U.S. Army Air Force( USAAF ) Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report in the United States. Seated at a desk in his office Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report on the working of the 20th Air Force in Tokyo, Japan. He gives the report on behalf of USAAF General Henry Arnold. He details information in context to the eight day period of the bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortresses. He talks about the buildings and the areas damaged by the bombing. He speaks about the overall damage and economy loss caused due to the bombardment. (World War II period).
A film titled: 'Invasion' shows a man seated at a desk in the United States. Three military analysts - Hansom Baldwin, Schubert and MacKenzie are seated at the desk along with the man. The man asks them questions about the Allied invasion of Europe. They explain their theories on the best way to invade Europe. Their explanations are followed by animation of the invasion moves. Baldwin states that bombing strategies of the Allies can prove to be a major factor in the decline of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Animated map shows air raids on German positions. A discussion about the best invasion route is carried out. (World War II period).
The Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. Allied tanks parked on a field. Ammunition, equipment and war materials stacked on the ground. Men working nearby. Trucks, ambulances and other military vehicles parked. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini standing near a table. They discuss a map. Meeting of the combined American and British Chiefs of Staff.
The working of the Army Service Forces in the United States. Exterior of the Pentagon building in Washington DC. Commanding General of Army Service Forces Brehon B. Somervell speaks with Army Service Forces staff officers. A flag with the emblem of the Quarter Master Corps. Men working inside a building. They pack supplies for shipment. Crates stacked in a building. Chiefs of Staff and staff members of the Chemical Warfare, Signal Corps, Ordnance, Engineers, Surgeon General and Transportation Corps discussing. Interior of the Army Map Service draft room. Maps rolling off presses. Officers discussing. Supplies being loaded onto a ship.
Shows scenes of the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne, Belgium with U.S. troops of the 101st Airborne Infantry during World War II. An officer seated at a desk and speaking about the invasion. U.S. Army soldiers on a battlefield in Bastogne. Troops move out of a mobilization area. Soldiers look at war equipment and material. The soldiers holding rifles and other equipment. The soldiers aboard trucks. A truck convoy passing on a street at night. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. The soldiers advancing across a field. Buildings in an area. A sign board reads 'Bastogne'. A snow covered area. Soldiers huddle in blankets sitting on snow covered ground. The soldiers firing rifles and bazooka at German positions. A machine gun emplacement in the snow. Frozen bodies of dead American soldiers are removed by U.S. Army soldiers. Bomb damaged buildings in the area. The soldiers firing machine guns and rifles. Smoke from explosions. Night time artillery barrage including rocket launchers firing toward enemy German positions.
A film depicts the Battle of the Bulge in the area of Bastogne, Belgium by U.S. troops during World War II. Belgian civilians are evacuated from an area. Civilians and soldiers in an area. Guns on a field. U.S. aircraft flying in formation to deliver supplies, ammunition, and food to U.S. Army forces including 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers fighting in the battle of the Bulge. Soldiers watching the airplanes through binoculars. Point of view shot from inside a glider hooked via a tow rope to an aircraft in flight, preparing to cut loose for glide to the ground. Aerial view of the target area. The airplanes in flight overhead. Supplies are being dropped via parachutes. View inside supply aircraft as troops push supplies out of doors. Gliders loaded with supplies and equipment landing in a snow covered area in time for Christmas 1944. Combat in the snow with a night artillery barrage by American soldiers firing at the Germans. U.S. soldiers using flame throwers at night directed at Germans. Dead bodies of German soldiers lying on the snow covered battlefield the next day. German prisoners of war standing under the guard of the U.S. soldiers, some of German prisoners found wearing civilian clothing or wearing pieces of U.S. uniforms. The 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers march in a victory celebration in town. A board reads: "Bastogne Bastion of the Battered Bastards of the 101st."
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