Cars, buses, street cars, pedestrians in a crowded street area of Los Angeles, California, during World War 2. Trolley passing by. Crowd walking by stores and shops near intersection of Broadway and 7th Street in Los Angeles. Elevated view of intersection and traffic. Bank of America and various stores in view. The Owl Drug Company's store in seen. Pedestrians include men and women, and some U.S. military soldiers and U.S. Navy sailors in uniform.
Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) visible in the background. Hotel Pacific seen. San Pedro Hotel at 206 1/2 San Pedro in "Little Tokyo." The Sumitomo Bank Ltd Los Angeles Branch office in the street. Theatre Fuji seen, with some Navy sailors walking past. Store fronts for Gashin Grocery and Bamboo Room bar. Two Japanese-American women exit the grocery. Pedestrians walking near intersection of First Street and San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo.
Workers in Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Workers work in Control room and Meter room. Reactor tanks seen. Rubber coagulates from Holding tanks washed and filtered. Rubber crumbs leave press as rubber bales which are then packed.
German Air Force Junker Plane JU-88 seen in flight. Luftwaffe aircraft JU-88 explodes during World War II in Germany.
German fighter planes explode and fall down as they are shot down by the United States fighter planes during World War II. German ship maneuvers to escape attack
U.S. 8th Army Air Force gun camera film showing actual aerial combat scenes during World War 2, in Europe. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 is seen being attacked from the rear. It is struck, loses control and begins to burn. Next, a German Focke Wulf 190 (FW-190) with a 300 liter drop tank still attached, is attacked. The drop tank is hit and explodes in flames. It separates from the aircraft, which rolls and dives. Another FW-190 with its landing gear extended, is attacked and explodes in flames. An Fw-190, has its wing blown off and falls out of the sky. A U.S. fighter plane strafing a German E-boat (German: Schnellboot, or fast boat). The plane strafes from the boat's port side and then circles to attack head-on as the boat attempts evasive maneuvers. An FW-190 is attacked, head-on as it is also firing at the U.S. fighter. It is struck and erupts in flame and smoke. A pair of Siebel Fh 104 Hallore transport planes are attacked, followed by an attack on a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor transport, as it takes off from an airfield. Its left wing is set afire. Next, a U.S. fighter engages and destroys a German Dornier Do-17 bomber, in a head-on attack, as it is climbing out. That same U.S. fighter plane attacks and destroys an FW-190. In final scene, a Messerschmitt bf 109 is shot to pieces in another head-on attack.
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