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British soldiers with guns at beaches and soldiers check identity of people in England during World War II.
Aerial view of buildings and beaches on coast of England, United Kingdom, during World War 2. Narrator describes preparations by British soldiers for an invasion of England by German forces. British soldiers train for defensive operations. They run holding rifles and take up positions along the coast. Artillery gun barrel as the gun is fired. A group of soldiers run carrying guns. Two soldiers walk. A church and a field. A soldier checks the identity of a woman and a man. Another one stops a vehicle and checks the identity of a civilian driver. Soldiers board vehicles. British aircraft overhead in flight, on patrol against German attack. British troops hold guns and march. New recruits are processed: Man in civilian suit stands in queue to receive military uniform and equipment as he enters the British armed forces. A ship carrying troops from Canada departs its home port bound for the war front. Families of the troops wave from dock and wish them good bye.
Story of Manhattan Project. Plutonium generated and separated at University of California. Manhattan project undertaken.
Story Camp Hanford during the Manhattan Project in World War II. Scenes of Dr. Glenn Seaborg and colleagues: Arthur Wall, Edward McMillan, and Emilio Segre, who generated and isolated Plutonium at University of California in 1941 A sign on a container reads 'First Pure 94 (239) isolated from chain reaction source'. A model of the atomic pile under the stadium at the University of Chicago, where Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist, demonstrated controlled nuclear fission, on December 2, 1942. A map shows various sites chosen for Manhattan Engineer's District. Views of desert in Southeast Washington State. The Columbia River, for cooling. Electrical towers for power supply. An aerial view of project buildings in Hanford. Construction workers selected for the project in Hanford. Construction sites. Trailer houses for the workers. An aerial view of the plant ready for operation. Inserted view of Camp Hanford abandoned, in later years.
The invasion and siege of Warsaw, Poland by German forces during World War II
The German viewpoint of events during the Polish Campaign in Warsaw, Poland, during World War 2. Ostensibly to spare Warsaw from destruction, German radio operator soldiers wearing headphones, in a mobile communications center, issue an ultimatum from the German High Command, to the Commander of the city of Warsaw, demanding capitulation of defending forces within 12 hours. A German Junkers Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft parked at a small airport. The aircraft takes off (to disperse handbills with this message.) A German Dornier DO-17 bomber takes off. Next, a German checkpoint is seen clogged with vehicles amd persons attempting to leave the city. Narrator states that only 870 members of the Diplomatic Corps and 1200 foreigners elected to leave. They are seen departing along a road set aside for that purpose by the German High Command. German officers supervise their departure. One, carrying Japanese envoys or diplomatic delegation, bears a large Japanese flag on its roof. Next, the siege of Warsaw begins, with German gunners loading and firing a 305mm siege mortar. They take refuge in a trench behind the weapon when it fires. Other German field artillery firing, including a 75mm field piece, a 15 cm sfh18 german heavy field howitzer and others not seen. German gunners using periscopic range finding equipment and looking through binoculars to direct artillery. A freight train hit by gunfire. More German 15cm sFH 18 guns firing. German troops watching the artillery barrages from a trench. Smoke rising in distance. More sfh18s firing. Smoke clouds forming above the city. Adolf Hitler observing the artillery siege through periscopic binoculars. Tops of the heads of his officer entourage (their uniform caps) as they crowd around Hitler. More smoke rising as the artillery barrages continue. Adolf Hitler holding binoculars as he stands in the company of army officers. He, and they, look up at sound of aircraft overhead. View of Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers low overhead. Aerial view of smoke on ground and formed into billowing clouds above the city. View from cockpit of observation plane, of smoke rising from Warsaw citadel.
The City of Warsaw capitulates, ending Poland's resistance to German invasion during World War II
Film begins showing German General Johannes Blaskowitz strolling along a street in Warsaw, Poland during World War 2, to meet a Polish Officer, authorized to surrender Warsaw to the invading Germans. The exchange regular military salutes. The Polish officer contingent stands in front of a large bus, that they enter along with the German officer contingent. View of the bus parked in a yard, guarded by German soldiers. View through windows of the bus, of negotiators sitting opposite one another inside. They consult a map and make markings on it. At the conclusion of their consultations, the parties leave the bus. View of dense smoke rising in the background. Long distance view of German soldiers (looking like ants) along the banks of the Vistula River. Closer view of German infantry entering Warsaw, past destroyed barricades. Destroyed Polish military equipment piled up at the side of the road. Polish street cars overturned across several streets to hinder German invaders. German troops entering Warsaw with horse-drawn wagons pulling artillery pieces. German soldiers in military vehicles drive past piles of destroyed military hardware.
New German soldier Volkssturm recruits and conscripts pledge allegiance to their country and Hitler, and receive their rifles.
A new German army unit in uniform is assembled in a large hall, late in World War 2 (January 1945), comprised of Volkssturm ("people's army") conscripts (mostly youth and elderly). Rifles are stacked in the foreground. A German officer at a podium gives a speech. The soldiers raise their hands and pledge allegiance to their country and leader (Hitler). The hand of a soldier on the German flag. The rifles are distributed to the individual Volkssturm soldiers.
German units repulse attack of Soviet Offensive in Latvia, Estonia, during World War II on Eastern Front.
German forces repulse attack during Soviet Riga Offensive Operation in Latvia, Estonia, in World War 2. A map shows German-Soviet front around city of Riga, on Eastern Front.. German units repulse a Soviet attack, using artillery, Nebelwerfer rockets, tank destroyers and infantry with Panzerfaust antitank weapons. Medium shot of soldier firing Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon.
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