View of Hitler's famous mountain Eagle’s Nest residence, the Berghof, in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. View of the snow covered Berghof as seen below the mountain. Snowcapped Bavarian Alps behind alpine trees. U.S. Army vehicles in front of the Platterhof Gasthaus, known as the General Walker Hotel after World War II, in Obersalzburg, Germany. Some vehicles come and go in front of the Platterhof Gasthaus. 101st Airborne Division soldiers perform a changing the guard ceremony. An officer inspects the troops.
147th Armored Signal Company of 7th Armored Division U.S. Army string wire along road from an M3 half-track in Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany during World War II. Soldiers stringing wire on the roadside from the moving half-track. The soldiers trail behind the half-track. A soldier grabs wire and climbs a local telephone post. A soldier from the ground lets go of the string before looking up, with a German boy behind him. Soldier adjusts wire on top of the telephone pole.
147th Armored Signal Company of 7th Armored Division troops utilize local telephone poles to string wires in in Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany during World War II. The soldiers string wire as they follow a half-track vehicle moving slowly on the road. Young German boys watch the American soldier climb up a local telephone pole. A woman watches the soldier from a window in the background. The soldier strings wires on top of the telephone pole. Cable spool turning as a soldier pulls out wire. The driver of the half-tracked vehicle sitting behind the wheel.
Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field, shortly before entry of the United States into World War 2.
Royal Canadian Air Force cadets arriving and in formation at Mitchel Field. Cadets examining P-40C aircrafts.
United States conducts nuclear test shot "Zuni" as part of Operation Redwing nuclear tests at the Pacific Proving Grounds. Bright flash appears due to the Zuni shot bomb blast, the first ever of a three-stage thermonuclear design. Huge fireball boils upward into the sky. Spots of fire in sky as darkness spreads. Zuni was a 3.5 Megaton Hydrogen bomb with 85% of its yield from fusion. This was a companion test to the "dirty" (87% fission) Tewa shot using the same bomb design.
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