Gun camera images from U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft strafing German enemy targets on road in Germany near end of World War II in Europe. Target explodes Grasslands seen.
Activities at an airfield in Frankfurt, Germany. United States Army Air Forces, P-47's Thunderbolt fighter bomber aircraft parked at an airfield. P-47's fighter aircraft taxis. P-47 warms up and starts its propeller. Other P-47 taxis and takes off. Buildings seen in the background.
Map depicting area of flood control activities in the Southeast part of the Ijsselmeer lake in the Netherlands. Spectators watch as a dredge deposits mud spoils to form storm surge barriers in the lake. Aerial views of the dredging operations. An excursion boat takes passengers near for a closer look at the operations. Passengers seen in various costumes. Tug boats and sail boats near the dredging site. Crowd of workers and spectators stand near and upon the newly dredged mud spoils. View of dredge operator. Several persons cross newly formed bridge between two spoils hills. Aerial views of new storm surge barriers taking form. Numerous working boats, barges and a few pleasure boats seen from the air. Boats tied up at dock next to a dam building. Visitors inside the building looking at lock controls and other items of interest. Decorative murals on the walls. Reporters and photographers on a steel landing above seated group of spectators. Queen Beatrix, of the Netherlands, formally opens the new dam by moving levers forward on stage. View of turbine generator sets rotating and engine tappets moving. Aerial view of the entire storm surge barrier in place around Oostelijk,Flevoland and of new lands under cultivation.
Activities aboard USS Mount McKinley AGC-7, serving as press observer ship for nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. Reporters work on teletype machines in a communications center. Other men enter the cabin and take their seats. An Air Force Master Sergeant hands documents to a sailor at a transmission station. A plaque with the name of the ship "USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)" and noting campaigns in which it served. Exterior view of USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) in the Pacific Ocean.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany after World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk delivers a speech on taking over United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower's command. He states "it is my policy to follow out the policies laid down at Potsdam and so ably carried out by General Eisenhower. I have not forgotten who started the war. The German people as a whole supported it and they must be made to realize their responsibility. Germans must work out themselves. They can and must produce without the taint of Nazism so that they can take their place among the peace loving countries of Europe." The American flags in the background in the office.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany. United States Army Air Force General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk speaks to the U.S. Forces and talks about the policies. He states that the Germans must realize their responsibility. The flags of the U.S. in the background in his office.
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