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Various historic aircraft, and a map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.
History and development of aviation in the United States and elsewhere in the world in the early 20th century.Ground crew fueling a German made Fokker T-2 airplane from gasoline cans. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready, in 1923, standing by their Fokker T-2 aircraft, upon which is painted: "Army Air Services, Non Stop, Coast to Coast." Fokker T-2 airplane taking off. Army officers looking at several biplanes parked, without propellers. A JN-4H (Jenny) airplane in flight. American military engineers or Seabees building an airfield in the Pacific during World War 2. B-25 aircraft sits in middle of construction activity. Crew under a C-47 in snow in the Arctic. A map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.
Free French tank crew removing casualties from one of their Sherman tanks during World War II
French tank crew of the Free French Forces, leave their M4A2 Sherman tank to inspect another that has been knocked out. Both tanks display the logo of French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée, 2e DB), commanded by General Philippe Leclerc. The destroyed one belongs to the 501ème Régiment de Chars de Combat (501st RCC 3eC) and was knocked out, probably by an 88mm anti-tank shell, on August 13, 1944 in Ecouves forest. Closeups of huge holes penetrating the turret of the tank. The other tank's crew members begin recovering bodies of dead from the stricken tank, which has the name "l'Ourcq" stenciled on its side. They remove the body of one dead soldier and place it on a blanket. They also remove the headless body of another from the tank. (Note: Reportedly, the destroyed tank was number 420583.)
Film juxtaposing German defeat in World War 1, with its defeat in World War II, and comparative postwar impacts.
Film begins stressing the historic aggressive military traditions of Germany. A brief view of thousands of Adolf Hitler's Nazi troopers assembled in dramatic formation at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany. Explosion of the Nazi eagle, with swastika symbol, atop the Zeppelintribüne grandstand at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg, being blown up by U.S. Army soldiers at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Germans celebrating the armistice ending World War One. German soldiers captured, in unconditional surrender, ending World War Two. Huge open field filled with defeated German soldiers in the second world war. German armies parading through Berlin at the end of World War One. American troops occupying the entire country of Germany after the second world war. A Nazi eagle being destroyed on a German government building at end of the second world war. Old photograph of the German general staff, led by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, that was still intact, after World War I. In contrast, after World War 2, the entire Nazi military was held and subject to trials at Nuremberg. Großadmiral Erich Raeder seen being taken in custody. Closeup of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. German industry unimpaired by World War I, contrasted with utter destruction in the second world war. American officer coordinating resumed operation of of a postwar plant. View of German diplomats remaining in office after WWI. Proclamation barring Nazi party members from all offices after WWII. German Kaiser Wilhelm II in peaceful exile in Holland after the first world war. A Nazi officer war criminal, is taken in custody by American Military Policemen, and executed by a firing squad. World War 1 did not affect German schools and curriculums. After World War 2 all Nazi doctrines were destroyed. New text books and curriculums were prepared by the Allies for German use. Map shows small area of post World War 1 occupation, in contrast the the entire Germany after WWII. Weimar Republic government, post WWI is contrasted with post World War 2 government by the Allied military powers. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and French General Charles de Gaulle, are shown. Views of American soldiers interacting with German citizens during their occupation of Germany. Images of Germans: Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm. Views of German farmer sowing seed, postman delivering mail, policemen escorting children. Normal activities resumed in Germany, in areas of culture such as orchestral concerts, etc.
Russian forces resisting German invasion during Operation Barbarossa in World War II
Opening scene shows Soviet infantry moving across a field, near a parked, heavily camouflaged Soviet T-28 medium tank. during World War 2. Closeup of T-28 tank covered in straw, and another in the open in the field in the background. Several views of Soviet heavy artillery firing from camouflaged positions in woods. heavily camouflaged Soviet army trucks moving along a road. Closeup of a wide track Soviet assault tank with offset gun, passing on the road. Soviet soldiers unloading boxes of ammunition. Four Soviet aviators conversing. Airmen loading bombs aboard a Soviet aircraft. Soviet pilots confer before start of mission. They then proceed to their aircraft. One climbs into open cockpit of a Polikarpov I-16 fighter aircraft. A Tupolev SB-2 Katyushka bomber taking off on a grassy field. Closeup of soviet pilot in open cockpit of a MiG-1 fighter plane. Various views of two MiG-1 aircraft with engine running, as they taxis out and take off. View from ground of the two aircraft in flight overhead. A Soviet soldier with binoculars spotting aircraft overhead. Views from aircraft dropping bombs. View from ground of bombs bursting , raising huge clouds. Glimpse, again, of spotter with binoculars. smoke rising from crashed aircraft. Closeup of remains of destroyed German airplane. Aerial view of a Petlyakov Pe-8 bomber dropping bombs on an enemy held airfield. Closeup of gloved hand of pilot in cockpit, releasing bombs. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as bombs fall. Explosions ans smoke from exploding bombs. Fighter planes inflight overhead. Black smoke rising from crashed burning German airplane. Several crashed German planes. Camera pans over wreckage. Body of a German aviator lies on ground next to one wreck. Soviet soldiers examine wreckage and remove parts from some planes. Two stubby Polikarpov I-153 biwing aircraft taxiing across a field. Pilots climbing out of their cockpits. Pilot sliding down the wing of a Tupolev SB-2 Katyushka aircraft. Another SB-2 shuts engines down and a bemedaled Hero of the Soviet Union pilot climbs down from the cockpit and embraces a wounded aviator standing nearby. Scene shifts to German prisoners of war being escorted by armed Soviet soldiers. German prisoners being processed at a camp. A truckload of German prisoners, some ambulatory wounded, are brought to a processing camp. Closeups of several in prison camp.
French General, Philippe Leclerc consulting with staff in the Montparnasse, Paris, train station,during World War II
Two civilians and two soldiers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the train station at Montparnasse, Paris (Gare de Montparnasse) during World War 2 liberation of Paris. A remnant of former German occupation is a sign (in German) indicating it is for the German Army and contains the office of the train station guard officer. The French tricolor is displayed on the front of the building. Through the large glass window of the station, several men are seen huddled around a table inside. Camera moves inside, showing General Philippe Leclerc commander of the Free French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée,2e DB, aka La Division Leclerc). He is reviewing tactical maps with officers of his staff. After a glimpse of a train on a track behind them, the camera returns to Leclerc and his officers, and then pans upward to the train station clock reading 12:47.
Montage of scenes from Russian offensive toward Warsaw, Poland, on Eastern Front in World War II
Soviet forces East of the Vistula River, attack Praga district, on eastern outskirts of Warsaw, Poland on their way to the city of Warsaw, during World War 2. View of Soviet Colonel-General Vasily Kazakov and his staff studying charts of the area. Nighttime view of Soviet artillery and rocket fire. Fires blazing and knocked out German tanks. Formation of Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik aircraft in flight. Bombs exploding on the ground. Anti-aircraft guns firing. A nearby explosion raising a huge amount of earth into the air. IS-2 / JS-2 (Josef Stalin) heavy tanks moving across smoke-filled terrain amidst explosions from German shells. Soviets operating captured German Panther tanks. Soviet infantry moving past barbed wire and attacking on the ground. Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky (wearing large Marshal's star) and accompanied by a Lieutenant-general (two-star) is seen conversing with Colonel-General Vasily Kazakov at the local Soviet headquarters. Closeup of Marshal Rokossovsky, smoking a cigar in a holder. View of distance smoke rising from town. Scene shifts to Soviet armor and machine gunners engaged in urban building-to-building battles. Armor and infantry elements of the First Polish Army (Berling's) operating with the Soviets, are seen entering the Praga district of Warsaw, as liberated citizens cheer them.
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