Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The adjoining Standard Oil Plant and German Wifo Gasoline Depot at Gennevilliers bombed by the U.S. Eighth Air Force heavy bombers on June 22, 1944. The destroyed manufacturing facilities, buildings, storage tanks, loading platforms, railroad tank cars. Damaged steel structures and collapsed roofs. Aerial view of the plant and the depot.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The damaged Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engine Factory (producer of components for Daimler-Benz, Mercedez-Benz) at Bois Colombe, after three attacks by the U.S. Eighth Air Force in December 1943. The destroyed crankshaft plant, foundry, and tool shop. Aircraft engines overhauled, crafted and ready for shipment, left behind by the fleeing Nazis. Allied soldiers and workers under the bare roof. Damaged equipment and material. Allied officers and civilians survey the damage. Collapsed roof structures. Debris and rubble strewn all over the floor. Bent steel structures. Buildings in the surrounding area. Military jeeps parked in the factory grounds. Damaged structures left standing.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over areas around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Orly Airfield near Paris attacked by the U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers. Damaged runways and dispersed areas at the airfield. Bomb craters, 30 feet in diameter. Wrecked gigantic dirigible hangars and installations. Collapsed roofs and fire-twisted steel skeletons. Large erect structures. Allied soldiers amidst the ruins. Officers survey the damage.
War bond rally in England during World War II. Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle purchases a war bond at a booth and signs a register. American soldier seated on ground as Military Policemen (MP) stand in the foreground. Soldiers including WACs (Women's Army Corps) run across for seats before the Army Air Forces band. MPs march. Military band marches. Soldiers seated as Major Glenn Miller speaks into a microphone about the war bonds. Members of the Army Air Forces band play various instruments and sing. Soldiers applaud in appreciation. Lieutenant General Doolittle and other officers listen to the band play.
Royal motorcade carrying Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele III, Crown Prince Umberto II, and Italo Balbo, Minister of Aviation through row, upon row, of 900 Italian Air Force military aircraft amassed on Ferrari field in Bologna, Italy. Most of them are Fiat CR.1 aircraft. Closeup glimpse of the royal car passing airplanes and crews standing at attention. Next, the King and Minister Balbo are seen on an elevated platform, where Balbo points out something of interest to the King. View from a height of the planes parked in formation. The King and his entourage of high-ranking officers and officials standing by a building along with Roman Catholic Cardinal Nassali Rocca Di Corneliano, Giovanni Battista of Bologna. Dozens of Italian Air Force planes demonstrating close formation flight overhead. Closeup of Air Force Minister, Balbo with King Vittorio Emanuele III. Waves of planes flying low overhead.
View from the air of United States 7th Army Air Force B-24 bombers on bombing mission over Iwo Jima, controlled by Japan. Explosions on ground from bombs. Flak clouds in the air. (World War II period).
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