A road flanked by trees on either side in Aachen, Germany during World War 2. The destroyed city. Sign reads 'Aachen Rothe Erde.' Destroyed buildings. Rubble and ruins all around. War correspondents walks through the city ruins. A correspondent with a camera on a street. Officers and soldiers talk, laugh, smoke and drink.
View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker.
Views from a moving vehicle driving on streets of Berlin, Germany, right after end of hostilities, in World War 2. Extreme damage and destruction of buildings from Allied bombing is evident. Scene is dominated by hollow shells of buildings without roofs. A modern apartment house with no windows and only its facade partially intact. A damaged, but still standing, government building. German civilians engaged in cleanup and rebuilding.
A gathering in Kansas City to welcome General Dwight Eisenhower back to the United States after World War 2. Officers and soldiers seated during the ceremony. General Eisenhower addresses the gathering.
United States soldiers demonstrate individual concealment and camouflage during World War 2. A soldier walking in the forest. He stands and surveys the surroundings. He is hot. Soldier during individual concealment at the bivouac area. A soldier camouflages his helmet. He places a strong rubber band around the helmet and hooks it in place. He sticks leaves and a few branches into the rubber band. The supervising officer corrects the soldier about too much foliage. Two soldiers paint faded equipment and bottles to blend with the terrain. They use dark olive green paint with an issue die. They darken every portion carefully. A soldier blackens his face, neck and hands with mud. Soldiers in camouflage line up in preparation for an attack. An officer inspects their camouflage. The soldiers advance.
World War 2 United States soldiers demonstrate individual concealment and camouflage. Soldiers advance under individual concealment. They walk on a dirt road with grass and flowers on wither side. They walk such that their shadows are thrown off road. An enemy air observer amidst the clouds in the sky. The soldiers are spotted, they jump into the trees by the road. They take cover in a thickly wooded area. Soldiers in camouflage with guns. Guns fired. Soldier in prone position fires. A soldier takes cover in a slight depression in the ground and works his way forward. They spread out and advance. Run among long dry grass in groups. Soldiers take cover, camouflage themselves and lie low among bushes, trees and other foliage. An observer emerges from behind a hill and runs. A soldier in prone position fires. Another one runs and takes cover in a shell hole. Soldiers use trees and their shadows for camouflage. One looks over a bush. Enemy fire. Soldier observes through a bush. Soldiers run out from behind a bush amidst enemy fire. They move across an open stretch in. A soldier runs, hits the ground and throws a grenade. One looks through binoculars to survey the surroundings.
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