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German troops capture Allied pilots and parachutists in Germany during WWII

Allied troops and equipment being captured by German soldiers in Europe during World War II. Aerial view of aircraft parked on a field. Troops towing a bomber. Soldiers standing nearby. Men loading artillery and other equipment into airplanes. A British bomber taking off from an airfield. Groups of Allied bombers in flight. Soldiers riding a motorcycle with sidecar. A soldier slips and fall out of the motorcycle. German troops firing artillery into enemy position. Wreckage of a crashed bomber on the ground. Wreckage of more British bombers and fighters. Interior of a crashed British bomber. German troops recover a Jeep from the wreckage. German soldiers drive a seized Jeep. German Abwehr soldiers wearing leaves for camouflage. Soldiers standing nearby. Some of the soldiers aboard a camouflaged tank advancing on the battlefield. A German tank passes by an Allied plane wing wreckage hanging from a tree. A parachute hanging from a tree. Captured Allied pilots (of the 1st Canadian Parachute Regiment) raise their hands as they’re led away. German troops escort Allied prisoners of war. Captured Allied soldiers show a map to German officer. The sleeve patch of a captured Canadian soldier reads: '1st Canadian Parachute Regiment'. An insignia of the same. A captured pilot with eye bandage. Captured Allied troops are led out of a building. Soldiers aboard tanks advancing on a battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. A wrecked airplane on a field. Soldiers seated near a building. Insignias on the uniforms of the soldiers, including the United States 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and the Para/Glider Infantry cap patch (patch with white glider and parachute on dark blue with red circle).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675076986
British prisoners are led and interrogated by German soldiers in Normandy, France.

British prisoners in Normandy, France during World War II. The prisoners with their hands raised are led by German guards towards a prisoners of war compound. Smashed British gliders on a field. German troops drive out a jeep from a grounded British glider. Shoulder patches of the prisoners read: 'Nova Scotia Highlanders' and 'Canadian Parachute Battalion'. Interrogation of the prisoners. Wounded prisoners.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077010
Medics evacuate a wounded soldier while trying to escape from sniper fire in Mindanao, Philippines.

United States Army soldiers in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II. The soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a litter. A messenger with a note held between his teeth crawls up a hill. A wounded soldier crawls along a road. Medics crawl towards him. The medics and the wounded man lie flat on the ground to escape sniper fire. The medics evacuating the wounded from the area.

Date: 1945, May 15
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077037
A Sabrejet (F-86 Sabre) takes off and shoots rockets during its test flight in the United States.

A new F-86 Sabrejet is launched in the United States. The test flight of the Sabre jet. The jet is parked at an air base. The jet takes off and is in flight. A pilot in the cockpit. The jet fires rockets. A targeted aircraft on the ground explodes. Smoke arises from bombardment.

Date: 1953, March 23
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077117
A mushroom cloud forms due to the explosion of an atomic bomb during atomic bomb testing in Nevada, United States.

Atomic bomb testing in Nevada, United States. High altitude view of the testing ground. A bomb explodes. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion.

Date: 1957, May 30
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077118
USAF Lieutenant General Ira Eaker speaks about his experiences in the U.S. Air Force in the United States.

An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. Dr Maurer and General Eaker seated at a desk. Dr Maurer talks about the work and the contribution of General Eaker in the U.S. Air Force. He says that General Eaker was the Commander of the 8th Air Force. In 1944, he became the Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force. Then from 1945 until his retirement in 1947, he was the deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. General Eaker talks about his experiences. He talks about the first airplane flight he saw. He further speaks that he was sent to a training camp in 1917. A man came in the camp looking for some fliers. He was already selected for an examination of regular army. He says that in November 1917, he was on a parade grounds. An airplane was in flight overhead. The aircraft landed and he looked at the engine of the aircraft.

Date: 1960
Duration: 6 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077131