Gunners with a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun west of Monschau, Germany during World War II. One of the gunners is holding a stack of shells. Snow-covered M10 tank destroyers of the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion in defensive position in the woods. Snow covers the woods and trees. A soldier tosses shell cases near the tank destroyers. Tank crewmen talking to each other as they warm themselves at a fire. 602nd Engineers Camouflage Battalion (attached to 15th Engineers, 9th Rif Division) raise camouflage nets to screen road from German enemy observation. Cable spool at the back of a truck. Camouflage nets are raised up.
A Mack tanker truck driving on a suburban street. This truck is possibly electrified by Edison batteries. Car driving past a building. Pedestrians on the sidewalk of a street in a major USA city, possibly Detroit.. A ship sailing in ocean.
Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over Arakabesan, Palau Islands, in World War II. Aerial view showing the coast, roads, airfield of Arakabesan and surrounding islands. More bombs dropping over the Japanese held island.
147th Armored Signal Company of 7th Armored Division troops utilize local telephone poles to string wires in in Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany during World War II. The soldiers string wire as they follow a half-track vehicle moving slowly on the road. Young German boys watch the American soldier climb up a local telephone pole. A woman watches the soldier from a window in the background. The soldier strings wires on top of the telephone pole. Cable spool turning as a soldier pulls out wire. The driver of the half-tracked vehicle sitting behind the wheel.
A sweeping camera shot shows multiple groups of parachutists on a mountain slope in Alta, Utah. An instructor demonstrates the "snowplow" technique for braking while moving downhill. Soldiers attempt the technique one by one. Each morning, the narrator describes, soldiers of Company B practice basic body swinging exercises. Expert instructors glide down the slopes effortlessly, performing turns and a jump. The soldiers learn basic turning technique, and one man loses his balance and falls. Lines of soldiers hone their skills, learning the "stem" and "stem christie" turns. (World War 2 period.)
Aerial combat footage filmed in Europe during WW2 by USAAF First Lieutenant McCoy of the 383rd Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, on 15 August 1944. An aircraft is visible in the distance, the ground far below. Gun camera footage on aircraft shows closing of the distance and it opens fire, dislodging a piece of sheet metal from the right wing of the target German aircraft. Scene cuts to what appears to be the destroyed target German aircraft on the ground.
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