German forces defending against the Allies, in Normandy, France, following the D-Day invasion. Knocked out American Sherman tank.German infantry and camouflaged armor being deployed. German troops in foxholes. German antiaircraft firing at formation of Allied aircraft overhead. Allied aircraft flying low over battlefield, dropping bombs. A British Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber flying low over German position. Sky filled with black smoke from Flak. An Allied aircraft is struck and falls in flames. German gunners run towards the crash site.German gun crew paints a 5th stripe on barrel of their antiaircraft gun (for 5th aircraft shot down).
Rubble spread all over after heavy bombing of Lisieux, France. Rescue workers search through ruins with wrecked buildings in the background. Residents of bombed out city hide in cellars. Women and children in cellars.
View from above of an outdoor enclosure with large banner above fence reading: "Crashed German Plane Here." Sign on fence states admission fee of 6 pence for adult and 3 pence for children. The crashed plane is a German Me-109, covered by a camouflage net canopy. Inside the enclosure, a sign leaning against the plane's fuselage reads: "In Aid of Local Spitfire Fund." Two RAF Sergeants appear to be in charge of the display. The aircraft engine cowling is missing revealing the engine. The propeller blades on the plane are bent. Two girls read the Poster about aid of local Spitfire fund and another reading "Send up our Fighters, They'll knock down the Blighters (Fighter Plane Fund)." A boy joins the girls reading the posters. People put money in a can for local Spitfire fund during Battle of Britain.
Various buildings on fire in England following German Luftwaffe aerial attack during the Blitz. British Firefighters fight blaze as they spray water with a hose. Men try to extinguish fires by spraying water on the building.
A building on fire at night and firefighters spray water to extinguish fire caused by German blitzkrieg (blitz) air attack on London. The next morning firefighters continue to spray water on the burned-out building. A wrecked building with rubble on the ground.
German civilians walk in a street of Wiesbaden with damaged buildings in the background. Views of buildings damaged by Allied bombings. Trucks and cars move past the wrecked structures. Rubble piled up on the ground. American military nurses, and both American and British military uniformed women move past the buildings. A U.S. Army soldier is also seen among what are mostly German civilians. (Note: The film was shot from the following locations: Kirchgasse/Luisenstrasse; Luisenstrasse near St. Bonifatius Church; and Langgasse near Webergasse.)
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