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British RAF bombers of No 2 Group bomb the Philips Electrical works at German-occupied Eindhoven, Holland, during World War II.
Film starts wirh slate reading: "R.A.F. Blasts Holland." At an Royal Air Force (RAF) base in England, United Kingdom, ground crewmen work on a British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. Closeup of RAF pilot in cockpit of an airplane. Closeups showing fires burning and severe destruction of the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, the Netherlands, in aerial photographs taken during a bombing attack by RAF 2 Group, on December 6, 1942. Animated map illustrates the flight path of the attacking bombers from England, across the North Sea and the German occupied Holland, to Endoven. View of a de Havilland Mosquito bomber with propellers turning and then one of a Mosquito bomber in flight overhead. View from a warship of several RAF 2 Group aircraft flying low over the North sea. Glimpse of a Mosquito bomber flying low enough to affect the ocean surface. View from another aircraft in the formation, of a Mosquito bomber underway low over the water. View of a pilot in a cockpit, wearing learher helmet with earphones and an oxygen mask. View from aircraft approaching the coast of Holland, with two others already low above the mainland. More views of the bombers flying extremely low over Holland. View from a bomber showing agricultural land and the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, dead ahead. German flak guns fire and the bombers return fire by strafing the target building. The camera aircraft pulls up climb above the building and maneuvers over a river and city. Scene shifts to views from a high altitude group of RAF 2 Group, over the target. Views of their bombs bursting on target complex, causing fires and heavy smoke. Scene shifts, again to the bomber aircraft recovering at their home base in England. (Narrator states that 12 aircraft did not make it back.) View of a mosquito bomber crash landed. A severely damaged Lockheed PV-1 Ventura bomber. A crash landed Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber. Air crews conversing after arriving back from the mission. (Note: Losses to 2 Group were heavy, with 14 aircraft brought down by flak and enemy fighters, a 20% loss rate. Three more aircraft crash-landed on returning to England. Fifty-seven aircraft had been damaged and needed repairs.)
An official at the University of Valley faculty o Medicine speaks in Candelaria, Colombia.
A film about the health programs for people in Candelaria, Colombia. A sign in Spanish reads ' Universidad Del Valle Facultad de Medicina'. An official seated at a desk speaks about the public health system. A chart depicts the health system. Girls undergoing nurses training carry their baggage. A female medic speaks to a local woman.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff pose for a group photo with Secretary Robert McNamara in Nebraska,United States.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Ramp rolls up to an aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L Gilpatric and General Lemnitzer alight. The officials get in staff cars and drive away. U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff gathered in the SAC's operations map room for a group picture. The officers include Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps General David M Shoup, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Chief of U.S. Army General Lemnitzer, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary Gilpatric, U.S. Army General George H Decker, Chief of Staff and Chief of U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Air Defense General Lawrence S Kuter, Admiral Harry D Felt Commander of Pacific Command, General Thomas S Power, Admiral R L Dennison Commander of the Atlantic Command, Air Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander General Samuel E Anderson, Commander of Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Admiral Harold P Smith, Commander of USS TRICOM General Paul De Witt Adams, U.S. Army Commander of the Caribbean region Lieutenant General Andrew P O'Mera.
U.S. Navy F2B-1 aircraft perform various stunts while in flight during Cleveland National air races in Ohio.
Cleveland National air races in Cleveland, Ohio. Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh walk out from under the grandstand with civilians. Mrs. Lindbergh gets into the rear of a De Havilland DH-60 aircraft as Colonel Lindbergh spins the propellers. Aircraft takes off. Six U.S. Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight as they are tied together with pieces of rope. Aircraft land together. Three Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight close together. The middle aircraft executes a 180 degree right wing over and flies upside down and then completes a roll. A Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight and executes several 360 degree rolls. Colonel Lindbergh stands with two other pilots.
D-Day in World War II. British and American forces landing on Normandy beaches, and fighting their way inland.
D-Day invasion of France by Allied Force during World War 2. American troops wade ashore from landing crafts at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Wounded huddle together on Omaha Beach. Allied troops care for wounded on litters at the beach. Fallen American soldiers covered and lying on beach next to a dozen captured German prisoners of war. Allied ship burning offshore. Reinforcements coming from other beaches and from more landing craft. Troops wading ashore from landing craft.German soldiers firing rifles and mortars.Crashed glider."Screaming Eagle" insignia of 101st airborne Division on sleeve of paratrooper.German reinforcements of armor and infantry arriving from Berlin.British infantry leaving landing craft on another Normandy beach. They move rapidly off the beach and then fight their way inland, crawling at times.British artillery support firing. The steeple of a church falling to shellfire.British General Bernard Montgomery jumping down from an amphibious vehicle at a beach in Normandy. Allied troops riding armored vehicles into a French town. U.S. Air Forces P-38 fighters in flight overhead.Formation of British aircraft. Closeup of British De Havilland Mosquito bomber. Allied aircraft in close support, strafing German ships, flak towers, and fortifications. British Hawker Typhoon aircraft in action..
Allied Forces advance and French Army takes Paris in World War II.
Animated map shows Amercan forces advancing toward Paris. Views of German troops disorganized and making their way indivually among burning and destroyed military tanks and vehicles. A U.S. colonel confers with U.S. Armored unit officers, using hood of jeep as a table. U.S. Sherman tanks and tank destroyers moving along dirt roads toward Paris, at high speed and passing beyond the Orleans region.They move rapidly through groups of cheering French citizens in a French town. American armored units moving to bypass Paris. U.S. Army Air Force airplanes dropping maps to the armored units by parachute, because they were moving too fast to be supplied by ground. French forces,armed with American tanks, vehicles, and arms, are ordered to advance and take Paris. As they proceed, U.S. Army Air Forces support them from the air. Formations of P-51 fighter and B-26 bombers are seen.The French forces advance at rate of 25km per day. They are joyously welcomed as they pass through French towns on their way. Scenes of Paris. Local residents in line at a shop. German are seen beginning to leave Paris. A line of horse-drawn wagons is seen in the street. On August 14, 1944, Paris Police went on strike. They are seen drawn up in formation. August 15, 1944, the Gestapo left Paris. French citizens and police open fire on German Army vehicle.Parisians begin to hang the tricolor from their windows.French resistance fighters seen running in streets of paris and firing weapons. A doctor and several nurses run for cover. Parisians begin to fill the streets as elements of the French Army enter Paris.General Charles de Gaulle walking along a street in Paris.
