Planning of U.S. 56th Fighter Group in England for a bombing raid on Emden, Germany during World War II. An officer unveils a mission map, rechecks a route and messages. He checks a report with a weather officer. Personnel looking at a map of Holland and marking a route on the map.
Planning of a bombing raid on Emden, Germany by U.S. 56th Fighter Group in England during World War II. Personnel arriving on bicycles and jeeps enter a briefing room. The personnel being briefed by group commander Colonel Hubert Zemke and others at a map. The personnel attending the briefing.
Devastation and death in the Soviet Union after attacks by Nazi Germany during World War II. People mourn the death of Russian civilians. Corpses of Russian atrocity victims frozen in the snow. Women bend and weep over the dead. View of corpses of burned children in a building. Girls who had been sexually and physically assaulted by the German soldiers are escorted across a snowy courtyard, weeping. Bodies of murdered Soviet citizens hanging from poles after they resisted the Nazis. Soviet citizens and soldiers recite a pledge to revenge the Nazis.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, on an outing together. Photographer seen with tripod and camera on hill in background. The two monarchs are dressed alike in Tyrolean costume. They converse as photographers record the event.
The former mascot of the 6th Infantry arrives in New York. Private Teddy Bear, former mascot of the 6th Infantry in Germany arrives by a ship. A man walks with the bear holding its leash. The teddy is headed for a zoo.
Arrival of European Jews in Shanghai, China. Jewish refugees aboard ship SS Conte Biancomano at a port in Shanghai, fleeing deteriorating conditions in Germany leading up to World War 2. The refugees are processed by reception officials at a desk on deck, as they disembark. Some appear to travel by smaller boat to another location. The Japanese Cruiser Idzumo is at dock in front of the Japanese Consulate. Scenes of the travelers with their belongings on the Bund. They walk up a steel ramp to the back of an open truck and representatives, of the International Settlement organization,drive them to their next location. They stand in line at a food stand. A group looks at a map, together. Another group learns basic English words of "please" and "thank you." Group at table practices writing. The men and women have fun by going down a slide in what appears to be a school playground.
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