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The Enola Gay drops “Little Boy” atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan (World War 2)
The Enola Gay drops atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. The Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, prepares to leave for the Hiroshima mission. Army Armed Forces maintenance men and Enola Gay crew prepare the Enola Gay in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, checking their watches as the glance at the horizon. Maintenance men check bomb bay doors before closing. Pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets looks out of cockpit window of Enola Gay. Nose art of Enola Gay is seen. Close up of controls with hand show "starter" and "engine primer." Enola Gay engine starts and one of it propellers turns. The Enola Gay takes off from North Field, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Point of view through cockpit window as plane speeds down runway. Motion picture cameraman films the take off. The Enola Gay seen overhead as it leaves for Japan. Aerial View of Iwo Jima Island in Japan. The Enola Gay begins slow climb to bombing altitude over Iwo Jima. Crew member, possibly Tibbets, uses a pair of binoculars. Aerial view of Hiroshima. Enola Gay crew check instruments last time before dropping. The Enola Gay begins its bomb run. Crew bombardier turning a dial on a bomb site. View of Enola Gay with bomb bay doors open. Moving gauge pointer as bomb is dropped. The “Little Boy” is dropped from the Enola Gay and seen exiting bomb bay. The Enola Gay banks away from Hiroshima at high speed. Aerial view in color of mushroom cloud forming over Hiroshima after the atomic bomb detonates in the city. Gigantic mushroom cloud from atomic bombing.
Early life of General Dwight Eisenhower through World War 2
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles as he takes off his cap. Brief shots of Eisenhower in academic gown and then in civilian clothes speaking. View of Eisenhower’s birthplace and home (609 S. Lamar Ave. Denison, TX 75021) in Denison, Texas. General Eisenhower standing at the gate to the home. Sign reads “Eisenhower Birthplace”. Interiors of Eisenhower's boyhood bedroom. Photograph of young Eisenhower his mother, Ida Eisenhower. Edgar and Ike Eisenhower’s High School Senior Year photos. A military parade at West Point. Animated map of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Gunners with anti-aircraft gun on deck. Dwight Eisenhower in uniform on ship deck with a naval officer. Soldiers landing on a beach. A tank explodes in the Sahara Desert. Eisenhower shaking hands with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during World War 2. Eisenhower pointing to War operations map of Europe. General Eisenhower inspecting United States soldiers in a forest. Troops wading ashore on D-Day. German Commanding Officer Wilhelm Keitel signing German surrender. General Eisenhower speaks, saying, "the truly heroic figure of this War - he is GI Joe."
Artillery shell attack on war-battered village in Germany (WW2)
Destroyed buildings in a war-battered town in Germany during World War II. Explosions from bursting artillery shells are seen behind the battered houses. More artillery shells burst in a field; a destroyed house stands in front of the battlefield. Smoke covers the field as more shells are fired. Artillery shell explodes beside a damaged house. Closer view of houses bombarded by artillery shell attack. Thick clouds of smoke cover the destroyed village. Explosion of white phosphorus and high explosive shells in the village streets. Aftermath of artillery shell attack on destroyed village.
Evacuation of German forces from the Baltics in World War II
Film begins showing map of the Baltic sea and cities of Reval (Tallinn), Riga, Tilsit, Mariompole (Marienburg) ,Warschau (Warsaw) and Krakau. German naval warships and troop carriers are seen in a convoy evacuating German forces from the Baltics in World War 2. The German Navy ships fire their guns. View of the German Cruiser, Admiral Scheer. Troop ships and barges arrive with German soldiers at a dock in Germany. Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner (wearing Knights Cross of Iron Cross with oak leaves, crosses and diamonds) is the first to step ashore. He is Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord which is a unit being evacuated. He is greeted by a German General. They converse and shake hands. Closeups of Marshal Schoerner interacting with German soldiers. Some troops manually move an artillery piece along the dock. Views of German soldiers eating snacks and seeming quite happy. Marshal Schörner decorates some German soldiers on the spot. Later, he is seen shaking hands with two newly decorated soldiers at a ceremony in an open field. Closeup of one soldier and an iron cross award pinned on a German uniform.
German spectators attend ice show in bomb damaged Berlin Sportpalast in World War II
Near the end of World War 2, in Europe, the German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sport palace. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. Narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. Views of audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform as ballet dancers on the ice.Nazi German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in World War II. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast. The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. The narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. The audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform on ice.
Soldiers and vehicles of the United States USA 104th Infantry Division in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
American soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division, 104th Reconnaissance Troop, drive along a road, deep in Gernamy, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. According to signposts, they are 3 Km from Bennstedt and 11Km from Halle, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. An M18 Hellcat tank destroyer follows behind the jeeps, carrying 4 soldiers atop its turret. Another behind it carries 6 soldiers on it.
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