A film titled: 'Operation Titanic' on U.S. shuttle bombing operations over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight. Several aircraft flying in formation leaving behind smoke trails. German military installations are bombed on June 2, 1944. Aerial view of a target area. Smoke rising up from bombardment. An aircraft crashes. Railroad and marshaling yards are also bombed. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator flying in formation on June 21, 1944. German factories are bombed. The airplanes fly in formation and bomb targets in Berlin. Railroad stations and other targets are also bombed. Several German airplanes are shot down. The B-17s and B-24s bombing the targets. Synthetic oil plants and refineries are bombed at Ruhland Germany, east of Leipzig. Planning for the operation was done on December 7, 1943. A document about the operation is typed. Animated map shows Nazi positions and strategies followed during the operation.
World War II events related to Lend Lease program by America to aid war supplies to Russia. Group of American and Russian officers walk down a street and climb onto a platform. The officers include Brigadier General D G Shingler, USA; General S L Scott, Persia; Major General D H Connolly, USA; A Smrnov, Russia; Major General A N Korolyov, USSR; Colonel CP Porter, Iran; Major General II Obrazkov, Russia and Major J Tchernowitz, USA. Colonel Porter and General Connolly make their speeches. Officers on platform listen to the speeches. Russian and American flags on end of the platform. A group of Russian and American officers celebrates USA Day at Borghi Airport in Tehran, Iran. The group listens to the speech by General Obrazkov. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and reporters at the scene. Officials on stand applaud, shake hands and salute. Officers in audience salute. Close up of Audrey A Smirnov, Russian Ambassador to Iran.
German ground and air offensive in Kharkov in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during World War II. German field artillery and troops attack Kharkov. Soldiers advance on the battlefront. Destroyed buildings along the sides and debris on the streets. Smoke rises from the buildings. The soldiers advance on a street. Two German soldiers raise the German flag on a building. The Germans capture the city.
What German narrator calls: The great Dnieper battle. German troops in Russia during World War II. A map of Dnieper area of Russia. Entrenched German soldiers look through binoculars, a soldier shaves. Wreckage as a result of bombings. A demolished bridge across Dnieper River. German soldiers fire guns and artillery at Russian positions. German scouts look at a map and briefed. Troops move about in the area. German Pz.III command tanks and Pz.IV's move across a field and fire artillery. StuG III Assault Gun (tank destroyer) of 24th.Pz.Div. A plane flies at a low angle. Smoke rises due to firing. Russian tanks destroyed by Germans. Russian prisoners file past a Panther tank. Dead Russian soldiers on the field.
Invasion of Russia by Germany. A map points places in Russia. Snow covered field. Soldiers fire from trenches. They move on StuG III Assault Guns. Tiger tanks of SS.PR.1 LAH advance. Houses and trees in the background. A soldier smokes and puts on his helmet. (World War II period).
German ground and air offensive in Kharkov in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during World War II (also spelled Kharkiv). German airplanes attack Kharkov from a Greek base. German Junkers Ju 87 airplanes in flight over a target area. Dive bomber dives toward target. View from gunner position inside Ju 87 as it attacks target area. The airplanes fly in formation overhead. A German bomber drops bombs over the target area. View of German soldiers on ground using a sighting device. Smoke rises due to bombardment and firing in the area.
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