German prisoners of war under guard by U.S. soldiers, in an open field in France, during World War II. Two Luftwaffe (Air Force) officers are among them. Two German officers smoke pipes. American officers converse with two of the German officers. Two women, being questioned, sit in a field and look at papers and photographs proffered by American soldiers. An armed American soldier and a jeep in background.
Rebuilding operations in Stalingrad after the German attacks on the city in World War II. Russian refugees outside their tents. Children perform calisthenics. Rubble lay on ground. People engaged in reconstruction operations. Children students of technical school take on construction work to rebuild a school building. They clean and prepare old bricks from destroyed building and then lay bricks to reconstruct a building. Wreckage of Nazi German aircraft spread on the ground. German tanks transported on flat railroad cars. Radar indicates a German air attack. A man loads shells in an anti aircraft gun and fires at German planes.
British Spitfire fighters take off from a convoy of Allied ships to attack German aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Men aboard an aircraft carrier. British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter planes are parked onboard the aircraft carrier. A naval officer gives out order to fire at enemy. A British soldier adjusts a rocket artillery into position. RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes take off from the aircraft carrier to attack U-boats. Explosions occur at sea. German Heinkel 111 bomber aircraft dropping bombs. A Nazi plane shot down. Smoke rises from the coast. Fleet of aircraft carriers underway at sea. Spitfire fighters come in for landing. Mechanics push the Spitfire fighter into place.
United States Navy Patrol torpedo boats underway in British waters before the invasion of France during World War II. Bow of a United States PT boat as it patrols along with others. Men on the deck of the boat. A 50 caliber machine gunner. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft towing Horsa gliders at medium altitudes overhead, while C-47s without gliders fly in the opposite direction at very low altitudes over the water.
Mine laying operations by Nazis in North Sea. Guns at the bow of a German ship. Men drop mines in the water. Enemy aircraft in flight charge in for an attack. German troops on board the ship fire antiaircraft guns to counter the Allied air attack. Mine laying operations continue. (World War II period).
United States LVT-N-2 Loon 777 and 785 missiles prepared and launched in United States. A Loon missile hoisted in a sling is taken on board. Men attach beacon antenna check line to the wing of the missile. Men check out rig and rockets. They attach air pressure lines. Man uses link meter on check. Final securing of covers and wing support by men. A man makes final checks on radio.
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