Two U.S. Army Air Force P-47s fly past overhead. Clouds in background. Aerial view, from below, of U.S. AAF B-17s in formation overhead. Brief glimpse of a B-17Flying Fortress in flight. Clouds behind it. Scenes filmed incident to making of "Combat America," during World War 2, in England.
U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers strike targets in Germany near the end of World War 2. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers in flight over Germany, as viewed from ball turret of another B-17. The B-17s display checkered tails of the 385th Bombardment Group, stationed at RAF Great Ashfield, England. There is some camera movement that soon focuses on bombs away view and bombs falling from the B-17s. Some incendiary bombs are seen streaming white smoke (possibly M-17 or M-19 incendiaries). Numerous flames erupt simultaneously as clusters of indendiary bombs ignite on contact with the ground. Camera rotates around during filming as the ball turret rotates. White smoke rises from the ground.
American President Woodrow Wilson in France for signing of Treaty of Versailles following the Armistice in World War 1. President Wilson and Mrs Wilson arrive at the Palace of Versailles during the signing of Peace Treaty between Germany and Allies at the end of World War I. President Wilson, Premier Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of England leave the Palace of Versailles after signing the Peace Treaty. Huge Crowd waiting outside the Palace cheers as dignitaries come out.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft painted in D-Day stripes, seen taking off at nightfall on June 5, 1944, carrying Airborne troopers from a base in England, during World War 2. Large formations of U.S. B-17 bombers en route to targets in Europe. Clusters of indendiary bombs falling from a U.S. bomber. View from a bomber of explosions on the ground from bombing at a coastline. Allied paratroopers fill the sky with their parachutes as they jump from formations of C-47 transport aircraft. Thirty minutes before the amphibious assaults at Normandy, Allied warships bombard the shore with heavy naval guns. Troops leave their transport ships and board small landing craft (Higgins boats). Soldiers try to stabilize the rope nets for others climbing down, as their small craft pitch in choppy seas. The boats speed away from their transport ships, and head toward the shore. Smoke rising from the shore where naval shelling has caused explosions and fire. Troops from landing craft of the USS, Samuel Chase (APA-26), wade ashore under enemy machine gun fire, at "Fox Green" section of Omaha Beach. They are far away from the beach itself, because of steel and concrete obstacles placed by the Germans, and relatively low tide.
Allied campaign against Nazi Germany in 1944 during World War II. Tanks, artillery and supplies piled up in England for invasion of Europe. Allied soldiers from various Allied nations like Britain, America, New Zealand and South Africa gathered at docks. The soldiers loaded onto transport ships. Soldiers get into landing crafts. Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower at a map in Headquarters as he plans the invasion of France. The Allied invasion fleet underway in the English Channel to invade France. A map shows the location of Caen, France. Allied aircraft in flight and view at aircraft door as line of paratroopers jump. Massive group of parachutes in the sky as paratroopers descend. Explosions occur at a coast. Landing crafts beached and soldiers come ashore amidst heavy firing. Rockets and artillery being fired. Vehicles on the beach. A truck burns. A map depicts the area under Nazi German occupation before World War II and the recapture of those areas by Allied armies in 1944.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. People crowd at the airport. Foreign fliers are introduced to the crowd. Marshal Pietro Colombo of Italy stands beside the tail of an airplane. A close up of Captain Fritz Lohse of Germany. Captain Marcel Doret of France stands beside the tail of an airplane. Other airplanes stationary in the background. Lieutenant Commander R.L. Atcherley of England in a cockpit. Captain Doret perform stunts in an airplane. The crowd looks at the stunts performed by Doret. The airplane lands. Marshal Colombo perform stunts in an airplane. The airplane lands and people crowd at the airfield.
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