A Coast Guard crew member aboard a Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) moored in a bay in England, scans the skies with binoculars. LCI(L) 487 is one of a number of U.S. landing craft gathered in the bay. Two of the craft behind, display the American Union jack of white stars on a blue field. A barrage balloon is seen aloft. A town is nestled on a green hill in the background. Closeup of barrage balloon. View of the bay, in late afternoon, shadowed by the hill. Three barrage balloons are seen aloft. Crewmen on deck are sorting out and coiling lines, while another sharpens large compound shears with a file.
Two U.S. Naval officers, aboard the USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP-69, in the Chesapeake Bay, observe amphibious landing exercises through binoculars. A sailor demonstrates nautical knots as officers look on. Several Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) from the Elizabeth C. Stanton practice maneuvering near the ship.
Austro-Hungarian soldiers pose with a 77mm Krupp field gun, model 1914, on display in a public square. Several curious civilians take note of them. Another view of the soldiers posing with two such guns, as several civilians walk nearby. In background, across the Danube River (based on information in the film opening slate) are significant large buildings of a major city. Several officers come to stand in front of one of the guns, as a soldier brings a 77mm shell out for all to see. Another soldier also displays a shell up for the camera. Scene shifts back to the initial location and soldiers standing by their gun.
Lectures and laboratory activities at a Berlin institute for tropical diseases. An officer takes a theory class for soldiers. He points to diagrams. Soldier use microscopes in the laboratory. A woman conducts an experiment with mosquito larvae and places them in growth chambers. A soldier examines organisms in a growth chamber and permits the mosquitos to bite him. A scientist and student prepare to experiment on a bird. Soldiers fumigate a field and stream area with insecticide sprayed from backpack tanks.
A map shows the Eastern front. Hungarian units near Stanislavov in the Soviet Union. Soldiers rest, eat, shave, and clean themselves. Horses and chicken around the soldiers. A train passes by. An officer meets the troops. The officer salutes while seated on a tank. Carpathians: German and Hungarian troops advance. Infantries march on the road. Soldiers on horses. An officer talks to a soldier. German tanks and artillery halt a Russian thrust. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Grenadiers recapture a village. They advance into the village with tanks. Fire and smoke from burning huts. Officers consult a map. A burning truck by the road side. Soldiers on horses carriages. 5th SS Volunteer Strumbrigade Wallonien Colonel Lucien Lippert reviews and decorates troops.
5 June 1940 during Battle of France: German reserves including trucks, soldiers and tanks enters the French city of Merville. The troops cross a bridge over the River Somme. German tanks and infantry cross the bridge and then fire at French positions. Smoke due to bombardment. A French tank is hit. French soldiers surrender with the tank and are taken prisoner by the Germans. A French tank on fire.
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