British Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor twin jet aircraft taking off and landing at an airfield in Britain, in June, 1945, right after the end of World War II in Europe. Several American soldiers sit on grass beside the runway and watch. One takes pictures. The clip shows a Meteor, so wrong clip!
United States Army Air Force 365th Fighter Group over German held targets in February 1945. Aerial view of smoke rising from bombed buildings on the ground. View of green fields. A bomb damaged building.
German Luftwaffe pilots prepare to fly early in the morning of January 1, 1945 during World War 2. Luftwaffe fighters taking off from an airfield. A group of fighters in flight. Luftwaffe pilot pushes the remote button for machine gun. Fighter propeller moving. Cockpit view of German aircraft strafing Allied bombers on the ground. Allied aircraft being attacked as seen from target. German pilot looks on inside aircraft. Dogfighting between the Luftwaffe fighters and Allied bombers. Luftwaffe fighter aircraft in flight. An Allied bomber catches fire from strafing. Fighter machine gun strafes the wings and body of Allied aircraft. A group of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in flight. German fighter pilots in cockpits. German fighters strafe Allied planes, sustaining significant damage. Flames in damaged bomber from Luftwaffe strafing. The German Reichsadler eagle.
Scene from a movie production showing German actor and film pioneer Paul Wegener as he dumps a sack on the ground. Paul Molander talks in one of the scenes from the 1945 German film “Der Fall Molander” (“The Molander Case”). Scene changes to Hitler Youth members skiing downhill in the dark with torches in their hands as they celebrate the German folk festival Winter Solstice in World War II. A Hitler Youth stops at the bottom slope and lights a bonfire with his torch. Crowds of Hitler Youth gather by the bonfire with their torches at night. Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach is seen in the event.
Excerpts from 24 August, 1945 (World War II) military commission tribunal in Dachau. Swearing in of translator and charges read against Franz Strasser for: "Violation of the Laws and Usages of War. In that on or about 9 December 1944, FRANZ STRASSER, Kreisleiter of Kreis Kaplitz, an Austrian National, did at or near Kaplitz, Czechoslovakia, wrongfully and unlawfully kill an American airman, whose name, rank and serial number are unknown, [by shooting him with a machine pistol]. Strasser replies with a plea of not guilty. Next scene shows entry of German civilian truck driver, Josef Pusch, who is sworn in and provides testimony about the incident. Pusch describes the events of the shooting of the American prisoners by Strasser. United States flag and judges on raised platform. U.S. officials, defendants and civilians in the court room. Shows hearing as it begins. The Nazi commandant seated with other officials. The German civilian is questioned by an interpreter. German civilian Pusch identifies Strasser. Pusch gives his account to the tribunal about the shooting of the American flyers.
Opening scene shows Katyusha rockets fired by Soviet forces in streets of Berlin at night during World War 2, during Battle of Berlin. They create fires in Berlin buildings leading to fire storm with whole buildings engulfed in flames. Soviet troops are silhouetted against the fire backdrop as they rush through the city streets. Insert of German film showing Adolf Hitler standing on a podium at a torchlight ceremony with Sturmabteilung (Storm Troopers) prior to World War 2. They march carrying torches as Hitler gives Nazi salute from the podium. Views of the torches in formation and glimpse of the Storm troopers marching. Film reverts back to 1945 and German prisoners of war being marched under guard as Soviet troops fire Katusha rockets in the background,during daylight, in Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, on Kurfürstendamm is seen dimly. Soviet troops scamper among ruins of buildings and self propelled gun fires in a street. Desperate German civilians enter a damaged store and loot fabric and clothing as well as small boxes of goods. One man carries a huge pile of clothing and towels on his back.
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