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American bomber crewmen play games and visit town near Soviet base in Poltava during Operation Frantic.
A film on U.S. shuttle-bombing operations in "Operation Frantic" over Germany, operating from bases in Great Britain, Italy and the Soviet Union during World War II. Aircraft parked at an air base in Poltava, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Nose art and painted insignias on the U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. American crewmen standing near the bomber aircraft. They sleep in tents. They wake up and get ready. A group of Soviet civilian workers walks by with farming tools. A man shaves. Others wash their faces. American Colonel Albert Kepler and Russian officers confer for their next bombing mission. They select target areas for the bombardment. Gasoline, bombs, ammunition and other supplies are provided to the crew. American and Russian crewmen of a bomber aircraft play baseball and cards and interact. Some American soldiers write letters home. Others milk a cow with a Soviet soldier. Crewmen drive in a jeep to visit the nearby town where German bombing campaigns have destroyed many buildings in Poltava. They view a destroyed leather industry factory, and the grave of Ukrainian writer Vladimir Korelenko. They see only rubble remaining of the birth home of Korolenko. Damaged buildings and rubble in the area. People walking on a street. The American soldiers interact with the Ukrainian civilians of the town. Women and children of the town are seen. Closeup view of the hand of a a U.S. Army soldier as he hands out chewing gum candy to eager Ukrainian children. On the way back to the base the soldiers view the Column of Glory in Poltava, honoring the 1709 Battle of Poltava.
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Adolf Hitler talks to officials on the terrace of Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. Hitler on Berghof terrace with SA-Obergruppenfuhrer (3 Star General) Wilhelm Brückner. Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) honor guard. Hitler does a little dance. LSSAH honor guard at the steps of Berghof. German photographer Heinrich Hoffmann, Foreign Minister of Italy Graf (Count) Galeazzo Ciano and others arrive at the Berghof .
Corsican women outside a dispensary at Alto Air base during the Allied invasion of southern France in World War II.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Corsican women and soldiers outside a dispensary at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France. A young girl wearing a hat outside the dispensary. U.S. Army trucks and jeeps on a road towards Bologne, Italy.
Toscanini conducts the NBC symphony orchestra accompanied by Jan Peerce and Westminster Choir after Mussolini's downfall.
A documentary depicts Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini in the United States. A radio broadcast room. An emergency news item comes in. News being broadcast about the removal of Benito Mussolini as the Prime Minister of Italy. Toscanini plays a piano. He works on musical notes of Forza del Destino. At NBC broadcasting station preparations being made to put the music of Forza del Destino on the air in radio broadcast. Jan Peerce and Westminster Choir at a recording studio. NBC Symphony Orchestra at NBC Studio in New York. Toscanini conducts the orchestra. Westminster Choir sings as Toscanini conducts the music. Jan Peerce sings.
War devastation, rubble, people scavenging for food after World War 2 in Europe.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Image of Adolf Hitler speaking at a rally earlier in the war, with translation of some of his words superimposed on the image. Stone heaps in a European city following bombing in World War 2. A sign for Hazelaarstraat (area of Amsterdam, Netherlands.) Rubble of destroyed buildings. The ruins of a church. Closeup views of address numbers in a city, including 6, 24, and 40, each followed by scenes of rubble and twisted metal. Woman emerges from a cave dwelling with a young child. A sad woman holding a young child. Close-up view of a rat emerging from a hole in a wallboard, walking directly toward camera position. Person placing a blanket on a crying baby. A sign board on a street reads, "Danger: Typhus carried by lice." Children (possibly Italian) gathered with water vessels near a well, collecting what appears to be dirty water. A boy lying in a hospital bed, with images of Christ and Italian writing above bed. Hand taking down a hospital chart record. "Napoli" visible on chart implying Naples, Italy. Hungry men, women, and children in Greece, living in poverty, are seen scavenging for food from trash cans. Sign on wall behind reads, "ΚΟΣΜΙΚΟΝ." Arms of women holding water pitchers, standing in a group waiting for water. A desperate looking woman holding a half-clothed sleeping child in her arms. A young boy holding the leg of an adult and crying. A carriage of a undertaker or funeral service driving away on a street.
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