Backwards looking view from underside of a P-47 plane on takeoff roll. there is noticeable movement of rudder to keep plane straight during the roll. View from an airplane of bomb falling over mountainous terrain. Four P-47s flying low over water and farm country. Their moving shadows are clearly visible on the ground. (World War II period).
German forces defending against Allies during invasion at Normandy in World War 2. Camouflaged German Panther tank on the move. Others with German infantry on the way to engage invading Allied forces . Views from German positions of artillery fire and German machine gunners. A huge explosion. Battery of German 15 cm mobile rocket launchers (Nebelwerfer 41) firing. Rockets being fired from an Opel Maultier halftrack equipped with 10 tubed rocket launcher (Panzerwerfer 42) and a Wurfrahmen 40 (launch frame 40) multiple rocket launcher on SdKfz 251 halftrack. German forces firing on allied forces. A huge oil fire. German soldier using a flame thrower.
German soldiers taking American prisoners of war (POWs) during battle following Allied invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Two U.S. soldiers, holding their hands on their heads, being esorted by armed German soldiers. Several American soldier POWs, including some with bandaged wounds. Two French prisoners in civilian clothes. German soldiers escorting tens of American POWs. A few are wounded. One is helped to walk, by two others.
Huge fires burning in a French town due to battles between Allies and German forces and Allied bombing, following the Allied Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Buildings and homes being destroyed by the flames. French firefighters with hoses trying to control the fires. They use tall extension ladder and hoses in attempt to save a church building. They battle fires in several places. Two men hold a high pressure hose. Buildings destroyed and a tall factory chimney falling due to fires. Flames bursting from a shop in the midst of a block of such stores on a commercial street. Local citizens working together to clear debris in the wake of the fires. Workers carry a litter, with body of a victim retrieved from rubble. Closeups of distraught women. Scene shifts to German soldier stealthily carrying a shell to artillerymen under a camouflage netting. View of a German V-1 buzz bomb in flight overhead, on its way toward Britain.
Allied Air Front invasion bombers of the 9th Air Force of United States Army Air Force raid German held positions on French coast during World War II. B-26 planes take off from a base during dawn and bomb Nazi targets on French coast. Nazi antiaircraft guns fired at them and a plane gets crippled by it. The pilot returns and makes crash landing at the base. Airmen rush for help. The airmen ready planes for another raid on the Nazi French invasion coast. Guided bombs dropped from the bombers destroy Nazi bases. Commanding officer of the 9th Air Force, Major General Lewis H Brereton from the war room in England speaks about the success of Allied bombers in Europe.
Film begins showing the formidable German Atlantic Wall fortifications in place during World War 2. German soldiers look through binoculars. British troops are seen in the distance, where they have penetrated the River Orne, in an amphibious assault near the village of Ouistreham in Normandy. Obstacles are seen planted by the Germans all along the shorelines. German artillery and machine guns fire on those troops with devastating effect. German soldiers are seen examining abandoned British landing craft after the battle. One is labeled LC P L208. Closeup of German SS soldier. View of beach with markers on it and debris strewn along it. Closeup of a German soldier. A camouflaged German Marder tank destroyer heading to join in counterattack against Allied forces. German armor crossing a field, and then firing from wooded areas. German infantry running forward beside tanks.
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