The Germans dig defensive positions on the eastern border of Germany during World War II. Hitler Youth, Reich Labor Service units and Baltic people dig defensive trenches on Germany's eastern border. View of Hitler youth lined up with shovels ready to fall out and dig. Hitler youth ride to the eastern front trench digging site on bicycles while holding shovels. At the trenches, men and women march carrying shovels and dig defensive positions. Mass hand digging effort underway by men and women and Hitler youth. Ground and aerial views of the trenches being dug. Wide aerial view of long line of jagged defensive trenches separating German held areas from the front with the Soviet Russian forces. English overlay narration describes difficult working conditions for the Baltic forced laborers, virtually slave labor, with poor working and living conditions.
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini's speaks to a crowd during his declaration of war against the British and French in World War II. The crowd assembled in front of the National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II in Rome, Italy to hear Mussolini's declaration of war. Benito Mussolini speaks from the balcony of Venice Palace. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a speech criticizing Italy following its declaration of war on France and the United Kingdom. President Roosevelt is delivering a commencement address to a crowd in Memorial Gymnasium at the University of Virginia on June 10, 1940. Roosevelt says, "On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor." Views of the Italian Army in action during the North African Campaign of World War II. An Italian staff officer on a hill watches a battle. A long line of Italian mountain howitzers fire. An Italian officer looks through binoculars. A radio officer transmits a message. Italian Savoia Marchetti airplane in flight. The airplane drops bombs. An officer looks through binoculars. Two gun crews fire, The shells hit the earth and explode.
Airfield damage in Sicily, Italy, from Allied "Operation Husky" and associated bombings by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. A U.S. soldier inspects wreckage of enemy airplanes on captured Fontanarossa Airport, Catania, Sicily. Wrecked aircraft include: Fiat G 50 fighter bomber from 378° squadriglia; A Macchi 202, Breda built XII sr AS belonging to 91° squadriglia, 10° gruppo, 4° stormo ct. (The 91° squadriglia was commanded by ten. Mecatti. 4° stormo ct was based in three airstrips in the "Piana di Catania" and fought fiercely and bravely against Allied air offensive just before and during "Operation Husky.") U.S.soldier removes long ammunition belt from an airplane. The soldiers inspect airplanes in a hangar,One of the German fighter planes in the hangar has a painted picture of "Minnie Mouse", riding atop a bomb, and wielding a battle axe. Close up of the picture is shown.
Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to U.S. 20th General Hospital in Assam, India during World War II. Members of Merrill's Marauders with long beards pose for a photographer while seated outside the hospital building. Soldiers talk to each other. Patients on stretchers are carried out of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain. Ambulances arrive at U.S. 20th General Hospital. Men are either carried or walk from ambulances to the hospital.
Malta Conference meeting of American and British Allied leaders on island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, beginning January 30, 1945. C-54 aircraft lands on airfield in Malta, with U.S. staff officers aboard. Leaders exit plane starting with U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J King, greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union Averell Harriman. U.S. Army General George Marshall exits with Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, and they are greeted by British Army Field Marshal Wilson and Mr. Harriman. Exterior of Montgomery House on Malta as dignitaries enter the conference. General Marshall and then Admiral King enter Montgomery House. Dignitaries seated at long table meet during conference at Montgomery House. Camera shows various attendees including British Field Marshal Alexander and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke. Also Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Marshal Charles Portal and Marshal H. Wilson. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on British ship salutes arrival of President Roosevelt on U.S. Navy ship arriving for Crimea Yalta Conference. Yalta mountains and Black Sea views. Workmen unload communication equipment from ship and deliver it by truck convoy. Exterior of the Livadia Palace site of the Yalta Conference. Signal Corps wire the building and Army Navy message center and telephone exchange is shown. Stettinius, Anthony Eden, and other leaders arrive by aircraft and are greeted by Chairman of Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov. British Prime Minister Churchill and American President Roosevelt arrive and meet Molotov and other Russian dignitaries. Russian honor guard stands in formation. Big Three of President Roosevelt, Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill at the palace. Dignitaries seated around conference table to discuss plans for occupation of Germany. They sign a statement. Big 3 dignitaries seated on a bench outside the palace pose for photos with officials. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army AT-19 aircraft seen in flight, as viewed from another airplane. Scene shifts to cabin of the AT-19, where a soldier in helmet and parachute leans out of the doorway. He steps from the aircraft and begins a long free-fall, photographed from several different viewpoints. Narrator states such free-fall activity is routine for members of the U.S. Army Parachute team. The parachutist opens his chute and maneuvers skillfully. View, from camera on the parachutist, shows rapid approach of the ground.
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