Soviet forces break through German lines on Eastern front during Vistula-Oder Offensive of World War II. An animated map with arrows showing Soviet forces attacks against German forces in region from Warsaw and 100km South, to Radom. Soviet artillery and rocket batteries firing during battle. Aerial view of a formation of Soviet Ilyushin II-2 Sturmovik aircraft in flight. Bomb explosions and smoke shrouded battlefield. Soviet artillery fired. Views of burning buildings. Dead German soldiers on the ground and wrecked German artillery. Soviet tanks and infantry advance through dense smoke. Heavy Soviet guns fire; views of resulting explosions in distance. Soviet and Polish soldiers embrace in front of Polish National flag. Close-up views of solemn faces of Soviet and Polish soldiers during a flag ceremony. Polish soldier salutes the flag with two-finger salute.
Wreckage and ruined buildings in Warsaw, Poland following liberation of the city by Soviet forces in World War 2. Destroyed Warsaw streets with damaged buildings. Rubble and devastation everywhere. Damaged churches. A sign "Adolph Hitler Platz". A wrecked streetcar in foreground. A sign in German on a trolley car. Views of damaged monuments. Rubble everywhere. Polish natives. Warsaw inhabitants walking back to their ruined city. A Russian soldier embraces a young woman. Soviet Army color guard march through crowds in Warsaw. View of a Polish Army officer. The cheering crowd. A Polish girl in the crowd. Red army troops pass through the crowds. Ruined buildings in background destroyed by Nazi German forces. Soviet Russian planes fly over the city.
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter aircraft, from Squadron VF-12, with the number 59 painted on its fuselage, bursts into flames during landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Randolph (CV-15), in the Pacific near Okinawa. The F6F, piloted by Ensign Lowell Rund, experienced engine problems soon after takeoff and returned to the Randolph. As his F6F snags an arresting cable on the deck of the carrier, his centerline drop tank shackles fail and the 150 gallon fuel tank flies forward into the propeller, bursting into flames that engulf the aircraft. F6F-5 number 58, from the same squadron, gets caught in flames sweeping part of the flight deck of the Randolph. Firefighters carrying hose, respond. Other fire on flight deck seen in the background. They successfully rescue the pilot of number 58, who is seen on deck, as crew members help him remove his flight gear. (Not shown: Ensign Lowell Rund of number 59 was also rescued. He suffered third degree burns on his face and arms.) (World War II period).
A momentary glimpse (only two seconds) of a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber, in flight.
Scenes of Manhattan streets, on a Saturday morning, right after a U.S. Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York City. Smoke billows from the building. At the site of the crash, firemen are dousing the smoldering ruins with water.
U.S. Army Air Force Major General Curtis Lemay, a civilian, and a four-star Air Force General (Barney McKinney Giles?) check their watches as they wait to formally accept the one thousandth B-29 aircraft from the Boeing Wichita, Kansas manufacturing plant during World War 2. Many persons from news media are seen with microphones set up at edge of ramp. Large crowd is gathered but only the edge of crowd is seen. The awaited B-29 taxis slowly toward the assembly after production completion and parks with engines running.
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