Soviet Officers from a military mission, accompanied by British and American officers, watch a demonstration of field artillery weapons including an anti-tank gun and a mortar, during WW2. The weapons are fired at a distant hillside causing explosions, clouds of smoke and dust. The group of Allied officers inspect a naval landing craft and pose for a photo.
Aerial views of a fleet of Allied naval ships in the English Channel during WW2. A wave of landing craft head toward the beach. Scene changes to a ship firing multiple volleys of rockets. The ship is covered in smoke as it fires its weapons. Distant shot of smoke on the beachheads, another rocket ship fires toward the coastline.
German soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns and use panoramic sights to scan the skies. The narrator notes that the attack has been repelled, and that the skies are clear. Close ups of the German soldiers, some smoke pipes. A reconnaissance aircraft takes off from a German airfield near near the port of Anzio, Italy. Aerial views from the plane, flying several kilometers above the port of Anzio where Allied naval ships are docked. A German soldier inside the reconnaissance plane turns on a camera to document the port. Many Allied ships are docked. The reconnaissance plane lands back at the German airfield, and the film is transported to a tent to be analyzed. Allied ships can be seen in the images using a magnifying lens. A photograph of the Anzio port is marked with specific positions of Allied vessels. Scene changes to a German Krupp K5 railway gun, dubbed "Anzio Annie" by Allied forces, as it is moved into position. The 28cm artillery gun fires, smoke billowing from the barrel. Explosions in the distance and clouds of smoke erupting, seen through binoculars. A team of German soldiers reload and fire the rail gun several times. Smoking explosions litter the port of Anzio in the distance.
View of two German warships off the coast of Narva, Estonia, during WW2, taken from the leading ship. Flags are raised up the mast. Close ups of various German naval crew members on board the German vessel. Guns on the German ship begin firing, German soldiers watch through large binocular scoping devices. A German soldiers triumphantly raises his fist after looking through the scoping device. Various scenes of the soldiers in the engine and control rooms, watching and managing instrument gauges. Muzzle blast and smoke from the warships guns. German soldiers wearing life vests reload the weapons. A German soldier smiling and talking, another smiling while lighting a cigarette. Shot of the wake behind the moving ship.
Famous Luftwaffe ace, Major Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and other figures, at an airfield in Berlin, Germany, 1944, during WW2. Narrator notes that Major Rudel is the first fighter aircraft pilot to be decorated with the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, the highest decoration. Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the first and only German to ever receive this award. Standing in front of a group of German soldiers, Major Rudel is interviewed about his most dangerous experience. He talks about a time he outran Soviet troops on foot after being shot in the left shoulder. Once back to safety, Major Rudel says he returned to his aircraft to continue the battle, despite his injury. The men laugh when Major Rudel jokes that he was only able to rejoin the battle because his army doctor was on vacation. Major Rudel talks about the number of tanks he destroyed in his first missions. Shot of Major Rudel climbing into the cockpit of a Henschel Hs 129 ground-attack aircraft. Scene changes to built-on cameras on a German ground-attack aircraft, documenting the shelling of Soviet tanks.
Aerial combat footage filmed in Europe during WW2 by USAAF First Lieutenant McCoy of the 383rd Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, on 15 August 1944. An aircraft is visible in the distance, the ground far below. Gun camera footage on aircraft shows closing of the distance and it opens fire, dislodging a piece of sheet metal from the right wing of the target German aircraft. Scene cuts to what appears to be the destroyed target German aircraft on the ground.
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