German aircrews walk from their aircraft after returning from bombing mission during invasion of Poland, during World War 2. They join other aircrews sitting around a fire. Fuel trucks are busy servicing the bombers. Numerous Junkers Ju-52 bombers are seen parked on the field, and they are seen taking off continually in the background. View from airborne German bomber flying with dramatic clouds in background. Beneath clouds smoke from burning targets is seen.
Numerous German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers are seen taking off from an airfield, on bombing missions against targets in Warsaw, Poland, during invasion of Poland in World War 2. Ground crews load bombs aboard the aircraft. A Dornier D0-17 bomber is seen taking off. A Henkel He-111 is seen in flight. View of ground target from nose of the bomber. Smoke rising from burning targets on the ground. Narrator refers to Bzura River area (where Polish forces had launched a counterattack). The Confluence of the Rivers, Vistula and Narev, are seen and the Polish fortress of Modlin, as the bombers approach it. Fires and smoke are seen rising from the German bombing.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and were then rescued by American forces during World War 2. Private first class Ernest J. Koblos speaks about the work that he did at such camps. He says that he carried wood and worked at the airstrip in the Japanese prison camp. Marine Rufus W. Smith was captured during the attack on Corregidor also speaks about the life of soldiers at prison camp in Palawan.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch (a MIS-X officer) interviews American soldiers who had escaped from the Japanese 10-A prison camp in Palawan, Philippines, and had then been rescued. Private first class Albert D Pacheco and Edwin A Petry share their experiences before they reached the World War 2 Japanese prison camp at Puerta Princessa, Palawan and the conditions there. Petry describes the famous five days long death march to San Fernando, where war prisoners were not given any food.
United States Army Air Forces pilot fliesYR-4 Whirlaway helicopter duriing World War 2. He handles the control stick as instrument panel is seen. Helicopter lands in a grassy field. Helicopter in flight as pilot handles control stick. Whirlaway hovers over a crashed B-25J of the 83rd Bomb Squadron, 12th BG, in a grassy field.
U.S.Air Force pilot examines a crashed B-25 bomber in Burma, during World War 2. American pilot steps from Whirlaway helicopter, carrying a paint can and brush. He walks through deep grass, to a crashed B-25J Mitchell bomber, serial 43-3951 "Cornhusker" of the 83rd Bomb Squadron, 12th Bombardment Group. He climbs onto the B-25 and paints a large cross on one wing (visible from the air) to indicate that the crash has been reported and checked. He climbs into the cockpit, from the top, and removes instruments.
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