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.
Crew members on a U.S. battleship at sea in Pacific Theater during World War 2. Band of U.S. Navy crew members play musical instruments. Audience of crew members crowd around and enjoy the entertainment Two African American sailors put on dance exhibition.
U.S. Battleships at sea in Pacific Theater. The battleships Maryland, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, South Dakota move in column at the sea. They maneuver in a group of U.S. warships, including destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers. Aircraft are seen launching from the USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft carrier in the distance.
U.S. Capital ships practicing for the invasion of Tarawa in World War 2. A battleship fires her secondary battery of 5-inch/45 caliber (maybe USS Colorado, BB-45). Battleship, USS Maryland, BB-46, fires her main battery of 16-inch/45 caliber guns.
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