Allied airplanes attack German positions in France during World War II. Allied fighter airplanes prepare to take off. The airplanes take off. They bomb and strafe German emplacements. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A fire burns.
Allied troops in France during World War II. An Allied soldier watches through binoculars. Allied troops move into action. Troops walk in a trench. Army tanks in the background. A large crowd of French civilians gather as a French officer addresses them. French people show 'V' sign for victory. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Christiaan Smuts and Commander of Allied 21st Army Group British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery view Allied positions.
Training of United States troops at Camp Johnston, Florida during World War II Troops standing in attention. They turn back and enter into lake. They swim in the lake. They swim in various positions. Troops with equipment and guns, jump from tower into lake. They swim in the lake. Troops swim under burning oil on water.
Russian troops on eastern front during World War II. Russian troops use sleds in snow covered area to transport supplies. Reindeer team pulls sled or sleigh. Side and front views of deer teams pulling supply sleds. A Russian cook prepares food at field kitchen. Russian troops and snipers fire at Germans. Firing and smoke. Russian soldiers wear all-white winter uniform and outerwear for camouflage in snow. Kitchen unit puts supplies on horse-drawn sled to deliver hot food to Soviet soldier snipers dug into snow embankments. Russian soldiers take turns to eat food, as other continue to fire at German positions. Soldiers enter into shower tent and take off heavy woolen outer clothes. View of hole in lake ice with hose carrying water to truck with heating apparatus to warm the water. Soviet soldiers take warm showers. They comb their hair. They exit the tent to return to their mission.
V-mail procedures in the United States during World War II. V-mail letters are purchased by users on post office window. V-mail letter is written by user. User writes proper address and closes letter in its own envelop. Mail bags of V-mail are unloaded. Letters are opened by cutting machine. Post office personnel sort the mails according to destination group. Seal is put on letters. Letters are bundled. Personnel work on microfilming to save shipment space. Mailbags are transported via airways. A personnel supplies sack of mail at office of city. Letters in microfilm are processed. Personnel work on photographic enlargement. Letters are enveloped and sealed by machines. Letters are delivered to soldiers.
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) activities in Burma during World War II. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain with agents aboard lands in India. Men load supplies onto C-47. OSS personnel board the C-47. C-47 taxis and takes off to go behind Japanese lines in Burma. C-47 in flight. Aerial views of Burmese mountain terrain. Clouds on mountain. Views of rocky terrain. Supplies are dropped from plane. Parachutists jump from the plane.
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