A knocked out U.S. M115, 8 inch howitzer, in Buonconvento,Italy, during World War 2. American GIs riding in jeep pass a paper sign (left by German soldiers) pointing and giving distance to Munich, Germany. A number of signs left over from German military units formerly operating in the area, are piled up in the street.
Animated map depicts German Westward military thrusts into Holland and Belgium and toward France in World War 2. German armor units passing dragons teeth defenses, from behind. German troops riding atop tanks and trucks towing artillery. German Stuka dive bomber aircraft. Map showing Albert Canal, Meuse River, and details of Fort Eben Emael. German Paratroopers dropping from Ju-52 aircraft. Closeup of Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber. German troops using flame thrower. German armed engineer troops cross a road near a bridge and cross Meuse River in inflated boats, as Stukas drop bombs. German troops advance behind battery of flame throwers. German soldier places demolition charge. Huge explosion as it destroys the Fort blockhouse. Allied troops cross French-Belgian border to confront German forces. French Lorraine 37L armored vehicles. Roads filled by Belgian civilian refugees with their belongings. Animated cartoon of German planes bombing Belgian villages, strafing refugees, so they would clog roads and block Allied advance. Views of clogged roads and German bombings. He-111 dropping bombs. Me-109s strafing refugees who take cover in ditches. views from inside German bombers. Montage of destruction by German planes. Wounded child cries out, traumatized, in a hospital bed. Another wounded and bandaged child is seen in a hospital bed. A nun nurse sits by the bed of a wounded child. Montage of refugee children leaving war zones atop piles of belongings in trucks, and children in prams and carts, and in strollers and horse carts evacuating battle areas. Map shows German plan to attack through Ardennes Forest. German engineers sliding down steep hills, fording rivers, and laying wire for demolitions. German troops setting up machine gun and artillery placements and firing at opposing troops. German tanks and troops going through the Ardennes to the Meuse River, where Stukas dive bomb French positions. German artillery barrage across the Meuse. German troops cross the river with inflated boats. German engineers building pontoon bridges. Shelling by Allies causing explosions beside German troops building bridges. German Armor crossing the bridges and entering France in Battle of France.
Bavarians celebrating in the city of Nuremberg, during the Nazi 6th Party Congress held there, September 5th through 10th, 1934. A man, playing an accordian, leads a group of local residents, dressed in traditional costumes (Bayerische Volkstrachten) as they parade quietly along a street in Nuremberg, Germany. Most are in farmers' garb and the festival has a harvest theme (possibly relating to the annual Reichserntedankfest or Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, though that annual festival was not in Nuremberg). Some men carry sheaves of wheat on wooden implements, and some women hold ribbons tied to a pole (small Maypole, not seen). A man wearing a tricorn hat and a woman in equivalent costume, walk under an outsize umbrella. Scene shifts to others marching, including small children escorted by women; men and boys in Lederhosen; and young women in white dresses. Camera focuses on a baby and on small children watching from the sidewalks. A marching band of men in lederhosen plays music. Closeup of children spectators. Marchers escorting a flower-filled float. Closeup of a little girl in costume with hair in braids, eating an apple. Boy climbing on building ledge to get a better view. Adolf Hitler, in uniform, bareheaded (carrying his cap) walks from sidewalk to the street where he greets women in costume. Another view of the boy on the building ledge. Hitler continues to meet and greet costumed parade participants, who are standing in the street. (The parade has stopped at this point.) Camera catches glimpses of spectators absorbed with the scene. As he continues to meet and greet participants, Hitler is accompanied by a man in costume with armband (likely a parade official). More closeups of spectators. Scene shifts to a large square, where various units of Hitler youth are assembled. Hitler walks past them and past his Mercedes Benz 770K parade car. Closeups of a cadre of bareheaded young uniformed men and of Hitler rendering a half Nazi salute and then smiling as he personally greets and converses with them. Closeups of: a boy watching; Hitler getting into his car and crowd cheering him. Closeups of motorcade cars driving away. Rudolf Hess (or Heß) is seen rendering Nazi salute from one. Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth Leader (Reichsjugendführer)is seen in another. Joseph Goebbels rides in the front of another car accompanied by four SS officers, in black uniforms, as it drives past the Hotel Deutscher Hof. Closeups of civilian spectators rendering Nazi salutes as the motorcade passes them.
German national tricolor flags with swastikas, fly from three tall flag poles, at a stadium, as martial music plays. Adolf Hitler is seen silhouetted against a light sky, as he stands with military officers on a reviewing stand. A german cavalryman astride a cantering horse, plays a drum, using both arms. Next, a unit of mounted cavalry parade, at a canter, along a dirt field. Camera focuses on the reviewing stand, where we can see Hitler, in the center, flanked by Hermann Goering and cavalry Colonel, Eberhard von Mackensen (son of Marshal August von Mackensen). The mounted cavalry are seen again, followed by a number of Adler Kfz13 armored cars, some showing maneuver capabilities as they pass the reviewing stand, and others driving past in a wide side-by-side formation. Closeup of soldiers seated in stands with steel helmets at their feet. Closeup of Colonel Mackensen and Hitler smiling and conversing. Mounted troops pulling artillery field pieces and caissons, ride past and camera shows closeups of some.
Few C-47 tow gliders flying low over beachhead. View of 42nd Field Hospital U.S. where large number of wounded soldiers lying on litters surrounded by many field hospital tents, following D-Day Invasion in World War 2. Closeup view of Airborne patches of 101st and 82nd airborne units sewn to the arm sleeves of U.S. Army soldiers. Wounded soldiers on stretchers eat rations. (World War II period).
U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo aircraft on flight line at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. Yellow auxiliary power units providing power for each airplane. A sergeant working at open hatch in side of fuselage. An airman cleaning canopy. Yellow fuel truck in front of the airplanes. Pilot conversing with ground crewmen under nose of aircraft. . Pilot gets into cockpit of the aircraft. Another pilot walks to his airplane. Glimpse of him starting his preflight walkaround inspection. He climbs into cockpit and dons his helmet. The plane seen taxiing out and along the flightline.
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