Views from a B-17 of U.S. 8th Air Force on its way back to England, after bombing mission over Germany during World War 2. The formation of B-17s is attacked by German FW-190s and ME-110 fighter planes. B-17 gunners shoot one down. They shoot down two more FW-190s and then an ME-110, which explodes in a ball of fire. An attacking German FW-190 is suddenly intercepted by a British Spitfire over the British Channel, and retreats. Seeing this, crew members in one B-17 begin to sing "Goodnight Sweetheart." Among the B-17s shown in flight, is B-17F, Serial Number 41-24635 (named:"8 Ball Mk II") of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, stationed at RAF Station Molesworth, England. A rainbow is seen as the returning B-17s begin landing at their home base. Two airmen are seen walking together in their flight gear, across a field.
Clip opens with brief World War I scene, circa 1917, of new American army recruits receiving army uniforms being issued by a U.S. Army Quartermaster. Clip then covers U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps' combat operations in various Theaters of Operations during World War II. Quartermaster Corps soldiers with rifles under the cover of a military truck during battle. Troops in trucks. An aircraft in low flight over a field. A U.S. Army truck. A Quartermaster fires an anti aircraft gun. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A British tank in a field. Soldiers beside a truck. Cans and barrels stacked on the ground. An enemy German tank in a field. Soldiers take cover. Quartermasters with guns in a trench. They come up the trench in prone positions. Dramatized battle scene with several Quartermaster corps casualties beside a wire fence. Soldiers prepare a mortar gun. An anti aircraft gun on an army truck. A soldier takes aim and fires a rifle during training. The Quartermaster flag hoisted on a pole. Actual footage shows aerial view of Bataan, and then ground views of groups of remaining U.S. Army soldiers around time of surrender of Bataan in April 1942. American soldier seen with their hands up and under guard of Japanese soldiers during Bataan surrender. Landing crafts arrive at a beach in North Africa. Supplies being offloaded at various battle fronts of World War 2. Soldiers and supplies off-loaded on the beach. Quartermasters seated on supplies boxes. Landing crafts arrive at a beach in the South West Pacific. Troops move across the beach. Troops disembark from landing crafts and move across a beach in Sicily, Italy. The Quartermasters unload boxes of supplies during various beach landings. They unload supplies and fire artillery on a beach head in Italy. Troops in trucks. A convoy of trucks loaded with supplies. Ammunition, ration and personnel in trucks move from Algeria to the front in Tunisia. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Trucks advance through smoke at night and in difficult conditions. Quartermaster General Major General E. B. Gregory speaks about the Quartermaster Corps. He says that the Quartermasters distribute goods to the army during training and combat. The movement of the Corps should be so regulated so as to deliver the goods at the right time in the right quantity.
Repair of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in Washington DC, United States. Aerial view of the Washington Monument. A scaffolding around the monument during the repair work. Several views of the scaffolding. A man at work seated beside the scaffolding on the monument. Aerial view of the construction material near the monument. View of buildings through the scaffolding of the monument. Men at work on the scaffolding. The U.S. flag on the top of the scaffolding. The Washington Monument after completion of the work.
Preparations for naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War 2. Italian fighter Reggiane Re 2000 Falco aircraft taxi on an airfield. Bombs on the airfield. Italian ground crew place a camera in the wing of a Navy S79 trimotor bomber, that then taxis and takes off from airfield at Trapani. Italian crews board MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) at a Sicilian harbor. The MASs pull away from the harbor. Crew members aboard the MASs heading out to attack British convoys in the Strait of Sicily. An Italian submarine submerging.
United States troops battle German soldiers in Salerno, Italy during World War 2 invasion of Italy. U.S. soldiers advance along a street and fire at German positions. U.S. troops fire mortars. Smoke rises from shell explosions. Italian civilians cheer as U.S. troops enter Naples. Food and drinking water is distributed by U.S. troops to Italian citizens including women and children. Smoke rises from exploding German mines in Naples several days after liberation. A wounded civilian sitting at a sidewalk. Wounded soldiers and civilians are treated by U.S. medics. U.S. Army engineers walk through rubble from bombing in the Italian city. View of Combat Infantry Rifle Badge of the U.S. Army.
Tank support for U.S. 90th Division, 359th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company F infantrymen near St. Jores, France during World War II. An aid man attends to a wounded U.S. soldier. A platoon moves cautiously along hedgerows firing M-1 Garand rifles and BARs (Browning Automatic Rifles) and rifle grenades. A tank fires, giving cover to the infantrymen.
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