After the end of World War II in Soviet Union. A Red Army tank driver looks through a pair of binoculars. He along with an officer looks at a tank. Tanks undergo various tests. Tanks lined up as one of them moves across a field. Tanks move over a stream of gushing water, a bridge made of logs of wood. Drivers inside the tanks. Tank artillery fired. Tanks move over pyramid like small stone structures.
Post World War Two military training in Soviet Union. Soldiers and tanks in the battlefield. Troops march further. Soldiers move over a wooden suspension bridge across a mountain valley. Men push artillery up a slope in a mountainous region. Artillery hoisted in a sling as it is transported from one end to another along a rope. Soldiers also cross the valley along the rope.
Soviet fighter and bomber aircraft engage in training exercises after the end of World War Two. A white cross inside a circle on the ground. Aircraft drop bombs on the area. Bombs impact causes a pillar of smoke to rise up. Lavochkin LaGG-3 fighters; Yak fighters; IL-2 Shturmovik fighters.
Operation Carpetbagger by the 492nd Bomb Group of United States 8th Air Force during World War II. View of automobile traffic on a London Street. London "Carpetbaggers" personnel working at the London headquarters of United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force. At Harrington field men load supplies on trucks for French resistance forces (Maquis, FFI). Men workout the daily packing schedule. Men pack guns, grenades, machine guns and other ammunitions. Special H containers and C containers for loading 303 ammunition. Boots, socks being packed. Gasoline Jerry cans being put in containers. Men place guns in containers. Instructions in French also placed with the supplies for the French resistance forces. Men pack explosives and radio sets. Medical supplies put in baskets. Harness and parachute shops in Holmes where men attach parachutes to containers. Packages being transported to airfield for dropping to the targets. A man on a telephone informs about the daily supplies to Special Forces headquarters in London. S-2, an intelligence officer forwards the list received from London. A man plots the target area on a map. In the weather room detailed map of the area is being prepared. Officers make a selection of the targets. S-2 informs the headquarters about the route of the planes. Supplies being loaded onto United States B-24 aircraft specially configured to carry and drop the containers using the bomb rack system in the aircraft. Flight crew is briefed before the operation. Chief Navigator talks about the course to be taken by the planes and the targets to be hit. Pilots work on a flight plan. Aircraft take off. An officer reports about the take off of the aircraft to the 8th Air Force headquarters.
Oise salvage in France during World War II. Medics carry a Russian guard who was injured during a grenade explosion in Reims, France. Bandages cover the eyes and upper portion of the man’s head. The medics place the patient onto a truck, and it drives away. Scattered debris on the ground.
'Men at Timo' shows how the Australian troops managed to recapture the island of Timor during World War II. A map of Timor. Australian soldiers cut off by friendly forces and bypassed by the war as they hide in jungles in Timor. Men eat and bathe. They engage in guerrilla warfare against the Japanese forces. Injured soldiers on litters. Men construct a radio transmitter and contact Darwin. They give a proof of their identity and get supplies in return. A portion of native population is won over by Australian currency and civil is instigated. Australian troops look at a map. Natives flee villages due to a civil war. Australian soldiers praised by the Company Commander. Island is recaptured by Australian guerrillas, spear and fire stick wielding natives. Smoke rises from huts as natives leave.
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