Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump in 1946. Reconnaissance aircraft take off for a search and rescue mission in Antarctica. Crew members of a PMB-5 Mariner aircraft fly above the Antarctica in search of a crashed airplane crew - the crew of the Mariner George 1. The missing crew is located on Thurston Island after 13 days by Commander Howell, supplies are dropped for the survivors and they are rescued finally. Aerial scenes of the crew discovered and the names of the dead painted by the survivors on the plane wing. Three did not survive: Max Lopez, Bud Hendersin, Fred Williams. Captain George Dufek welcomes the survivors. Survivors Captain Caldwell, Moore, Robbins, Kearns, McCarthy, eating their food (not including seriously injured "Frenchie" LeBlanc). Coastguard icebreaker arrives. Supplies and equipment are loaded back on the ships. Admiral Richard E. Byrd is seen. Animated map shows the statistics of Operation High Jump.
Film shows map of the Ardennes region of Germany and Belgium. In the dark of night, German artillery and rockets are seen being launched against Allied forces in a counter offensive in the Ardennes during World War 2. In daylight, clouds of dark smoke lay across the horizon partially obscuring the rising sun. A German officer signals for artillery to fire, and a heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. Shells exploding in the distance. German gunners firing an LeFH 18 howitzer hidden under branches of foliage. Rockets launchers (Nebelwerfers) firing. Explosions in the distance. German troops in trenches. Several views of howitzers firing. American prisoners marching past Dragons Teeth antitank barriers at the Ziegfried line (Western Wall). German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers. A half track (Sd.Kfz.251) passing a line of American prisoners walking in the opposite direction at side of muddy road with their hands over their heads. View from the rear of the U.S. soldiers escorted by German soldiers. German infantry advancing single file along the side of a road. Some carry panzerfaust anti tank weapons. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. View from rear of the German infantry entering woods. Dead American soldiers lying in a group in bluff overlooking a body of water. American steel helmets scattered on the ground. More views of dead U.S. soldiers.
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