A film depicts the Battle of the Bulge in the area of Bastogne, Belgium by U.S. troops during World War II. Belgian civilians are evacuated from an area. Civilians and soldiers in an area. Guns on a field. U.S. aircraft flying in formation to deliver supplies, ammunition, and food to U.S. Army forces including 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers fighting in the battle of the Bulge. Soldiers watching the airplanes through binoculars. Point of view shot from inside a glider hooked via a tow rope to an aircraft in flight, preparing to cut loose for glide to the ground. Aerial view of the target area. The airplanes in flight overhead. Supplies are being dropped via parachutes. View inside supply aircraft as troops push supplies out of doors. Gliders loaded with supplies and equipment landing in a snow covered area in time for Christmas 1944. Combat in the snow with a night artillery barrage by American soldiers firing at the Germans. U.S. soldiers using flame throwers at night directed at Germans. Dead bodies of German soldiers lying on the snow covered battlefield the next day. German prisoners of war standing under the guard of the U.S. soldiers, some of German prisoners found wearing civilian clothing or wearing pieces of U.S. uniforms. The 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers march in a victory celebration in town. A board reads: "Bastogne Bastion of the Battered Bastards of the 101st."
Battle of Corregidor in Philippines during World War II. Japanese flag being hoisted in Corregidor after the surrender by United States forces in 1942. U.S. troops in Japanese prison camp. Wreckage after the battle. A map of Philippines. Allied invasion fleet underway at sea towards Corregidor. Naval guns and aircraft bombard the island. Explosions occur on the island. U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft in flight U.S. 503rd Air Regiment are aboard U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft. Paratroopers jump and descend. Paratroopers advance inland. U.S. Army 24th Division soldiers come ashore in landing crafts. Troops fight against the Japanese. Shells being loaded in artillery. Soldiers fire rifles.
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. Scenes of citizens in different places: U.S. soldiers ascending a coastal hill. An elderly couple wearing coats and seated on the deck of a ship at sea. A farmer using a tractor to plow a farm field. A sidewalk filled with pedestrians in a busy city, with some entering doors of an office building. View of U.S. Treasury issued checks being printed in a stack by a machine. Woman presents a check for cashing. Narrator talks about ways of verifying identity for check cashing and notes that all documents can be forged, and that another person vouching for someone's identity is preferred. View of Social security card which is is not meant as a personal identification for cashing checks. A man trying to cash a check fraudulently approaches a grocer and presents his check for his purchase. The grocer doubts him and asks him questions. Close-up view of part of U.S. Treasury issued check. Man is unable to answer the grocer. Grocer calls up policemen. Police conducting fraud investigation and asking questions of the accused in a a police department interview room. His answers are recorded on a lie detection machine (polygraph machine). Secret Service agent instructs a new agent about forgery practices. They open drawer and look at cases the secret service agency has. Chief tells that a primary job of the secret service is the protection of the President. They arrive at the White House to get the details. Uniformed White House police stand at entrance. Secret Service agent on the White House executive mansion and ground. Portraits of the various Presidents of the United States. Local police help the secret service agents. Police and Secret Service make a security plan about an upcoming Presidential visit for a banquet. They are seen reviewing building maps and paths of travel. They keep a record about the routes of travel and timings. Buildings are inspected and preparation of food is supervised before the President visits.
Testing of AIM-7 Sparrow III Missile from Naval Air Station in Point Mugu,California. United States Air Force (USAF) Ryan Firebee Q-2C aircraft in flight. American AIM-9 Sidewinder air to air missile fired by United States Navy (USN) F-8D Crusader fighter aircraft stuck Q-2C. It explodes. Parts fall off and hits the water. It disappears below the water surface. United States Navy Grumman QF-9F Cougar drone in flight. United States Air Force AIM-7 Sparrow III air to air Missile fired by United States Air Force F-4B Phantom II fighter aircraft made a miss on the drone. United States Navy Convair RIM-2 Terrier surface to air missiles placed on launchers on USS Coontz (DDG-9). Terrier is launched.
German women and a child wave white handkerchief during World War 2. Sign for Zscherben, a village near Halle, Germany. A Sherman tank with United States soldiers rolls past Zscherben signage. United States soldiers crouch near bricked wall in Halle, Germany. United States soldiers advance on the streets of Halle. United States soldiers crouching near white building. United States soldier crouches in front of Sherman tank. German prisoners-of-war line up facing fence with hands raised by United States soldiers. Bespectacled German woman, uncomfortably smiling, holds a plaid dishcloth, perhaps as sign of surrender.
Allied forces capture Cherbourg during World War 2. Town sign of Cherbourg, France. Soldiers pass through ruined street in Cherbourg. Allied troops patrol Cherbourg. United States troops of the 324th Regiment 79th infantry division enter Cherbourg as they close in from east, south, and west of the town. Infantry patrolling an empty street in Cherbourg. United States Army sniper firing with a rifle. A military truck is parked on a street as soldiers conduct house-to-house mopping up operations. A United States soldier firing a rifle to take out snipers. U.S. infantry soldiers enter a house. An American soldier runs out of the Café du Rond-Point. Road signs near the Café du Rond-Point say “Valognes PARIS” and “Einzelfahrzeuge” (“Single vehicles” translated from German). A United States sniper aims from a window of a house attic. An American soldier guards an entrance of an apartment. Close view of a United States soldier aiming and shooting. Taking of prisoners of war: Captured German soldiers with their hands up are marched out of a building by American troops. A dead German soldier in the doorway of a building.
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