Various field artillery firing under camouflage nets during Operation Windsor, part of the Battle of Caen during World War 2. Royal Canadian forces advance on Carpiquet airfield. Canadian soldiers crouch for cover. Canadian soldiers firing with mortar field artillery. Carpiquet airfield in smoke as seen from the fields. A camouflaged soldier aims his rifle and shoots. Soldiers in a tank. Close up of tank firing its machine gun. Canadian soldiers firing with machine gun behind hedgerows. A soldier uses binoculars, pointing at a direction, while standing on a tank. Carpiquet airfield buildings destroyed after Canadian shelling. The attack was conducted by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.
French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division cheer upon the sight of Cherbourg coast during World War 2. French soldiers walk to rail at the first sight of the coast of Cherbourg. French soldiers waving and cheering upon sight of the Cherbourg coast. French soldiers waving with their hats on deck. Some soldiers raise their helmets. Soldiers climbing up a ship’s mast. A lieutenant wearing glasses watch the coast of Cherbourg as the ship draws near.
Free French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division climb down the rope net of a Liberty ship onto a landing craft departing for Cherbourg during World War 2. Landing craft with soldiers and vehicles pulls away from the ship. Soldiers watch the landing craft move away from the stern. A group of Liberty ships in the Cherbourg harbor. Free French soldiers watch landing craft unloading.
A German tank moving in front of a foxhole where a German soldier hides during World War 2. German soldier lowers his head into the fox hole. Tracks and wheels of a tank rolling in close side view on top of foxhole. German soldier popping from foxhole and waving to tank as he climbs out.
United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb dump near Cherbourg during World War II. United States Ninth Airforce Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. Bombs dropping into a Nazi petrol dump about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a Nazi petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Airforce bombers.
Opening scene shows a large round table where a NATO staff meeting was interrupted for a lunch break. Next, staff members are seen obtaining food in a cafeteria line and sitting at tables in the dining facility. Camera pans the room, focusing on one table where two staff are discussing shipping (according to the Narrator). Scene shifts fo a busy seaport with boats and ships. Back in the dining hall, the camera focuses on two staff who are discussing the Italian G-91 fighter plane, built to NATO specifications by several nations, cooperatively.Next, one is seen being towed along an airfield ramp. A prototype vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (Hawker P.1127 Kestrel) is seen being demonstrated. Back to the men at the table in the dining hall where they are ostensibly now discussing the problems of transporting large defense items. A truck is seen transporting a large object covered in canvas to hide it. Staff are seen at the end of the day enjoying drinks and casual conversations at a bar. Two French aviators in uniform are conversing. Narrator speculates on their conversation, noting the need for care not to divulge possible military secrets, such as the rigors of their last training course. Glimpse of a helicopter above snow-covered mountain. Another view of a helicopter at the top of Mont Blanc. Another view in the dining facility where Narrator suggests a man pouring coffee might be thinking about such esoteric matters as bugs in computers. View of numerous items in an array of electronic devices. (Narrator notes the man keeps his thoughts to himself)
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