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United States aircraft strafe German positions and explosions in France during World War II.

United States aircraft strafe German positions in France during World War II. Explosions due to firing. The damaged equipment on the ground. U.S. aircraft in flight. The U.S. aircraft strafe German positions. A U.S. P-37 taking off from a snow-covered airfield. A U.S. P-37 aircraft lands and loses control on the runway during landing. It plows into a parked P-37 off the runway. A man standing near the parked P-37 is seen running and narrowly misses being hit by the crashing aircraft as he falls to the ground.

Date: 1944
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071145
United States troops advance through the Siegfried Line and enter a German village and town during World War II.

Film opens showing American soldiers riding in an open tracked personnel carrier, along a road in France, during World War 2. They pass a burning destroyed German tank at the roadside. A U.S. Army truck full of troops and a jeep follow the personnel carrier. Next dragon's teeth tank traps are seen in the snow. A U.S. M10 tank destroyer and a truck are parked near the dragon's teeth. A gunner atop the M10 fires his M2 Browning heavy machine gun. The M10 continues to move past the dragon's teeth. Infantry are seen accompanied by a whitewashed M4A3(76) Sherman tank. Other troops are settled into positions in the snow beside the narrow road. View from behind advancing troops. Explosions in a hillside as shells strike from an M4A3(105) firing rounds. White smoke rising from phosphorous shells fired into a German village. An M4A3(76) tank firing rounds in the village. Sherman medium tanks moving through rubble and then on a town street. Two M4A3(75) tanks parked side-by-side in the town. Tank commander in one points down the street, as hatch in the nearest one begins to open. U.S. infantry moving through the town accompanied by these tanks. Armored infantry hunker down behind a tank as it passes a church building. Some soldiers scamper down a hill toward village wooden buildings. Two are seen escorting a German prisoner, who collapses and has to be helped to his feet. Three other U.S. soldiers are approached by a surrendering German soldier with his hands in the air. Next American soldiers are seen taking several surrendering German soldiers into custody.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071146
Allied mortars and artillery fired in France during World War II.

Activities of Allied troops in France during World War II. The French flag at mast on a church or cathedral. U.S. Army soldiers fire mortars and artillery. Soldiers use sighting equipment to hone in on targets. Smoke in the background. Mortar and artillery round crashing near partially destroyed bridges over a river.

Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071147
Hitler Youth members conduct a wintertime torchlight ceremony on skis in Germany, during World War II

Opening nighttime scene shows two Hitler Youth skiers descending a snowy hill. Each carries two flaming torches. They converge at a prepared fire site and light a large bonfire with their torches. View of numerous burning torches held by other Hitler Youth members on the hillside. Glimpse of flags and the large bonfire. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071151
German alpine troops train on a snow-covered mountain and skaters perform in Berlin Sportpalast during World War II in Germany.

Sports activities in Germany during World War II. German alpine troops train on a snow-covered mountain. The alpine troops pose. Clouds over mountains. One skier smokes a pipe. Next they are seen speeding down the steep slopes of the mountain. Next scene shows skaters performing at the Sportspalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin. The solo figure skater is Lydia Veicht. The pair are Ria Baran and Paul Falk. Spectators watch the performances by the skaters. The spectators include army personnel and other civilians. The spectators applaud the performance.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071152
German Luftwaffe Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attack Soviet tanks. German troops on the ground in Hungary during World War II

German Air Force engages Soviet ground forces in Hungary during World War 2. Opening scene shows map of Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania. Next, in view from cockpit , a loose formation of German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers is seen in flight. They bomb and strafe Soviet tanks on the ground. (Narrator states that German aircraft flew thousands of missions destroying more than three hundred Soviet tanks.) German soldiers are seen in trenches in Hungary. Next, are scenes of fires and of German soldiers near a burning Soviet tank.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071153