After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet cavalry units advance. Soviet troops loaded onto trucks advance to confront German forces beginning their siege. The city of Leningrad with various scenes of Leningrad landmarks before the bombing and siege, including the Winter Palace and Narva Triumphal Arch. Cars on a busy street with St Isaac's Cathedral in backround. Statue of Lenin. Equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Various government buildings of Leningrad. Street car trolleys and buses on roads. A ship at a port as supplies are unloaded. Soldiers march into the city. Civilians dig trenches and erect barricades in the wake of German attack. Women and children help in digging and fortifying the city against attack by Germany.
After effects of German attack in Leningrad, Soviet Union during World War II. An air raid alarm being sounded in Leningrad. People on the streets. A man looks through binoculars. Aircraft in flight. Anti aircraft guns being fired at the Nazi aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped and explosions occur. Antiaircraft guns fire and flakes burst. Nazi aircraft bombard the city at night. Search lights being flashed. Buildings on fire. Civilians remove debris and rubble. A dead Soviet child. Women cry as they mourn the death of their loved ones. Damaged buildings in the city. A dead elephant at a zoo. Animated map depicts how the Nazis surrounded the city.
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. A two-engine bomber lands on an airfield. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur getting out of the aircraft. The General is greeted by several officers and a Private. General MacArthur talking to U.S. Army Air Force Major General George C. Kenney and a Brigadier General. Several officers and soldiers waiting at the airfield. A vehicle parked on the field. The General and other officers get into the vehicle. The vehicle moves away with another vehicle following it.
Japanese prisoners in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. Two soldiers crossing a log bridge in Buna. GIs in a concealment in a hedge. A GI beside a mortar. American soldiers standing with a number of Japanese prisoners. The soldiers walking with the prisoners across a field. They walk over a log bridge over a water body. Dead Japanese lying about on a beach. Dead bodies on the edge of the water. Japanese prisoners seated on the ground and eating. The prisoners seated in a row on a grassy area. Several trees in the area. Soldiers stand beside them holding guns. Japanese prisoners giving each other sponge bath. The wounded Japanese prisoners seated in a jeep. Soldiers standing beside the jeep. The jeep driven away among the trees.
American soldiers in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. American soldiers and natives building a bridge of logs in a marshy area. One of the natives works with a hammer to fix the logs. The logs laid end to end in the marshy area to form the bridge. The natives carrying supplies walk on a path in the area. An M-3 tank among the trees with soldiers beside it. Two soldiers cutting wood. A few soldiers standing beside them. The soldiers seated on the tank. The tank moving on the bridge of logs. Other soldiers watching the tank. Columns of natives carrying supplies across the marshy area. A few men carrying guns and back packs moving on the bridge of logs.
Scenes in Buna, New Guinea, during the battle of Buna-Gona,fought by American and Australian forces in World War 2. An American General and Australian General, Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander of the Allied Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific, conducting an inspection in the jungle. General Blamey and U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger with another Australian commander. General blamey beside a jeep in a marshy area of the jungle. Trees in the marshy area in the background. The men are talking. Other officers in the background. The Generals driving in a jeep on a jungle trail. American soldiers throwing grenades and concealing themselves among the trees. Several dead Japanese in a trench. A catholic chaplain conducting services in the jungle. The soldiers and officers gathered in front of the chaplain. General Blamey and General Eichelberger walking on a trail in the jungle. Other men following the Generals. Inside captured Japanese fortifications, General Blamey inspects a Japanese Taisho heavy machine gun. General Eichelberger joins him. They also inspect a long barreled Japanese artillery piece.
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