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Axis aircraft bomb Malta during World War II. British naval warships at Malta for replenishing.
At beginning of film, camera pans over Malta. A map of that area of the Mediterranean Sea is shown. A street scene in Malta, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. A local police officer speaks to a group of men and women wearing steel helmets. Closeup of some of them. (They appear to be a group of volunteers.) Scene shifts to view from a street of flak clouds in the sky above, from anti-aircraft fire directed at Axis planes bombing Malta. People pointing toward the sky at an Axis bomber. Bombs exploding on the city. An old woman and several children pose in front buildings totally destroyed with nothing but rubble remaining. Views of destroyed buildings. Film shifts to a British Illustrious class aircraft carrier anchored in waters near Malta. It then shows a view of sailors on a British warship. A British sailor poses in a small boat with the British battleship HMS Warspite in the background. Glimpse of naval gun shells in a container. Some guns on ship's deck with mechanism for rotating them into vertical position. View of the barrels pointing upward. In rearming operations, A heavy naval gun shell being moved by a winch with a clamp around its body, onto the HMS Warspite. Sailors gathered around the shell to remove it from the winch. Sailors rolling a heavy shell on a platform. More sailors lowering a heavy shell into the hold of the battleship. British Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, on the deck of HMS Warspite, his flagship.
German and Italian air forces attack the British Naval Base at Valletta in Malta.
German Junkers JU-87 Stukas, Ju-88's & Italian SM 79's bomb Malta. Flag at German air base. German Junkers JU 87, Stukas parked at an airbase. Airmen work on planes. Stuka taxis and takes off. Other planes also take off. Planes in flight over Malta. German and Italian air forces attack the British Naval Base at Valletta in Malta. (World War II period).
The siege of Malta and the North Africa campaign during World War II.
Italian warships maneuvering in the Mediterranean during World War 2. Destroyers pass a Corazzata-class Italian battleship. Italian IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance planes are launched from a battleship. Two Corazzata-class Italian battleships underway. Change of scene shows the island of Malta, viewed from a low flying airplane. A formation of Italian CANT Z.508 seaplane bombers flying overhead to attack Malta. View from ground on Malta of anti-aircraft flak burst clouds in the air above. Smoke rising from bomb bursts. Glimpse of a large British warship slowly easing out of its dock. Single engine aircraft overhead moving through heavy flak clouds. More bomb explosions. Local civilian people and refugees, including many children, seeking safety from bombing. People perusing destroyed buildings. A formation of British Bristol Blenheim light bombers in flight over North Africa. British forces firing artillery in Libya. War materiel abandoned by retreating Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland. British troops and a contingent of Ethiopian troops march into Addis Ababa, escorting Emperor Haile Selassie as he is restored to his throne in May, 1942. Next, German armor in North Africa is seen burning. A knocked out German tank viewed through window of a British armored vehicle. More burning German armor. German aircraft destroyed on the ground at an airbase. Bombs lined up on the ground. Huge number of Italian prisoners of war marching across the desert in Libya.
A montage of World War II scenes from the Mediterranean, U.S., Japan, Australia, and Pacific, in the early 1940s
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War 2. The Battle of the Mediterranean at Malta: Smoke from burning buildings. Explosion due to bombardment. British soldiers look through binoculars, confirm target, take aim and fire antiaircraft guns at Nazi German aircraft in flight. Nazi aircraft drop bombs. Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese troops. Japanese troops, tanks, artillery and cavalry parade. Japanese bombers strike Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. Civilians run for cover. Burning U.S. warships. Debris removed from the Harbor. U.S. troops mobilize for the War. Australia: U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives to take command of the Pacific Theater. New Guinea: The jungle campaign. U.S. troops advance over rough terrain. Natives run for cover as huts burn down. Australian and U.S. soldiers in combat. Smoke due to fire on a hill. Soldiers help wounded comrades through the New Guinea mud. Natives carry war equipment.
German FW-200 bomber takes off and bombs an Allied ship off of Valletta, Malta.
German bomber Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor bombs an Allied ship off island of Valletta, Malta. Ground crew ready the FW 200 German bomber. The pilot climbs up stairs to cockpit. Airmen fuel the bomber. Engines of bomber start. It taxis and takes off. German FW-200 Bomber in flight. View from inside cockpit of pilots in cockpit. Clouds visible from pilot cabin's screen. Pilot drinks hot beverage from insulated flask. Bomber in flight over sea. Pilot looks through binoculars. FW-200 Bomber releases bombs on an Allied ship. Smoke rises from burning ship. (World War II period).
Allied American, British and Soviet leaders during the Malta and Yalta Conference.
The Malta Conference in Malta, January - February 1945. The Malta fortification, building and towers. A plane taxis on the Luqa Airport on the island. General Woods, Smith, Marshall and Brehon B. Somervell deplane in Malta. Major General C.P. Woods shakes hands. Lt. General Walter B. Smith met by British Air Commander Whitney Strait. Ambassador W. Abel Hellemen with Major General F. M. Andersen. Arrival of Admiral Ernest J.King at the airport. Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theater. Admiral Andrew and B. Cunningham greet each other. General George C. Marshall steps off a plane. General Brehon B. Somervell greets England's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. On February 2, 1945 an American warship arrives with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is saluted by the British Prime Minister Churchill. Sailors on deck. View of the Montgomery House. Combined meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff at the Montgomery House. The chiefs are seated around a table, military plans agreed upon. A wall map in the background. Delegates leave for another conference. Policemen control the crowds on either sides of a street. A Russian airport near Yalta in the Crimea. A transport plane lands at the airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Allied leaders outside a tent. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off the plane. UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. The flags of three countries fly over the field: US, UK and Soviet Union. Secretary of State outside the tent. Harry Hopkins arrives. Prime Minister Churchill gets off a UK plane. Kremlin Guards form the guard of honor. Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by Russian reception committee. Daughters of Roosevelt and Churchill talk All the delegates around the transport plane. Delegates salute during the national anthem. British Prime Minister and U.S. President inspect the guard of honor after the national anthem. Kremlin Guards march past in review. (World War II period).
