German Panther tanks of 5.Pz.Div, Pz.IV's and supplies are moved forward in Russia on railway flatcars. Troop trains move on the front. Soldiers in discussion and one smokes a cigarette. Trenches are dug and command post with radio operation is set up. German soldier climbs up tower. Mortars, artillery, and machine guns are fired at Soviet troop positions. Grenades are hurled and German Tiger tanks counterattack under protection of artillery fire. Tigers seen are from s.Pz.Abt.503 and SS.Pz.Rgt 2 (Das Reich) in 1943 and s.Pz.Abt.502 with ace Otto Carius in 1944. (World War II period).
General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin, President Franklin D Roosevelt of the U.S. and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the UK seated on porch of Soviet Embassy building in Tehran, Iran, 28 November 1943, during World War 2. Scene shifts to group of Yugoslav Partisans and closeup of their leader, Marshal Tito, at their mountain headquarters. Yugoslavian Marshal Tito smoking a pipe while standing on the porch of his headquarters with American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Officer, Army Major Linn M. Farish, U.S. Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslavia leader. Next scene shows French resistance fighters with their flag on a mountaineer's pick. It reads,""Vaincre ou Mourir"" and displays a cross of Lorraine. Closeups of French resistance fighters at attention and also relaxed, smiling, and singing. Scenes of various such groups joining in the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion at Normandy, France. Aerial glimpse of D-day task force crossing the English Channel. Animated map shows Germany being attacked by Russian forces from the East, by the other allies from Britain in the West and from Italy, in the South. Allied forces moving across a pontoon bridge and engaging German forces in France. A U.S. M3 Gun Motor Carriage firing its 75mm gun. American troops firing machine guns, carrying wounded on stretchers and using flame throwers. Troops, including ambulatory wounded moving under enemy fire. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in France. One carries a wounded buddy. American troops firing a variety of artillery from under camouflage netting. French underground forces engaged in Paris. Closeup of one wearing a French Adrian helmet firing a rifle. Another throws a grenade out an apartment window. An American tank moving under the base of the Eiffel Tower as French Resistance fighters run across the area. French citizens celebrating the liberation of Paris. View from an American jeep as French people cheer. Closeups of French people. A bombed out bridge. A battlefield cemetery. Destruction and death in the wake of combat. Fallen French civilians lying on pavement. A U.S. tank slowly driving through a masonry wall. Soviet forces advancing through destroyed buildings. Chinese troops marching along the Great Wall. British troops on parade in tropics. Asian ally troops marching. Huge formation of marching U.S. soldiers. United Nations flags in the breeze.
Film opens showing a Partisan Sentry posted outside Marshall Tito's mountain stronghold in Drvar, Western Bosnia, Yugoslavia, during the Spring of 1944, in World War 2. Views of other sentries on guard duty. A Partisan officer steps onto the porch of the headquarters and looks through a pair of binoculars. Closeup of a sentry. Scene shifts to Marshall Tito stepping from the main porch to a lower one, accompanied by American Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader. Tito smokes a pipe, as he and Farish converse. MacLean smokes a cigarette. In next scene Farish is also smoking a cigarette. Major Farish removes his hat and tosses it over the railing (perhaps because Tito is not wearing one). Tito pumps his arm several times while MacLean removes his hat. Then, speaking to MacLean, Parish pumps his arm as well. Next, they are joined by Tito's Chief of Staff, General Koča Popović. Views of Tito and Popović. Change of scene shows a British military photographer upon a railing taking a still picture of Tito and his Partisan Supreme Command (cabinet and principal staff officers). After the photographer leaves, they remain together with Tito's pet dog, Tigar.
A film titled 'VIII Fighter Command Lt. S.B. Morill 62 Sqdn.(Squadron) 56 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking ME-109 on 5 January 1944'. Luftwaffe aircraft ME-109 explodes during World War II in Germany.
A film titled 'VIII Fighter Command Lt. Christensen 62 Sqdn.(Squadron) 56 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking on 5 January F.W.190 1944'. Attack on Luftwaffe aircraft F.W.190 during World War II in Germany.
A film titled 'VIII Fighter Command First Lt. A. Rafalovich 334 Sqdn.(Squadron) 4 F.G.(Fighter Group) attacking on 14 January F.W.190 1944'. Luftwaffe aircraft F.W.190 explodes due to attack,during World War II in Germany.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.