Protests in the Balkan Peninsula as Allied troops withdraw from Trieste and it is handed over to Italy. Yugoslavians vow to never give up Trieste as United States and British troops prepare to withdraw. View of Trieste's port, streets and a soldier guarding from behind a barbed wire fence. Sign says "Trsta ne damo". Italians in Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste. Man in car speaking to a border control officer crossing to Italy. Italian flag and writing "W Trieste Italiana". Italians see the raising of their flag for the first time since 1945. Italians with Italian flags and placards saying "Viva Trieste" and "L'Istria e Italiana" ("Istria (region) is Italian" in English). Mobs raising their fists in front of the United States embassy in Belgrade, storming the embassy following defiant speeches in which Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia threatens to invade Trieste. Yugoslav rioters break into a fight in front of the American embassy. Yugoslav policemen marshal unruly rioters in the street.
Views of the area around RAF Bassingbourn airfield, as B-17s of the U.S. 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, line up for takeoff on a mission to bomb German-held port of Wilhelmshaven, during World War Two. among the named aircraft seen taking off are: "Dame Satan," "Hitler's Gremlin," "Helno-gal," "Royal Flush," "Der Fuehrer's Face," "Old Bill," "Peggy, my little Waaf," and "Desperate Journey."
German Bf.109 E aircraft fly low in formation over railroad tank cars being filled with liquid from a ship in a port. Closeup of the liquid being discharged from a large hose into the tank car. A formation of German Dornier DO-17 bombers in flight overhead. German aircraft with engines running on a flight line. They have two long curving pipes, each collecting exhaust from six cylinders of its 12 cylinder engine. A formation of Heinkel He 51 airplanes taking off. A formation of Dornier Do 23 G heavy bombers in flight. View of bombs falling from aircraft. Bombs bursting on the ground. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
German civilians at U-Bahn subway in Berlin, Germany. German civilians walk down steps to subway. Sign at subway indicates 'Air Port Tempelhof'. Ruins of a building in the background. Civilians enter and depart from Hallesches Tor U-Bahn station in Kreuzberg district.
Bomb damage after the Battle of Berlin during World War II. Ruins of damaged buildings. Pedestrians walk on road. Civilians enter the subway entrance. Stones and bricks of bomb-damaged building lay past entrance of the Berlin U-Bahn subway. Sign above subway entrance displays a large letter "U". Beside it is a smaller sign that shows an arrow pointing to the entrance which says "Air Port Tempelhof". View of people of all ages descending stairs of subway.
As film begins, a Yellow shirt aboard the Aircraft Carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA -43) clears a U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 15 for takeoff. Steam from the carrier's catapult is seen initially but dissipates as the jet takes off. Several more F-4s are launched and seen from different angles. Closeup of canopy closing as pilot LT. J.G. D.H. Rogers dons his oxygen mask prior to takeoff. An F-4 buzzes past as Rogers' aircraft sits on the port catapult. His aircraft joins up with two others and they fly in a formation toward a shore. Several views of the flight of three in different formations. They peel off and dive in sequence. View of one from behind and underneath showing collection of ordnance under its wings. The F-4s drop clusters of bombs that are seen exploding on the ground. Glimpse of Lt. J.G. Rogers in his cockpit. Aerial view of landing craft speeding though water below. Warships in an invasion fleet seen on the water. Glimpse of troops descending net from a transport ship and boarding a landing craft (Higgins Boat). Back on the Coral Sea, U.S. Marines are seen boarding UH-34D helicopters. Glimpse of landing craft heading toward shore in formation. An F-4 firing rockets. Explosion as rocket strikes a hut on sandy shore. More views of landing craft underway, and an F-4 firing rockets that explode in water along a shore. More Marines leaving the Coral Sea flight deck aboard UH-34D helicopters. More views of landing craft underway. An F-4 dropping bombs that explode on a shore. Marines rushing out of Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVTP-5s). Explosions on sand. View from inside LVTP-5 as Marines leave it for the beach. More explosions on sand. Views of LVTPs heading toward shore. Formations of Marine UH-34D helicopters landing and Marines starting to leave them. Aerial view of LVTPs reaching shore and Marines leaving them and assembling on shore. Flight of three F-4s in formation over the USS Coral Sea and then landing on her flight deck. (Note: Although scenes of bombing and amphibious assaults are shown, there is no evidence of enemy actions anywhere in this film, so such scenes likely involve training exercises or some other non-combat activities.)
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