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The fall of Warsaw, Poland, and beginning of German occupation, in World War II
Scenes from German invasion of Poland. In the nighttime, Polish soldiers are seen marching out of their fortifications. (Narrator states that 130 thousand have fallen.) German soldiers search the Polish troops. A Polish soldier plays an accordian while another plays the saxaphone. Germans allow Polish railroad workers and firemen to proceed to their jobs. German soldiers escort Polish workers to begin salvage and repairs of bomb damage. Views of utter devastation, with nothing but skeletons of structures remaining and rubble everywhere. Huge numbers of Polish people assembled in an open city square, obtaining rations of food from the German Army.
British Royal Air Force aircraft conduct 700-airplane bombing raid over Cologne during World War II
Narrator states that on March 2, 1945, during World War 2, 700 Lancaster and Halifax bombers of the British Royal Air Force fly over Cologne, Germany, to bomb roads and bridges leading across the Rhine River. Closeup aerial view of a British Halifax bomber with H7 painted on its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to No.346 Squadron RAF. (This is a Free French bomber squadron incorporated into the Royal Air Force and operating out of RAF Station Elvington.) View from one of the aircraft looking down on the city below as bombs fall from the plane. Narrator refers to U.S. 1st Army attacking Cologne and this bombing to strike German forces fleeing the city. Heavy smoke seen rising from bomb explosions below. A huge black cloud is seen in the air as a German scarecrow bomb hits a Lancaster bomber and destroys it (Narrator calls it a scarecrow bomb. Later analysis concluded that "scarecrow" bombs may have been attacks by Luftwaffe aircraft equipped with upward facing cannons, or so called "Schräge Musik" attacks.) Smoke rising from the city. Narrator emphasizes that the Cologne Cathedral is not touched.
American 10th Air Force aircraft being repaired at Hindustan Aircraft Limited facilities in Bangalore, India during World War II
A film titled 'Modern plant services and Allied aircrafts' shows workers streaming out of facilities of Hindustan Aircraft Limited, in Bangladore, India, during a shift change, during World War 2. View inside one of the factory buildings, where U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport aircraft of the 10th Air Force are seen lined up for maintenance. Heating fires burning in containers outside one plant entrance. Inside, workers move heavy machinery. A worker in a laboratory. Outside, several U.S. Lockheed B-25 Mitchell bombers are seen in various states of repair, with Hindustan Aircraft workers working on and around them. A C-47 aircraft is seen nose into a hangar. Its empennage is mostly removed. However its tail number (41-7759) is visible on the still intact vertical stabilizer. Workers are seen on scaffolding set up around a Consolidated PBY Catalina amphibian aircraft. The final scene shows several B-24 Liberator bombers in various stages of repair, parked on an outdoor ramp.
Ruined city of Stuttgart in Germany after the end of World War 2
Ruined buildings in Stuttgart in Baden Wurttemberg state in Southern Germany. Civilians dig in the bombed out ruins of the buildings. A woman rendered homeless sits by the roadside with her luggage.
Soviet people endure during invasion by Germany during Operation Barbarossa in World War II
Film begins showing Soviet industrial complex with many smoke stacks emitting dark fumes. A banner is raised in front of a statue of Joseph Stalin. Soviet workers turn wheel and use wrench to install a large shaft into a machine in a factory. A large number of Soviet people descend stairs from an electric distribution network at a hydroelectric dam. Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin is among the persons seen in the group. Spectators stand on a platform above the dam where a large sign is displayed. View of the dam with gates open and water pouring through to the lower level of the river. Scene shifts to military parade on Red Square in Moscow. during World War 2. A formation of trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns drive along the street. Soviet T-34 tanks are also in the parade. Joseph Stalin waves from a balcony on the Kremlin as the parade passes. Soviet workers also join the parade, carrying banners and marching in a dozen parallel columns along Red Square. They exit in columns around both sides of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Soviet heavy artillery batteries fire at night creating great flashes of light. A shell strike destroys a building. Soviet troops fighting in close quarters among debris in a Russian city. Dead German soldiers lying in debris on a city street. Some are surrounded by weapons and belts of ammunition. A Soviet soldier removes a swastika from the top of a steel bridge. Soviet citizens walk about the ruins of a city during a lull in combat. A child emerges from an underground bunker. Russian sailors walk together along a street. Soviet people gather at an outdoor market, where they purchase foods.
Meeting of Senate Appropriations Committee on Mutual Security appropriations. Margaret Chase Smith. John Foster Dulles.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations at work on Mutual Security appropriations. Members seen include Senators Margaret Chase Smith,John L. McClellan and Mike Mansfield..The Committee welcomes Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to answer Committee questions.
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