Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. P-47 Thunderbolt planes in flight over France. Aerial views of P-47 Thunderbolt aerial maneuver. Aerial views of Spitfire aerial maneuver.
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Combat missions of B-17 aircraft in France. B-17 stationary on USAAF airfield in England. Aerial cameraman operates 35mm Mitchell camera form waist window of B-17 in flight. Several views of fighter planes making pass at the B-17 plane with the camera. Tail gunner of B-17 plane firing. (World War II period).
General Strike in France. Closed shops in city. Pedestrians move on streets. Long line of people outside a store waiting to buy. A woman walks along street. Aux Galeries Lafayette building. Crowd at railroad station. Crowd demonstrates with signs and banners. People parade in streets as musicians play instruments.French men and women dance to music from several accordian players.
Adolf Hitler in a meeting with Philippe Petain in Montoire, and then with Francisco Franco in Hendaye France. Soldiers stand in lines. Philippe Petain gets out of a car in Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Pierre Laval beside him. Petain exchanging salutes with German officers. Cameramen take photographs. Petain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. Scene changes to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering relaxing and laughing as they ride in Hitler's train car. A sign reads Hendaye, the train's next stop. A bridge in view. A train arrives. 'Espana' written on train. A crowd gathered at the station. Adolf Hitler stands at the station and greets Francisco Franco. Both men walk on the station. Nazi flags hung. They board Hitler's train and pull dark curtain down over window of the meeting room on the train. (Opening slate states 1941, but that is incorrect. This event was October 24, 1940). (World War II period).
A French submarine which captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan Port in France. Sailors stand on the submarine. Flags raised on the submarine. The sailors talk to each other. A sailor holds a small sword in hand. Sailors smoke and read documents. Coastline in view. The sailors board a small boat.
French Navy crafts underway at sea in France. Sailors aboard the ship. Flag raised on the ship. Freighters underway. The ships hail neutral freighters. An officer looks through a pair of binoculars. The officers read documents. A map placed on the wall in the background. Two officers talk on the telephone. Men gather in a group. A harbor in view. French Navy seizes contraband goods.
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