World War II British Hawker Hurricane aircraft in flight over Malta. British lookout atop building peering through binoculars. Enemy aircraft spotter on lookout speaks into microphone. Air raid flag being hoisted to masthead. Siren atop building starts spinning. British Tommy operating portable hand siren. Maltese residents running for an air raid shelter. Lookout firing pistol in air. British soldiers running to anti-aircraft gun stations. Women and children enter shelter. British pilots scramble and are seen running to and getting into Spitfire airplanes. British soldiers operate an antiaircraft gun and fire at incoming German Luftwaffe aircraft. Maltese peasants stopping work in field and watching the attacking planes. Anti-aircraft guns in action. German planes attacking and dropping bombs on British-held targets in Malta. Junkers 88 streaks across sky as Spitfires dive after it. Anti-aircraft batteries firing. Aerial scene of flak and dogfights showing German Junkers 88 aircraft being hit, falling to ground and exploding. British bobby (police officer) wounded in air raid shelter. Women and children in shelter. Bomb hits. Scenes of fire and smoke. Civilians leave shelter.
Major Howard "Deacon" Hively, of Athens OH, 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group (formerly Eagle Squadron) in cockpit of P-51 aircraft at Debden Air Base, England, during World War II. Crew chief helps with his shoulder harness. Pilot waves and closes canopy. Captain Sheldon.W. Monroe, of Waycross, Georgia, talking to crew chief, S/Sgt Paul Fox, sitting on nose of P-51, as he performs maintenance. (Note: Captain Monroe was reportedly killed in action in 1951, during the Korean War.).
Admiral Jean Francois Darlan in younger days in North Africa during World War II. Darlan presenting arms at ceremony. Darlan receiving award. French sailors at attention. Officer kissing Darlan as part of ceremony. Charles de Gaulle reviewing Free French Troops. De Gaulle addressing troops. De Gaulle presenting awards.
Scene of the city of Oran in Algeria in World War II. View of a church in Oran, Algeria. Scene of General Nogues and an American General. French mounted troops. General Nogues and the American General passing in front of cavalry. General Nogues and the American general placing wreath on graves. General Nogues and the American saluting. Rows of French and American graves.
French recruits coming out of building in Oran, Algeria in World War II. Faces of recruits. French troops with fezzes at attention. French troops practicing manual of arms. French troops being inspected by officers. French officer inspecting machete of African trooper. African trooper testing edge of blade.
Italian troops outside Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union, during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. General Galbiati accompanied by General Viktor Lutze, Sturmabteilung ("SA") Chief, arrives at airfield near the front where he meets General Gariboldi, Commander in Chief of the Italian Expeditionary Force. General Galbiati in inspection of the troops. Italian officers inspect trenches and walk in them, and review Italian soldiers and artillery equipment.
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