A german soldier beside a 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti tank gun set up to command a road on the Eastern front in World War 2. German troops moving through Pripyat (Pripet) marshes in Ukraine. They slog through trenches containing several inches of water. They move into a wooded area.The ground is snow-covered. They carry rifles and hand grenades. One is seen carrying a StG-44 assault rifle.They all hit the ground and look alert. An officer looks ahead through binoculars. Soldiers in a trench fire a mortar. Its shells are seen striking target nearby. A large formation of German bombers, heading toward Soviet targets, is seen in flight overhead. A flight of German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers arrives to provide close air support, attacking Soviet positions nearby.
Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy, in uniform of an admiral, detrains and is greeted by Nazi German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and other German officers in World War 2. All of them walk into a room of the Schloss Klessheim, outside of Salzburg, Austria, to discuss the occupation of Hungary. View of Hungarian Ambassador Döme Sztojay. Group of Officers look at a document. Other dignitaries can be seen in the palace rooms.
View of a campaign map of Italy during World War 2 . Destruction of town of Cassino after Allied bombings. Street sign of Cassino is shown. German soldiers ride motorcycle with side car. German sign warns of enemy and indicates to proceed without lights. General Albert Kesselring confers with German troops in streets of Cassino. German sign warns against parking due to artillery fire. United States Army Air Force bombers drop bombs over the city. German troops take cover in remains of destroyed buildings. Artillery fire starts. Military tanks on the streets. Views of heavy blasts and huge clouds of smoke rise in streets. American General Mark Clark seen in tank and British and American allied troops seen firing artillery and small arms, and battling building-to-building against German forces in Cassino.
2nd Lieutenant Van T Barfoot salutes and pose for the photographers. Lieutenant General Alexander McCarrell Patch, CG 7th Unites States Army decorates Second Lieutenant Van T Barfoot serving 157th Infantry, 45th Division of U.S. with Congressional Medal of Honor and they salute each other. Van T Barfoot shake hands with his infantry soldiers . Soldiers of 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division can be seen in background. Distant view of the ceremony. (World War II period).
Distant view of Notre Dame church in Saint Lo (2 Rue Carnot, 50000 Saint-Lô, France) after Allied bombings of World War II. One tower of Notre Dame church blown off by artillery fire. CIC patrol on outskirts of St Lo. Patrol men consult a map. Three soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division take shelter behind a wall. Another soldier looks over city through binoculars.
Titan II ICBM takes off on a flight in South Atlantic with camera on 2nd stage. Camera makes film of stage separation of the 1st stage above earth, as Titan II speeds at 17000 miles per hour. Camera helps earthlings to get a view of what astronauts will be seeing when the NASA Gemini Space Vehicle is launched.
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