Brief aerial view of 8200 block of Georgia Ave., Silver Spring MD. Pedestrians cross the street in front of the J.C. Penney Co. department store at 8650 Colesville Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910. A man parks his 1965 Chevy Bel Air station wagon in front of a building. Close up of keys left in ignition after parking car. An alley filled with trash in an urban slum neighborhood. Trash and a child's tricycle in a vacant lot. Policemen writing reports, papers, and complaints for record keeping. A policeman searches through index cards in the Type of Crime File case file cabinet. View of a Police Beat Location map color-coded according to level of police activity. A policeman uses a spot map. A bar chart depicting types of crimes committed from April to June. Police chief presents during a community group meeting. A man uses a typewriter. A policeman writes a report. Operator pressing a button on an early computer electronic data processing console controlling two IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Units. Policemen leave precinct on L Street in Washington D.C. precinct to begin their patrols. A policeman writes on his notebook while holding a card from the arrest index file. Policeman answers call. A police officer inside a grocery store. Policeman keeps writing notes in a ledger.
The Chindits, a Long Range Penetration Group of British and Indian soldiers, return to India from their ill fated mission cross the jungles of Assam and Burma during World War 2. A Chindit soldier pets a dog. Chindit soldiers take baths in small metal tubs. Mythical chinthe statues in Burma. Orde Wingate, British brigadier and leader of the Chindit units, speaks with military officials. Chindit column crosses a jungle. Chindit soldiers on boats on the Chindwin River the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy river. Chindit soldiers pushes small boat. One of the Chindit soldiers appears to be naked, and thus might be Wingate himself, given the Wingate was known to even greet visitors to his tent while naked. Chindit soldiers carry supplies in the jungle
Title card saying “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 Trick 3.1. 1944” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 trick 3.1.1944” in English). Animation demonstrating the parts- such as the engine (Triebwerk), tail unit (Leitwerk), wings (Tragflächen) and odometer (Wegmesser)- of a V-1 rocket, an early cruise missile developed in Germany during World War 2. Animation demonstrating cut away parts and the inside parts of a V-1 rocket in German.
French nurses of the French ambulance unit “Rochambeau”, a component of the De Gaullist Division, in Lessay, France during World War 2. French nurses roll out camouflage nets on the field in Normandy. Red Cross ambulances are parked nearby. Two French nurses roll camouflage nets together. A French nurse ties a roll of camouflage net on top of a truck. Two French nurses eat with their mess kits while sitting on the grass. A woman tries to spoon feed a toddler. A nurse gets the spoon from the woman and attempts to spoon feed the stubborn toddler.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviews coastal defense in Italy during World War 2. Map of Italy and neighboring countries (written in German). Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring reviews a coastal defense unit in Italy. General Kesselring salutes upon his arrival and walks. General Kesselring waves his baton while speaking. A young Wehrmacht soldier is introduced to General Kesselring. General Kesselring knocks the Stahlhelm helmet of a soldier. General Kesselring boards an SS staff car. Kesselring smiles as the car drives away. A soldier uses binoculars to observe the coast. A German soldier (wearing only white underwear) uses a field telephone. German soldiers (mostly underdressed) resting in a grove of trees. German soldiers prepare and clean artillery guns. Shirtless German soldiers eating grapes in Italy.
German prisoners are led out of Paris during Allied liberation of Paris during World War 2. M3 half-tracks roll into Paris as French citizens watch from sidewalks in front of the Hotel Scribe at 1 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France. M3 half-tracks carry Allied soldiers guarding captured German prisoners. Union Jack (United Kingdom) flags are hanging on buildings. German prisoners hold their hands up on board a half-track. Happy French men and women cheer and waving.
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