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Unescorted B-17 Flying Fortress planes under heavy attack by German FW-190s during Schweinfurt raid in World War II.

Scenes of the first daylight strategic bombing by the United States Air Forces against targets in German-controlled Europe. A dozen B-17s execute the first mission against railroad marshaling yards in German-held Rouen, France, on August 17, 1942. A year later, large numbers of U.S. bombers attack Schweinfurt, Germany during World War II. U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress planes take off from U.S. Air Base in England. A formation of B-17s in flight. They head towards Germany. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his aides confer. Unescorted B-17s over Schweinfurt under heavy attack by German FW-190 fighter planes. The B-17s drop bombs over the target area. Ruins of Schweinfurt after bombings. A FW-190 goes down after facing attack. Dead and wounded men unloaded from B-17s which return from the Schweinfurt raid. Panoramic views of ruined Schweinfurt on August 20, 1943.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047528
Leaders of U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union meet in Teheran, Iran, to plan actions against Nazi Germany during World War II

Film begins showing a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport plane in flight over the city of Cairo and Pyramids, in Egypt during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's voice is heard speaking in his 1943 Christmas report to the Armed Forces. He states that following the Cairo Conference, he and Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew to Teheran, Iran. View of city of Teheran from an airplane overhead. View of front of the Soviet Embassy building there. Wider view showing conference principals on the porch with reporters and photographers below the steps. Next, a closer look with Soviet Marshal Stalin, President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Churchill, seated on chairs, conversing. Closeup of the Big Three with their military commanders standing behind them. Views of ongoing Soviet operations on the Eastern Front. Russian troops firing field artillery from a snowy field. (A transport airplane is in the far background.) Shells bursting on snowy hillside. Soviet soldiers training in white arctic clothing rush through toward tanks and lie down in the snow. Three Soviet aircraft buzz a snow covered field. A huge explosion is seen and then Soviet cavalry charge across snow. View shifts to U.S. Army troops operating in Italy. A jeep filled with soldiers tows an artillery field piece across a shallow river. U.S. soldiers ride across a stream in a truck. Rear view of artillery piece being towed toward an italian town. Glimpses of aerial combat between Allied and German aircraft. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Mark Clark are seen riding in a jeep across a bridge in Italy. Glimpse of Italian people trying to clean up destroyed section of a town. Portrait of Benito Mussolini in the debris. General Eisenhower walking with a local British commanding officer and General Mark Clark, in Italy. Eisenhower and Clark at an outdoor briefing by British officers. Eisenhower pinning the Legion of Merit medal on U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz, deputy commander of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces who President Roosevelt says has been selected to be commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe. Glimpse of B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs in Europe. Film shifts back to Teheran and the Big Three Leaders sitting in chairs. Closeups of them. Then their foreign secretaries step being them (Molotov, Hull, and Eden.) Nazi swastika flag. German armed forces marching on parade. German boys playing on artillery pieces under watchful eyes of German soldiers. Children at a playground. European farmers harvesting grain by hand. German troops in black parading. Glimpse of Adolf Hitler giving impassioned speech. Several views of Teheran conferees. President Roosevelt holding a ceremonial sword. Scenes of good will with hand shakes among conferees. Glimpses of British, Soviet, and Chinese troops attacking. Massed flags of the Allies.

Date: 1943, November
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033720
Close up of V-1 Argus pulse jet engine parts during WWII.

Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 Schnittautnahmen 14.10.1943” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 cut recordings 10/14/1943” in English). Close up of V-1 glide bomb Argus pulse jet engine. Disassembly shows various components of the intake on the Argus engine, including the crucial spring controlled flap valve system, designed to close after each pulse of the engine.

Date: 1943, October 14
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079130
Germans prepare to launch an A-4 missile from Peenemunde, Germany, during World War II.

Preparations for the launch of an A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. German military officers and engineers near the missile in the test area. Technicians check the missile on a launching platform. Walther Thiel (in glasses) Deputy Director of the Peenemunde facility, pulls out a document that he and another civilian discuss with several uniformed German officers. View of launch control clocks for minutes and seconds. the second hand begins to move in a countdown. (Note: Walther Thiel was killed on the night of Aug 18 , 1943, during British Air raid - Operation Hydra, the first allied air strike in the "Crossbow" operations against German special weapons and research).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062551
Air Force officers on the grounds of Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe at Lindsey Air Station

Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, at Lindsey Air Base near Wiesbaden, Germany. Exterior views of the HQ building. View of the emblem above the door. An Air Force officer emerges from a door marked "DCS/Plans". Another comes from a door marked "DCS Operations" at building B05. Another leaves a building with marker "DCS Intelligence" above the door. All three carry brief cases. The men converge on the sidewalk in front of the Headquarters building and enter together. View of an emblem and door stating "Commander in Chief" and 'Vice Commander in Chief" below a gold seal of the United States Air Force.

Date: 1969
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031096
A fired V-2 rocket explodes near the launch station in Germany.

A V-2 rocket at a launch station in Germany. The rocket is fired. It leaves the station. A trail of fire at its tail end is seen. It takes a parabolic pathway and explodes near the launch station. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024299