Pilots training in a glider school in Unterwössen, Bavaria, Germany. A glider takes off from an airfield in Unterwössen, with the Bavarian Alps on the background. Glider flies past trees. A cross on a crag near the German- Austrian border. Glider performs various stunts in flight, including a loop-de-loop.
Period dramatization: British Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber pilots, part of No. 149 Squadron RAF suit up after a briefing on a mission during World War 2 at RAF Mildenhall. A pilot finds his helmet under a seat after a meeting. View of a Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie'. Crew disembark from a military truck after their arrival at bomber. Crew climbs ladder into bomber. View inside Wellington bomber as crew prepares for mission. Radio operator seated and adjusts radio. Pilot puts on his helmet inside the cockpit. A nose gunner climbs through fuselage of Wellington bomber to the nose gun. View outside bomber as gunner prepares inside nose gun. Pilot yells, "start her up" as ground crew members hold bag against engine manifold during startup. Propeller of Vickers Wellington OJ-F begins to move. Other engine is similarly started. Vickers Wellington bomber running its engine before takeoff. Ground control equipment that appears to be ground controlled approach radar equipment (GCA) is towed into place on the airfield.
German soldier of ground crew sitting on large bomb being towed toward a parked German bomber aircraft during World War II. German ground crew moves a bomb in front of a Junkers Ju 88. German forces load a large bomb onto the wing of a Junkers Ju 88. German Junkers Ju 88 bomber takes off from airfield. German pilot in cockpit of Messerschmitt Bf 110 with ground crew alongside. Messerschmitt Bf 110 in flight. Squadron of German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bombers in flight. View through canopy of bomber at English Channel water. German pilots in bomber while in flight. View of cliffs of Dover, England as seen from German bomber. Aerial view of England being bombed by Luftwaffe bombers as seen from bomber. A German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bomber in high banking turn. Point of view from German planes as British Royal Air Force RAF spitfires are fired upon. German gun camera footage of dogfights and aerial combat as German aircraft battle against British Royal Air Force fighter aircraft over British skies. German Messerschmitt Bf 110 bombers flying over English city.
Air raid siren sounding. British citizens take shelter during The Blitz in World War II. A British Home Guard runs to warn people to take shelter. German bombers flying for Blitzkrieg. A child looks up to the sky for German bombers before being snatched by his mother. British soldiers rush to man anti-aircraft artillery. The name "Popeye" painted on artillery. A farmer plowing his field, looking up for bombers. An RAF solider rings a with words written on it, “Don’t come and tell. Ring this like “HELL”!”. RAF pilots rush to their Spitfire fighter planes. Close up of propellers spinning and exhaust smoke as Spitfire planes take off from airfield. A Spitfire fires at a Heinkel He 111 bomber. Heinkel He 111 bomber tailfin explodes from Spitfire strafing. A downed German bomber falls into the English Channel. Wreckage of downed German bombers in England. Palace of Westminster (Westminster, London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) at sunset. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill give alms to a woman, raises his hat. Hands adjusting a slide rule. View of early radar tower.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain flying in fog. A radar mobile station with rotating radar dish. C-47 lands on airfield under low visibility conditions. A fighter landing on aircraft carrier deck of a United States Navy aircraft carrier. Large U.S. battleship at sea. Sailor wearing deck-communications helmet. Close up of interior ship siren sounding. United States sailors wake up and jump out of bunks while siren sounds. A radar dish rotating onboard a ship. Hands actuating fire control triggers on a battleship. Multiple U.S. naval ships firing guns night and day. Battleship hit by guns. Battleships firing artillery on enemy ships and shorelines of islands. Submarine underwater. A U-boat submarine periscope seen above water surface. A United States Navy crew operates radar gunnery control system in destroyer, tracking a nearby submarine. Navy captain with sailor at the helm on destroyer. Destroyer shoots depth charges into water. Depth charge flying in air and then detonating in the ocean shortly after its release. Explosions under water destroying the U-boat submarine. Consolidated PBY Catalina flying above a naval flotilla. United States ships navigate through fog. (World War II period)
A proclamation issued on September 3, 1914 from General Joseph Simon Gallieni urging the defense of Paris in light of the French government’s evacuation for Bordeaux and the incoming Battle of Marne during World War 1. “MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF PARIS Army of Paris, Residents of Paris, The members of the Government of the Republic have left Paris to give a new impulse to the national defense. I have received the mandate to defend Paris against the invader. This mandate, I shall carry out to the end. Paris, 3 September 1914 The Military Governor of Paris, Commanding the Army of Paris, GALLIENI” translated in English. Workers using pickaxes to break stones at a park in Paris, France. Soldiers in position behind a trench made of tree branches. A soldier uses a telephone while hiding under a tent of twigs. A French military official answers call. French soldiers towing a reconnaissance aircraft. A French Blériot XI observation aircraft takes off from an airfield for a reconnaissance mission. Aerial view of countryside outside Paris and surrounding areas as seen from a Blériot XI’s , with the French Army incorporating cameras in reconnaissance planes from the beginning of World War 1. The Blériot XI aircraft lands back to the airbase. Reconnaissance pilot reports his findings, showing his logbook. French military official working at his desk. French officers consulting reports posted on a wall inside their office. Under a canopy of twigs, a military officer uses a telephone to receive orders.
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