Opening scene shows two skiers holding flaming torches and another carrying a large swastika flag as they descend a snowy hillside. They stop at a prepared tower of evergreens and the torch bearers ignite it. Scene shifts to numerous Hitler Youth members bearing flaming torches encircling the large bonfire. Only their torch lights are visible in the dark. At end of film, Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth leader, is seen standing with several boy members of the Hitler Youth.
Small group of German Skiers (ski troops) dressed in white parkas is seen slowly traversing a snow covered alpine mountain pass. German soldiers on skis pause and the camera shows scenes of snow, mountains, mist and clouds. View from high vantage point of the skiers descending at high speed down a snowy slope. Closeup of skiers making a turn as they speed past the camera.
Film begins with a map of the South Eastern part of Europe, including countries of Hungary,Croatia,Serbia, and Romania. Then a German Air Force officer is seen dispatching aircraft to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern front. Next are views from a cockpit of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka dive bombers) in flight. Closeup of a Stuka airplane inflight. It is equipped with a machine guns under its wings. More views from a cockpit of smoke rising from the ground, and then of Ju 87s strafing Soviet tanks. Narrator states that more than 300 Soviet tanks were destroyed. Scene changes to German soldier in a defensive position in Hungary, during the German invasion of that country in March, 1944 (Operation Margarethe). View of explosions in the distance. Brief closeup of a German soldier. German infantry leaving their defensive positions and advancing along a hill crest where they are silhouetted against the light sky. Artillery firing from hidden position near trees. Several scenes of burning buildings. German gun crew holding their ears as they fire a heavy artillery piece. A burning tank.
Slate is displayed (Title “HIRAN SITES”). A US Air Force RB-50 Superfortress (a reconnaissance version of the B-50 Superfortress) is parked at Naval Air Station Keflavikduring. A mechanic works on one of the aircraft’s engines. Mechanic tightening a bolt with a wrench. Two men working on the engine. An RB-50 Superfortress parked, one of its propellers slightly moving. Mechanics check the engine. Point of view POV of plane starting take off from runway. An RB-50 Superfortress reconnaissance plane takes off from the runway.
An airman fuels a US Air Force helicopter (Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw) during Operation HIRAN. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter takes off. The helicopter glides slightly above the ground. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter lands back in the same spot it took off.
Aerial view of Keflavik coast. A pilot, with headphones, flying the aircraft. An airman, with headphones, sits beside a window, he looks momentarily through the window. Aerial view of bay full of breaking ice can be seen. Aerial view of an RB-50 reconnaissance airplane from above. Aerial view Keflavik airport. View of the Keflavik coast. Ships are docked in Keflavik port.
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