After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet cavalry units advance. Soviet troops loaded onto trucks advance to confront German forces beginning their siege. The city of Leningrad with various scenes of Leningrad landmarks before the bombing and siege, including the Winter Palace and Narva Triumphal Arch. Cars on a busy street with St Isaac's Cathedral in backround. Statue of Lenin. Equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Various government buildings of Leningrad. Street car trolleys and buses on roads. A ship at a port as supplies are unloaded. Soldiers march into the city. Civilians dig trenches and erect barricades in the wake of German attack. Women and children help in digging and fortifying the city against attack by Germany.
After effects of German attack in Leningrad, Soviet Union during World War II. An air raid alarm being sounded in Leningrad. People on the streets. A man looks through binoculars. Aircraft in flight. Anti aircraft guns being fired at the Nazi aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped and explosions occur. Antiaircraft guns fire and flakes burst. Nazi aircraft bombard the city at night. Search lights being flashed. Buildings on fire. Civilians remove debris and rubble. A dead Soviet child. Women cry as they mourn the death of their loved ones. Damaged buildings in the city. A dead elephant at a zoo. Animated map depicts how the Nazis surrounded the city.
Production of Ford B-24 aircraft in Michigan, United States during World War 2. A Ford B-24 aircraft rolls out of an assembly line. The aircraft taxis along a field. The aircraft takes off during a test flight. Aerial view of the ground below. The aircraft in flight.
Production of Waco CG-4A gliders at a Ford plant in Michigan, United States during World War 2. C-47 aircraft towing gliders. view of a glider from open door of a C-47. A CG-4A glider landing on a grass field and sliding to a halt just in front of the camera. A pilot seated in the front with a glass panel across the top half of the cabin. Soldiers march to load up in CG-4A gliders. A glider comes in for a landing in sand on a beachhead, followed by another. Exteriors of Ford glider plant near Iron Mountain, Michigan. Workers cover a part of a fuselage and set up wings. They attach wings to the glider.
U.S. Army Glider operations in World War 2. Men set up two poles 20 feet apart on a field, for a so-called "Snatch" operation. (This involves a flying pickup, by an airborne tow plane, snatching the towline of a glider that is still on the ground. It is intended for glider retrieval. The actual operation is not shown in this sequence.) A C-47 aircraft takes off towards the camera, towing two CG-4A gliders. Close view from nearby airplane, of a glider being towed (its tow line visible).
Nazi exodus from Rome, Italy. German troops on the streets of Rome making a hasty retreat before the arrival of Allied forces. The Colosseum in the background. The troops walk through the Arch of Constantine. Next scenes shows arrival of U.S. Army forces on the streets in the city. American soldiers on the street. A few American soldiers behind a building fire guns to knock out remaining German snipers. Germans are captured by the American soldiers. A building in view. A soldier on the balcony of the building. Crowd of Italian citizens on the streets rejoicing. People seated on trucks moving through the streets rejoicing the liberation. Bombings during the advancement of the allied forces towards Florence. The 1st Brazilian troop in a vessel moving to disembark in Italy. Two officers watching the vessel. Soldiers from Brazil who joined the Allied forces in declaring war against Germany.
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