Soldiers of the First Special Service Force (FSSF, also called the "Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) conduct a raid on an enemy German position in Anzio, Italy, during WW2. A soldier draws in the dirt using a stick, briefing the soldiers for the attack. The FSSF troops carry rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers (bazookas). The soldiers surround the German outpost and begin firing. Various close and medium angles of the soldiers firing rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, and a rifle grenade. The soldiers advance toward the enemy position. German prisoners of war (POW) walk on a road. A larger group of German prisoners stand and sit, idle. Close up of the prisoners' faces, one smokes a cigarette.
High aerial view of a railway marshalling yard (classification yard), many railroads extend outwards in all directions. Scnes taken from U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter aircraft. Scene changes to low aerial flight toward smoking train, aircraft strafes the German held railroad target. The aircraft makes multiple passes shelling the train. Another aircraft can be seen ahead, rising out of its low attack. Large black clouds of smoke rise from the destroyed train. From mounted gun camera footage of Lieutenant J. D. Riggs of the 357th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command.
Film camera man operates a large camera on a tripod. View of many seals on the German Coast, 1940, during WW2. Two men use shovels to dig a viewing position on the beach for their camera. Close up of seals swimming in the water. A cameraman lays on the shore, fully clothed, and imitates the movements and sounds of a seal in order to lure a seal for documentation. A baby seal approaches the man, who is rocking back and forth on the sand. Close up of the baby seal on the sand with the cameraman. Shot of a seal in the water. The small seal quickly scoots back toward the water and swims to a larger seal. The seals do turns in the water. Two cameraman operate their camera on a tripod in water up to their knees. Close up of a small seal nursing. Seal lays on the beach pawing its face and splaying out its body in the sun. Close up of the whiskered seal as it yawns and closes its eyes. From a Spanish newsreel.
A group of German boys and teenagers assist the war effort by helping on farms in 1940, during WW2. They walk along a field holding baskets and farming tools. A line of of boys on their knees work to harvest potatoes on a farm using digging forks. The boys, wearing civilian clothing, sing and whistle as they work. Close ups of boys raking the ground and picking the potatoes by hand, placing them into baskets. The boys walk through the field with full baskets and dump them into a larger pile of potatoes. From a Spanish newsreel.
A U.S. Air Force airman and a British man tour the airfield at the deserted RAF Molesworth Air Force Base in England, 1954, ten years after WW2. The two men climb a staircase and ladder to reach the top of the operations building, the windows of which are damaged. The American soldier, once on top of the building, raises his arm and points. Sweeping shots of the now grassy, unused airfield. Trucks and cars pass on a nearby road.
A U.S. Air Force soldier and an British man walk through the abandoned RAF Molesworth in England, 1954, ten years post-WW2. The two men walk through a grassy field toward old buildings, pointing occasionally. The two men approach a ruined building and the American inspects through a window before the two step inside. Close up of the American airman as he opens the old window and looks in. Various angles.
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