Soviet Air defenses in World War 2. Thumbnail of a barrage balloon superimposed on an animated illustration of a Soviet city. Various aircraft sensing devices plotted on the illustration. Animated view of German Heinkel He 111 bomber in flight. Illustrated Soviet industrial or military buildings with defense positions highlighted. View of Soviet citizens inside an air raid shelter. Women looking for food supplies. Men dressing in fire fighting uniforms. Animation of antiaircraft guns firing at a German airplane illuminated by searchlights.Citizens in shelters reacting to exploding bombs. They rush outside to render aid to injured and search for survivors. Ambulances respond. Workers begin cleanup.
Soviet information about coping with incendiary bombs during World War 2. Views of Soviet city under bombing attack. Spotters on roofs. Antiaircraft guns firing and searchlights illuminating attacking German airplane. Incendiary bombs fall in several places. A man picks on up and throws it outside on the grounds where it burns without damaging the building. Others shown coping with incendiary bombs. One person throws it into a tub of water with bad result. Citizens are advised not to use water on incendiary bombs. Men shown using a special fire extinguishers on incendiary bombs.One man throws a bomb into a furnace and closes the door.
Soviet Civil Defense primer illustrating civilian protection and post-bombing recovery, in World War 2. Soviet antiaircraft guns firing and searchlights combing the sky. Animated view of German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber illuminated by searchlights. Scene shifts to interior of a bomb shelter where women and men appear relaxed. Suddenly they all rise and don personal gas masks. Persons from outside being carefully admitted to a special shelter through an airtight door. They are examined as they enter. Some are medically treated. Outdoors, workers in protective gear sprinkle material on hazardous areas. Citizens are permitted out of a shelter, while still wearing their gas masks. Hazmat teams decontaminate areas outside using water and special chemicals. They wash building exteriors and dispense chemicals from a truck. Recovery workers reinforce a building containing a bomb shelter and then work rapidly to clear away debris from the shelter doorway. Workers in a steel mill resume normal wartime production.
Allied troops and equipment being loaded on ships in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers riding in landing craft as they position in the Harbor,Portland, England. Troops wave to the camera. U.S. Coast guardsman at the helm of a landing craft. Landing craft being hoisted aboard a transport ship. U.S. Army halftracks backing onto a Landing Craft Tank (LCT), alongside Stone pier,Castletown, Portland, England. One halftrack has some difficulty , but makes it OK.
Allied amphibious assault forces organizing in Portland Harbor, England, prior to the invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. trucks loaded with equipment and supplies, for the invasion force, being driven on a road. A group of soldiers stands at a side of the road. A vehicle loaded with supplies is driven past the soldiers. View from atop the Verne Citadel, Portland, of ships and invasion craft anchored in the harbor. several vessels moving about in the harbor.
Allied troops and equipment being loaded on landing craft for the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. A Landing craft tank (LCT) Number 153, with ramp down alongside Stone pier,Castletown, Portland, England. A halftrack backs onto the LCT. "That's all Brothern!" written on side of the halftrack. Soldiers aboard an LCT, watching vehicles load. "Berlin" and picture of girl with words "Ma-Cherie" written on side of the craft, which also displays and American flag and C-232. LCT 214 with her ramp down. Troops standing and waving from an LCT as her ramp is being raised.Several landing craft maneuvering in the harbor. View of a transport ship and a Coast Guard 83-foot cutter alongside.
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