German troops of KG Peiper advance in Malmedy, Belgium during World War II. A map points out Belgium, Germany and France. Camouflaged German StuG III Assault Guns advance. Flamethrowers used. German soldiers fire at American positions and bombard. German soldiers pass by a U.S. Army motor convoy in flames near Malmedy. The United States Army soldier prisoners of war in the town under German guard. Red Cross personnel examine the bound bodies of U.S. POW that were found and, separately, of Belgian civilians massacred by the German troops near Malmedy (the so called Malmedy Massacre). The dead are buried in a common grave. Wrecked houses and buildings. News headline reads, "3rd Army deep in Germany." Fire blazing in supply depots left by the retreating United States forces. U.S. artillery and antiaircraft guns fired point blank at the advancing German tanks. The U.S. tank guns and machine guns fire over the snow covered battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. U.S. Army Air Force aicraft and German Luftwaffe aircraft engage in aerial dogfight combat. Contrails across sky. U.S. soldiers in snow covered forest of trees in Battle of the Bulge. General Eisenhower visits troops at the front. News headlines about Russians smashing German lines and 40 Japanese ships sunk. Views of dead U.S. soldiers on Belgian battlefield.
A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat airplane is seen parked on a ramp, with a bomb slung under its fuselage. The narrator identifies it as a "fire bomb," containing gel gasoline. Scene shifts to an F6F dropping one from several thousand feet, in a demonstration. The incendiary bomb creates a swath of fire along the ground, in the direction of flight. A flight of two F6Fs repeat the demonstration, dropping their bombs simultaneously, from a formation. Another drops a bomb on a pier at a waterfront. View to the rear from an airplane that just dropped a bomb in a wooded area. Views of actual U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2, showing F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, dropping napalm incendiary bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. View of smoke rising from bomb strikes at targets near a river.
United States General Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Brussels, Belgium. Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and other dignitaries greet him. He talks to the dignitaries. Soldiers and officials greet him. He places a wreath on the tomb of the Congress Column, also known as the Monument to the Unknown Soldier (Place du Congrès / Congresplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium). Other soldiers salute. Buildings and a car parked in the background. (World War II period).
Supply convoy passing on the 'Red Ball' highway in France. Trucks of the Transportation Corps carry the supplies. Men load supplies and equipment on the trucks. The convoy moves on the highway. Houses along the sides of the street. A sign board reads: 'Paris'. Another sign board reads: 'Supply-convoy stop'. Soldiers drink tea. A sign board reads: 'Check wiring'. Convoy moves at night. A vehicle is driven on street. Smoke arises from the vehicle as it catches fire after an accident. Soldiers on jeep. Convoy moves forward. (World War II period).
The 8th and 9th Army Air Forces fight German planes. They bomb German planes. Airplanes in flight. A flag on the flag pole. Airplanes in formation. Firing and bombarding on the field. High altitude view of the target area. Airplanes drop bombs. (World War II period).
Allied troops advance in Germany during World War II. Map points France and Germany. American and British soldiers fire on the battlefield. Wrecked houses. Prisoners of war walk along with the soldiers. Soldiers on tanks. Smoke arises due to firing. Soldiers walk through rubble.
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