Scenes in Germany near the end of World War II. A Sherman tank moving along a dirt road. A blown and twisted railroad track. An American convoy of trucks and other vehicles moving along the dirt road. German ammunition in an open railway car. A U.S. soldier walks past a German railroad train. Several wrecked German wrecked German utility vehicles, including a Citroen staff car lying in an open field. A U.S. soldier examines an 88mm antitank round for a German Panzerschreck (antitank recoilless gun, like a bazooka).
Aerial views from U.S. warplane of daylight bombing raid over Germany. Bombs exploding on roads, buildings, and various targets in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Germany. Bombs away view from aicraft as air-to-ground munitions trail smoke and descend toward the ground. Brown smoke rising and obscuring area from munitions striking ground targets. Change of scene to higher altitude view of explosions on wooded area. Bombs bursting on ground targets raising white smoke and brown smoke in different areas. Flames beginning in brown smoke.
U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers strike targets in Germany near the end of World War 2. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers in flight over Germany, as viewed from ball turret of another B-17. The B-17s display checkered tails of the 385th Bombardment Group, stationed at RAF Great Ashfield, England. There is some camera movement that soon focuses on bombs away view and bombs falling from the B-17s. Some incendiary bombs are seen streaming white smoke (possibly M-17 or M-19 incendiaries). Numerous flames erupt simultaneously as clusters of indendiary bombs ignite on contact with the ground. Camera rotates around during filming as the ball turret rotates. White smoke rises from the ground.
Gun camera shot near the end of World War Two in Europe. P-47 from U.S. 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, pilot: Gudebski, seen interdicting lines of communication in various places, mostly hitting military traffic moving on roads.
Gun camera footage from USAAF P-47 of the 378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, operating from Verdun Airfield, France, during World War 2. The aircraft flown by pilot named Bullock, on March 31, 1945, strafes lines of communication, striking vehicles on roads and trains moving on rail lines. In second sequence, the same pilot, now identified on slate, with the 377th Fighter Squadron, on April 4th, attacks a lone German Me-109 seen flying in thin cloud below him.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Fighter Command in Europe during World War 2. Gun camera footage showing P-51s downing German aircraft. German pilot bailing out in one scene. Brief view of a P-51 in D-Day paint stripes.
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