British Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor twin jet aircraft taking off and landing at an airfield in Britain, in June, 1945, right after the end of World War II in Europe. Several American soldiers sit on grass beside the runway and watch. One takes pictures. The clip shows a Meteor, so wrong clip!
Gun camera footage from U.S. P-47 fighter plane strafing German ground targets near end of World War II. The aircraft operates unopposed and attack targets of opportunity. The aircraft fires at vehicles on a road. Smoke rises from targeted areas. The P-47 is flown by pilot named Cunningham, of the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Wing.
German newspaper headlines from August 26, 1939 through September 1, 1939 which document the German sentiment leading up to the invasion of Poland on September 1. Sign for Beuthen, Poland (now Bytom) is shown, along with scenes from Poland (possibly Beuthen), showing gun fire damage to buildings.
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp liberation during World War II. Nazi German SS Guards (German Guards) place dead bodies in trucks. A vehicle drives past the dead bodies. The bodies are thrown into mass graves. German women guards bury the dead. Heaps of bodies being lifted by bulldozers and put in mass graves. The affidavit by United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg.
Russians leaving through the gate of a liberated Nazi prison labor camp. U.S. military guards at the prison gate. Former prison laborers awaiting return to their native countries. Russian girls talking with laborers. A straight road just outside the camp. People walk on the road. Former prisoners gathered in a group talking and smiling. Two ladies hold a man's hands and bring him forward. A man with a cap stands behind them. (World War II period).
A German Messerschmitt Bf 109E raising dust as it takes off from a dirt and grass field. Formation of German Junkers JU-88 flying in formation overhead. Closeup from above of a Ju-88. Pilot at the controls. Copilot on lookout points at attacking British Spitfire. (Likely, this is a mock attack staged for propaganda movie, with a captured Spitfire, displaying early paint scheme of black/white belly.) The film continues with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 engaging the Spitfire in a dog fight, that ends with the latter falling in a trail of smoke. (Interestingly, the last view of falling Spitfire shows empennage of the camera plane, which appears to be a rare Arado Ar.240.) Next, a spitfire is seen sitting upright on the ground, with black smoke billowing from its center. Finally, Dornier Do-17 aircraft are seen dropping bombs amid some flak clouds. (Note: disparate scenes have been melded together and edited in the making of this film.)
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