the Chesapeake Bay, observe amphibious landing exercises through binoculars. A sailor demonstrates nautical knots as officers look on. Several Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) from the Elizabeth C. Stanton practice maneuvering near the ship.
United States soldiers go through a bayonet drill. Two soldiers practice with each other as others look on. Soldiers charge at dummies with bayonets. An instructor shows men how to bayonet the dummy. An instructor supervises and demonstrates to soldiers during a firing drill at a firing range. Soldiers fire Springfield rifles from hip and prone positions. (World War II period).
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