Two German Heinkel He 60 Naval float planes take off from the water, in formation. Next, a Heinkel HE-59 float plane is seen through turning propeller of another in formation. Two aviators in cockpit of the HE-59. View from gunner's cockpit of his machine gun and sight, as the plane tracks a ship in the water below. View of the gunner firing his machine gun. Closeup of the ship from the aircraft as it passes overhead. The ship has "Nordborg-Danmark" and Danish flag painted clearly on its side. Scene shifts to gunner, on an HE-59 float plane, throwing a message to a ship below. View from a Norwegian steamer stopped at sea, as the German HE-59 float plane descends nearby. The aircraft makes a water landing. View of the ship from the float plane. A German officer boarding an intercepted ship, exchanges salutes with the ship's captain. Accompanied by a soldier, carrying a camera, He is escorted to the Captain's quarters where he examines the ship's papers. Change of scene shows several Swedish Air Force Gloster Gladiator aircraft taking off. View from one in a formation of them flying over area of snow, ice, and water. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Minister President of Norway Vidkun Quisling addresses police volunteers in Norway during World War II. French volunteers are inspected by a General in Versailles. They march and enter a building. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers for German Army service on a train for Germany. They arrive at a railroad station with their family members. They board the train and wave hands towards their loved ones.
German troops at the front in during World War I. During a pause in hostilities, troops set up a machine gun at a trench. German troops crawling across a battlefield. Snow covered area. Soldiers wearing warm clothes. One crawling soldier knocks down a pole carrying communication wires. German soldiers connect telephone wires and the reserves are called. Some soldiers in boat at a waterway. Group of soldiers pull a boat full of troops along an icy waterway
Albert Thomas, French First Minister of Armament, stands in a field with a french General. A number of French Officers stand behind them. Romanian King Ferdinand arrives with members of his staff and proceeds to decorate French General Henri Mathias Berthelot. Albert Thomas joins Romanian and French officers who congratulate General Berthelot. King Ferdinand stands at the head of several officers and reviews elements of French Army forces as they parade past.
Film opens showing several Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers, of the USAAF 93rd Bombardment Group, taxiing on the airfield at RAF Station Hardwick, in England, during World War 2. Numerous views of United States B-24 Liberator aircraft taking off, landing, and flying in formation over the aerodrome. Various examples of nose art and airplane names are seen. Among these are: a B-24 named 'Shoot Luke'; and another named 'Ball of Fire Junior'. A third B-24 is named 'Heinie Hunter'.
Officers and airmen, of the U.S. 91st Bomb Group, stationed at RAF Bassingbourn, England, stand in formation, in class A uniforms, in front of the B-17, Memphis Belle. Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. presents the Silver Star medal to two staff sergeants of the Memphis Belle crew. Pilot Robert K. Morgan of the B-17 Memphis Belle receives the distinguished Flying Cross, as does a technical sergeant, and another staff sergeant and an officer crew member. View of the medal recipients lined up together. A military band playing on the airfield. The British RAF flag flies over the airfield. (World War II period).
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