Completely destroyed buildings line a dirt road in Italy during World War 2. The general landscape is devastated. American troops and military vehicles are parked beside one section of the narrow road and infantrymen walk in a line along the road past the camera. Closeup of damaged building and steps. A young Italian boy walks past the camera, carrying a sack over his shoulder. Glimpse of a dead soldier next to a wall. A tracked construction vehicle with protected top and carrying a tow cable, moves along rubble strewn road towards area where soldiers are gathered near destroyed buildings. View of totally destroyed buildings.
Military vehicles carry antiaircraft artillery in United States, during World War II. Soldiers stand with antiaircraft artillery in a field. Animation shows the operations of the radar, fighter aviation and the antiaircraft artillery. The operation of short range aircraft units. P-47 fighter aircraft on the field. They take off. Soldiers in bunker with antiaircraft artillery target a plane. Houses in the background.
P-47 aircraft in flight over United States. U.S.Air Defense area operation board room and officers in the room. Men and women work to detect and locate the position of enemy aircraft. Fighters and antiaircraft artillery are coordinated in the Area Operations Center. Officer talks to a soldier through telephone. Antiaircraft artillery on the field. Soldiers stand nearby the artillery. Officer gives information to the soldiers on phone about the enemy positions. Long range radar in operation. Men and women display locations of enemy and friendly aircraft on the area board.
U.S. domestic air defenses in World War II. P-47 aircraft takeoff. Views inserted of German bombers in formation. U.S. soldiers come out of billets with guns in hands. They remove camouflage from antiaircraft guns and prepare to fire. P-47 aircraft in formation over a City. Inserted views of German bombers in formation, include a. formation of German Heinkel bombers. Inserted aerial dogfight scenes. An airplane crashes. Smoke arises due to the plane crash. Men and women detect the positions of the aircraft in the hall and inform soldiers about the aircraft. Soldiers fire according to the information. Soldiers fire at night with the help of search lights. Plane crashes.
German leader Adolf Hitler stands with members of his staff on a snow covered train station platform in Rastenburg, East Prussia (now Poland) during World War 2. A train arrives, with icicles clinging to its roof. Romanian military officers render traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes) from the train as it pulls into the station. Ion Antonescu, salutes with his Marshal's baton and exchanges greeting with Hitler. He is accompanied by Romanian Foreign Minister, Mihai Antonescu. The two exchange salutes and handshakes with members of Hitler's party. (Mihal gives Nazi salute, but Ion does not.) Hitler walks past and exchanges salutes group of Romanians accompanying Antonescu. (Hitler gives his Nazi salute, but the Romanian officers render traditional hand salute to forehead.) Change of scene, shows Nazi Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, escorting Marshal Ion Antonescu and Foreign Minister, Mihai Antonescu, up some stairs to a meeting room.
The Battleship USS Colorado, practicing for the invasion of Tarawa, during World War 2. Gunnery officer outside on a bridge walkway wearing headset and speaking into a microphone. The 16-inch/45 main guns of the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, seen rotating into starboard firing positions. The Colorado fires her 16 inch guns alternating turrets and barrels.
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