UNWCC (United Nations War Crimes Commission) officers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. Officers including Mr. Oldham from Australia, Mr. Staurvopolos from Greece, Wing Commander Hopkins from Canada, Lieutenant Colonel Hodgson from the US, Commander J. Latta and Lieutenant Prowse of Admiral Stark's staff arrive at the Buchenwald camp. UNWCC officers look at wooden tiers used as berths for the sick of the camp. Officials enter a crematorium.
UNWCC (United Nations War Crimes Commission) officers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. Officers including Mr. Oldham from Australia, Mr. Staurvopolos from Greece, Wing Commander Hopkins from Canada, Lieutenant Colonel Hodgson from the US, Commander J. Latta and Lieutenant Prowse of Admiral Stark's staff arrive at the camp. UNWCC officers examine ovens used for cremation of victims. A pile of dead bodies of Jewish victims. The ovens in which the bodies were burned. Human bones inside an oven. A monument commemorating 51,000 Jews who died in the camp.
Soviet Forces battling in Berlin during 1945, in World War 2, employ tanks and heavy machine guns. A Soviet soldier herds two German prisoners from a building. Groups of German soldier prisoners struggle through rubble as they are led from buildings, under guard. Soviet tanks firing as they pass a church building. A Soviet heavy gun being fired point blank on a Berlin street during Battle of Berlin. Buildings on fire. Soviet soldiers firing artillery field pieces. Views of destroyed and damaged German military aircraft on and in hangars of an airfield. Soviet Ilyushin II aircraft land on the airfield. Closeup of distressed German General rubbing his eyes. Flashback in time to 1943, in World War II. Field Marshal Hermann Goering is seen reviewing flyers of a German Luftwaffe (Air Force) unit. A Junkers Ju 52 trimotor aircraft lands and parks on an airfield. Italian leader Benito Mussolini steps from the aircraft after his rescue from imprisonment by the Italian Government at the Hotel Campo Imperatore. He is personally welcomed by Adolf Hitler, who had ordered the mission to rescue him. Change of time, again, to 1945, when Berlin, Germany is attacked by Forces of the Soviet Union. Closeup of a despairing German General. Scenes of utter destruction as Soviet troops batter Berlin, Germany with artillery. Soviet soldier steps down from his tank and gives a Soviet General a handgun, which he pockets and then leads a group of Soviet officers into a building
Part 1 of 4 of film "Wings for this Man", also known as "Army Air Forces special film project 151" (narrated by Ronald Reagan) about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first unit of African American pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. They comprised the 332nd Fighter Group (nicknamed the Red Tails, because of distinctive red painted tails of their aircraft). They are see engaging a Luftwaffe formation of bombers and fighter escorts over Italy during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, of the 322nd Fighter Group, take off from an airfield and head out on morning patrol. They engage a formation of Heinkel He 111 bombers escorted by Me109 fighters. Gun camera footage is seen of the P-47s firing at German Me109s. Several are shot down. German pilot is seen parachuting from one. Afterwards, pilots of 332nd Fighter Group share some of their combat experiences. Views of the kinds of places and circumstances in civilian life from which pilots of the 332nd were drawn. Views of transition from civilian life to the military, including changing into uniforms and boarding a troop train in the snow. View from side of black locomotive and train moving at high speed with smoke pouring out. Montage of locomotive train images.
German military leader Hermann Goring gets birthday serenade from German military band in Munich, Germany. Exteriors of Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Buildings and square reflected in horn of tuba. Army band plays music. Little girl, holding small bouquet of blooms, puts arms out to hug Hermann Goring, who kisses her. Goering goes to microphones, and stands in front of Storm trooper Chief of Staff, Viktor Lutz, who has appointed him honorary Commander of th SA-Regiment Feldherrnhalle. Sign over banner reads 'Feldherrnhalle'. Hermann Goering stands before German officers. Storm troopers of the Regiment Feldherrnhalle are in formation. Eagle atop swastika on their unit banner. Hermann Goering and Viktor Lutze with other officers review the honor guard.Goering holds traditional right hand military salute (not Nazi salute) as he reviews the SA-Regiment Feldherrnhalle honor guard.
U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Evan Carlson with his 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion, nicknamed 'Carlson's Raiders, ' on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Colonel Carlson poses with several natives. Colonel Carlson waves and salutes at departing jeeps carrying members of his unit and natives. Colonel Carlson talks to his son, Lieutenant Evans C. Carlson, who commands a platoon in the 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion.
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