Rocket program construction site in Peenemunde Germany during World War 2. Views of sand hills, pipes, huge cranes, three cylindrical towers. Workers join the long pipes together. Men work near under construction building.
July 16, 1945, with President Truman and his party enroute to Berlin Germany, prior to the "Big Three" conference at Potsdam. President Harry S. Truman is seated in right rear of open car. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes sits next to him in the center, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Personal Chief of Staff to the President, is in the left rear seat. U.S. Army Brigadier. An Army Major General stands beside the car speaking to the occupants. Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (wearing sun glasses), long time friend and aide to the President, steps close to the car. Scene shifts to the President and his party, standing in a moving vehicle, as they review troops of the 2nd Armored Division, standing in front of their tanks, M10 Tank Destroyers, and other armored vehicles. The President and Secretary Byrnes remove their hats and hold them over their hearts,while military officers render hand salutes as they pass the colors. Views from vehicle passing the formation.View from ground of Presidential party at attention with flag of the 17th Battalion displayed. A Lieutenant from the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion reads a citation and Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, unfurls unit citation ribbon, that President Truman then ties to the Guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. As President Truman reportedly described the event in his diary: "We reviewed the Second Armored Division and tied a citation on the guidon of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. General Collier, who seemed to know his stuff, put us in a reconnaissance car built with side seats and no top, just like a hoodlum wagon minus the top on a fire truck, with seats and no hose, and we drove slowly down a mile and a half of good soldiers and some millions of dollars' worth of equipment -- which had amply paid its way to Berlin." (World War II period).
German newsreel in World War 2 shows Spanish sailors in boats possibly in North Africa. A sailor talks over telephone. Sailors fire from gun mounted on the boat. Long muzzle of a gun seen. Spanish Soldiers jump from the boats and pull the boat to the beach. Soldiers march on rocky hills. Marching troop of soldiers led by the Spanish officer. Spanish officer salutes the troops.
World War II. Hitler Youth pull speed boats to the sea and jump in them. Propeller on long extender in the water. A youth operating the motor stands in the boat whereas others sit. German 'swastika' insignia on the arms of the youth. Boat reaches the beach. Youth jump out.
ME-262 aircraft training in Germany. A German Air Force officer enters his office, at an airfield, followed by a Technical Sergeant. The officer rummages through some papers on his desk and displays a simplified drawing of an ME-262 jet airplane. Closeup of the drawing. The officer highlights parts of the drawing while describing aspects of it. He sits in his chair and talks about flying the jet plane, using his hands to illustrate as he speaks. Closeup of the Sergeant paying close attention to the officer. Change of scene shows a pilot in the cockpit of a ME-262, he holds the control stick with a gloved hand.Camera focuses on the engine controls beside the pilot. Pilots gloved hand points to engine starting controls. View of pilot's feet on rudder pedals. Pilot pulls on a long lever in the front panel and releases it. More views of engine controls. Pilot points to engine start buttons and grasps power control lever. Another brief view of pilot's hand on flight control control stick. Film fades to the officer describing these actions while seated in his office. Closeup of an ME-262 performance graph showing altitude vs. airspeed. It is marked at 620 Km per hour and some undiscernible altitude. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Aircraft recognition instruction for the British Lancaster Bomber during World War II. Lancaster moves on runway and takes off. Diagrammatic description of the Lancaster design. Lateral view shows four engines attached to the flat wing which is oval at the end. Long flat fuselage curved from tip and tail. Oval shaped small wing at the tail. Side view describes the design of tip in shape of number 3. One of the egg shaped twin tails at the end. Front view diagrammatic design shows four under slung engines and other specifications of the Lancaster.
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