Japanese group leader makes speech to pilots on an airfield. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers parked in the background. Airmen gather in the field. Bombers and hangars in the background. Religious flag flies on the field. Planes take off from airstrip. Ground crew waves towards the planes. Formation of 27 bombers in flights of 3 each. Pilot, copilot and third crew member in cockpit of a bomber. Radio operator comes forward, salutes the pilot, and gives him written orders which the pilot reads. He then folds his arms and expresses a look of resignation.
United States soldiers work on the bridgehead area in Guam Island, United States. They dig 105 mm emplacement. They place 105mm howitzer in position. Troops leave slit trenches and advances uphill. Soldiers and M-4 tanks move inland. (World War II period).
United States troops of the 345th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division take cover behind M-4 Tanks of U.S. 734th Tank Battalion in a wood near Tambach in Germany. The infantrymen fire at German positions in the wooded area. An officer of the 87th Infantry Division speaks over field telephone and directs further operations. The infantrymen fire at German positions and advance to take new covering positions. (World War II period).
London is hit by incendiary bombs for the first time during the London Blitz. Nazi incendiary bombs fall, and fires break out at night. View from Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) of buildings set on fire by incendiaries. Firemen spray water on the buildings. A central switch board handles fire reports and assigns equipment to various sectors. A woman talks over a telephone. A large map is displayed in front of the room. A woman moves pegs on a pegboard, assigning firefighting equipment to parts of London. The pegboard reads 'no. of appliances available'. (World War II period).
From film 'London Fire Raids' on the work of London's fire guards during a German blitzkrieg incendiary bomb raid in London on December 29 and 30, 1940. Buildings on fire. Firemen spray water on the buildings. Water converts to steam as soon as it comes out of the sprinklers due to high heat of the fumes. The fire is put out at an old building. Damaged buildings. A flag above the Guildhall. Damaged Guildhall building (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). The St. Lawrence Jewry Church (Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA, United Kingdom) is almost destroyed. Debris and abandoned firefighting equipment lie in front of the buildings. At a burial service, a tribute to the firemen who lost their lives. Soldiers stand on rubble. The Old Bailey courthouse building (Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH, United Kingdom). The Lady Justice on top of the Old Bailey. (World War II period).
French tank crew of the Free French Forces, leave their M4A2 Sherman tank to inspect another that has been knocked out. Both tanks display the logo of French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée, 2e DB), commanded by General Philippe Leclerc. The destroyed one belongs to the 501ème Régiment de Chars de Combat (501st RCC 3eC) and was knocked out, probably by an 88mm anti-tank shell, on August 13, 1944 in Ecouves forest. Closeups of huge holes penetrating the turret of the tank. The other tank's crew members begin recovering bodies of dead from the stricken tank, which has the name "l'Ourcq" stenciled on its side. They remove the body of one dead soldier and place it on a blanket. They also remove the headless body of another from the tank. (Note: Reportedly, the destroyed tank was number 420583.)
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