Views from a B-17 of U.S. 8th Air Force on its way back to England, after bombing mission over Germany during World War 2. The formation of B-17s is attacked by German FW-190s and ME-110 fighter planes. B-17 gunners shoot one down. They shoot down two more FW-190s and then an ME-110, which explodes in a ball of fire. An attacking German FW-190 is suddenly intercepted by a British Spitfire over the British Channel, and retreats. Seeing this, crew members in one B-17 begin to sing "Goodnight Sweetheart." Among the B-17s shown in flight, is B-17F, Serial Number 41-24635 (named:"8 Ball Mk II") of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, stationed at RAF Station Molesworth, England. A rainbow is seen as the returning B-17s begin landing at their home base. Two airmen are seen walking together in their flight gear, across a field.
The history of aviation. German Dornier Do X passenger aircraft that carried 169 passengers on a single flight on October 10, 1929. The flying boat aircraft taxis in water at Lake Constance in Germany. The airplane is twelve-propeller driven on six engine nacelles. Interior of the aircraft shows a news cameraman taking pictures of people on the maiden flight. The take off of the DoX. The aircraft lands.
Amphibious automobiles in Germany. Three cars, known as Amphicars, moving along a street. A man stands on the bank of a river fishing while the Amphicars are driven into the river. A sailing ship underway. A man and a woman seated in an Amphicar. The woman waves. The Amphicar moves along a street.
Garden allotments, small plots parceled out, for the townsfolk to grow vegetables in the British Zone of Occupation in Germany. The outskirts of Hamlin town: German women at work to grow vegetables, children in the foreground. Views of heads and bare feet of sturdy German women thrusting spades into soil. A very old woman. Hanover region- countryside: a farming area. Two old German peasants work in the foreground. Two old peasants rake the soil.
A film "The Occupation Soldier" depicts the efforts made by U.S. soldiers to bring back German civilians to normal life in Germany after World War II. A mass gathering of the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. German people accept the propaganda of their leaders and give Nazi salute with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Hitler addresses the gathering from a dais. A swastika sign on a stone. German civilians wave. Officers at a briefing. Dead bodies hanging and a pile of dead bodies. War scenes: Bombarding during the war. View of a city after the bombardment. U.S. soldiers walk along a road. The soldiers talk to German civilians. German civilians standing and smiling. German women and children. A pile of rifles on the ground. Newspaper headlines: 'Armistice', 'German Decree Republic'. The soldiers march on a road. Hitler addresses a throng.
A film depicts the efforts made by U.S. soldiers to bring back German civilians to normal life in Germany after World War II. Germans seated at a table talk. German civilians in a restaurant. Nazi prisoners are being taken by non Nazi German soldiers. A sign on a building reads 'WFB'. German civilians show their documents to an officer seated at a table. The Germans read posters pasted on a wall. Clergymen walk on a road. A judge in a court in session. Members of a labor union seated. School children are taught by a teacher in a class. Men listen to an open discussion by an official. Various newspapers seen. Soldiers inspect vehicles. People seated in an office. Two of them go out from the office.
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