Formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s on a bombing raid into Germany during World War 2. A formation of U.S. P-38 fighter aircraft escorting the bombers. German Me-109s engage the U.S. Army Air Force P-38 fighter aircraft in dogfights. German gun camera view of B-17 being fired upon. Several German FW-190s in the air. Gun camera view of B-17 having its wing shot off and another being raked with gunfire by a German fighter plane passing from behind and over it. View of a German Me-109 and gun camera showing B-17 being shot to pieces from behind. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless aircraft in flight, and one being shot at by a German FW-190. Formation of USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers viewed from behind. More gun camera footage of FW-190 shooting a B-17 from behind, putting one engine out of commission and severly damaging it. More Me-109s in flight. More B-17s being shot from behind. One dramatic shot of a U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber being attacked by a German plane, from the front and top. A B-17 being shot and burning. Footage includes occasional views of German pilots in cockpits pressing gun firing buttons on the control stick.
German army enters Brno, Capital city of Moravia in Czechoslovakia, during World War Two. Mechanized columns of German troops with tanks,armored personnel carriers,field guns and motorbikes move along snowy streets of town, as thousands of local citizens watch.
With World War 2 tensions simmering, German and Italian agents and their families, expelled from the United States, bid farewell to relatives and friends at New York port. Distant view of USS West Point carrying agents and their families back home. Ship underway with New York City skyline in background. Axis country diplomats or agents prepare to board chartered airplane.
Reconnaissance aircraft Supermarine Walrus (Seagull) is catapulted from British battleship. Distant view of German Supply ship in heavy seas.British naval scouts and officers track Nazi supply ship with binoculars and telescopes.Nazi supply ship explodes into flames in a distance.British scout reconfirms target's destruction. Cinematic shot of cannon on warship and its burning target on the horizon. Food is given to German Prisoners of War aboard the warship. Close up of old German POW.
Views of British troops and civilians celebrating country's second war time Christmas in England. Gifts and champagne bottles under a Christmas Tree. Group of British troops gather around a Christmas tree, taking gifts from under it. Views of evacuated British children attending a Christmas party inside a large Anderson Shelter (air-raid shelter). The children wear party hats and bat a balloon around for fun.
Free French General Charles de Gaulle, accompanied by Admiral Emile Henry Muselier, walks across a gangplank from a large warship to visit the French submarine,Surcouf, during World War 2. They walk past sailors presenting arms in salute. View of the Surcouf's unique (for a submarine) turret with twin 8-inch guns. From aft of the conning tower, they watch demonstration of a sliding hangar for the boat's observation plane. View of the crew lined up in dress uniforms, on deck. General de Gaulle and Admiral Muselier conversing with the submarine's officers.
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