American entertainers in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Comedian Bob hope stands with a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in the background. Patty Thomas and singer Frances Langford smile and wave. Bob Hope shakes hands with island commander General Tenney. Italian-American comedian Jerry Colonna smiles. USAAF C-47 Skytrain aircraft in the background. A large number of people gathered around the entertainers. Enlisted men follow the entertainers. Bob Hope gets into a staff car. Frances Langford and Patti Thomas seated in a car as it pulls away.
American entertainers from USO in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War 2. Singer Frances Langford walks on a stage. Bob Hope hands over a microphone to Langford. She sings as music director Tony Romano plays a guitar in the background. Bob Hope and Frances Langford at the microphone. Patty Thomas dances on the stage to entertain U.S. soldiers. Comedian Jerry Colonna speaks into a microphone.
Film starts showing animated map of American forces driving East from France and British forces.including the 53rd Infantry Division, from Belgium toward the Rhein (Rhine) River in Germany. Allied infantry and armor gathering on a street in France. Closeups of some soldiers in berets mingling with American troops. Left shoulder of a soldier with Engineers patch. Another with white cross in white circle. American troops entering Bad Godesburg, where many white flags are displayed. An M4A3 Sherman tank moves along a street. "Adolf Schmitz" written on building in background U.S. infantry and armor moving through the town cautiously subject to lingering sniper fire. Views of signs identifying shops and commercial establishments in the town. U.S. soldiers silhouetted looking out of an upper story of a building where they are firing a machine gun towards a sniper's nest. German soldier surrendering and being searched briefly. A wounded person being carried on a litter by two civilian men, accompanied by a woman wearing a Red Cross armband. Scene shifts to road in countryside, clogged with long line of German prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard. Closeups of some of the prisoners and guards. Views of the Rhein river with many bridges destroyed by retreating German forces. Closeup of an American tank crew in their M4A3 Sherman tank. The Bridge at Remagen, with a sign on it reading: "Cross the Rhine with dry feet courtesy of the 9th ARMD Div." American soldiers guarding the bridge against air attack man an M33 twin mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. Another gun crew firing an M45 quad mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun at attacking German aircraft attempting to destroy the Remagen bridge. Another antiaircraft gun defending the bridge. View from some distance of bomb bursting near the bridge, raising a geyser of water. Back at the bridge, itself, American infantry and vehicles continue to pour across it. Closeups of some and of soldiers in the vehicles. An M4A3 Sherman tank completing the crossing and moving on the German side of the river. Infantry walking along the roadside.
Animated sequence shows flags of Allied forces advancing through France against German forces during World War 2. U.S. and Free French flags shown in South of France and British and Canadian to the North. Beyond the Seine River, German soldiers are seen watching the launch of V-1 buzz bombs against London. Aerial views of British armored units racing towards Brussels, Belgium. Local people wave and applaud them as they move through villages towards Brussels. Crowds greet them joyfully as they enter Brussels. American soldiers crossing fields and entering the boundaries of Germany. British soldiers (Tommies) being given drinks by Belgian man in Brussels. American soldier walking with another who is clowning around, wearing a top hat and carrying an umbrella. Line of surrendering German soldiers on bicycles. A German Army Division, of about 20 thousand soldiers marching along a road to surrender. Canadian troops advancing in the North, happen upon a deserted German "flying bomb" site. American P-51 fighters operating on a German airfield. African American U.S. Army troops setting up communications systems on poles. Allied troops being entertained by USO performer. British and American troops moving through Germany.
Activities of the U.S. paratroopers of 8th Division, 504th Airborne Regiment during Operation Fer De Lance in Pau, France. Men gathered on the field. Airplanes in flight overhead. Paratroopers preparing equipment for jump and loading into U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Germany. They board the airplanes. The airplanes in flight. Interior of the airplane. Paratroopers seated inside the airplane. Radar screen in the airplane. Pilot at controls of the airplane. Paratroopers jump from the airplane and descend towards the land with the help of parachutes in France.
The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) transporting to France during Battle of France of World War II. Artillery and vehicles being transported on ship at British harbor with the help of cranes. 'Jump on Berlin First Stop' written at the back of the vehicles. British Army troops march with their baggage. The British troops board a railroad train that departs from a railroad station in England. British soldiers wait on train station platform for the train to arrive.
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