Rescue operations after an attack on USS Liberty underway in the Mediterranean Sea during the Six Day Arab Israel conflict. USS Little Rock cruises past the starboard side of USS Liberty. A U.S. Navy UH-2A helicopter flies past USS liberty and over USS Little Rock. USS Little Rock underway at a slow speed. Another UH-2A helicopter flies over the two ships. The radar aboard USS Liberty rotates. USS Little Rock underway at sea. The fantail of USS Little Rock. USS Massey underway at sea.
World War 2 German flying aces, including Rudy Iinz, in leather flying jackets, greet one another during a gathering to celebrate Night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer's100th aerial victory during World War 2. Later, the flyers, now in Class A uniforms, are seen in closeups, congratulating Schnaufer. Closeup of Schnaufer in his class A uniform, wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, including diamonds (awarded on October 16th, 1944).
Film starts showing a camouflaged German Stug IV assault gun parked in front of a sidewalk and building in Southern France during World War 2. German soldiers are congregated on the sidewalk. Closeup of German SS (Schutzstaffel) officers huddled together looking at a map held by one of them. They all display the Death Head (totenkopf) insignia on their caps. Closeup of seated SS officers consulting a map. One wears insignia of SS-Storm Unit Leader (Sturmbannfuhrer). Scene shifts to German soldiers moving rapidly out of a village in a camouflaged Leopard I tanks and camouflaged (with foliage) "Kübelwagens." A camouflaged half track carrying supplies and towing an artillery piece is accompanied by several walking troops. Scene shifts to a soldier with surveying scope on tripod giving hand signals to assistant (unseen). German soldiers remove a rocket launcher (Nebelwerfer) hidden in trees at the edge of a field. View of several such launchers lined up in a battery at edge of forest. View of German infantry moving under cover and of a soldier crawling under a tank for protection. Change of scene shows several soldiers relaxing inside a dugout. Four soldiers share a single dish meal. A small hog is shown as a pet in a camp. Troops pet it. A soldier on a bicycle carries treats to one in a defensive position. Soldier with binoculars looks out on Normandy terrain comprised of mixed woodland and pasture (Bocage: also called Hedgerows by Americans in World War 2.) German soldier slogging through mud. A soldier calls to another who peers out from his well established dugout. Soldiers dressed in camouflage consult a map. German patrol sets out. One of the soldiers climbs a tree. Closeup of him climbing. Another soldier seen comfortably perched a tree with his weapon. Two patrolling soldiers run from cover of a tree, and make their way across a grassy plain. Officer looking through binoculars. Soldiers in grassy field stay down as explosions sound and smoke rises from shells striking in distance. Closeups of Several soldiers helping each other as they go through hip deep water in swampy part of grassy field. German artillery firing from established positions near a river. Several soldiers make their way from across the grassy field to join others in well established camouflaged defensive positions.
Square overlooking Danzig Town Hall (Długa 46, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland) is filled with flags and banners of Nazi Germany during World War 2. A crowd watches a Nazi marching band in the square. German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marches in the streets of Danzig holding their banner. The Nazi Wehrmacht infantry marches past the front of Danzig ( Gdansk ) Główny Central Train Station (Podwale Grodzkie 2, 80-895 Gdańsk, Poland). Rows of German soldiers neatly lined up as Zug (platoon) marches into place. Soldiers execute the Inspector Arms formation, showing their rifles. Saluting SS officials in Danzig. German soldiers standing in formation. SS generals walking by soldiers as they do the Nazi salute. A group of German soldiers standing with a Nazi banner displaying the words “Feldherrnhalle”, “Deutschland” and “Erwache” (“Feldherrnhalle. Germany Wake up”). Danzig town square filled with Nazi banners and Feldhernnhalle Wehrmacht soldiers standing in formation. “Feldherrnhalle” banner on display. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching. General performing the Nazi salute. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching in the Long Lane (Ulica Długa in Polish, Langgasse in German) leading to the Danzig Town Hall.
British Empire soldiers, sometimes referred to as "Tommies”, fire artillery in the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1. A BL 9.2 inch heavy howitzer fired by Canadian troops during the Battle of the Somme. Words written on gun mounting read, "I am the Hun's Father Christmas" A line of British British BL 8-inch Howitzers firing. Explosion in battlefield throws dirt into the air. British soldiers fire a 6 inch gun. A heavy gun, perhaps 8 inch, recoils on track after firing. Shirtless Australian soldiers wearing slouch hats fire artillery, including a BL 9.2-inch Howitzer. Shell hits and explodes under tree, causing it to fall. Captured German soldiers march. German prisoners eat fruit, receive bowls of soup from large kettles on the ground. German prisoners take showers in makeshift shower hut. British army doctor vaccinates a German POW. German prisoners of war rest together in a field.
Former Nazi German concentration camp victims and refugees arrive in New York City from Europe after World War 2. Refugees wave and cheer in excitement as the SS Marine Flasher approach New York City, with the Statue of Liberty and the New York City skyscrapers seen from the ship. Refugees waving from deck. A little girl standing beside two women waves in front of the camera. Relatives of refugees waving from harbor upon the ship’s arrival. From the ship, a woman tries to reach out her arm to her relative. Happy male refugees waving at the camera. Two Jewish women show cameramen and reporters their arms with tattoo entry numbers from Auschwitz Concentration Camp. A Jewish woman with child. Entry numbers tattooed in arms of two Jewish women. Polish Catholic priests previously imprisoned in Dachau Concentration Camp. A Jewish military chaplain poses with his Torah. An orphaned girl eats a bar of Hershey’s chocolate. Orphaned children and infants onboard. Mothers holding their babies. Refugees rush to hug relatives and friends upon disembarking. Man kisses a woman. An old woman kisses man on the cheeks. Two women hugging each other. Woman hugging her relatives during their reunion after World War 2.
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