Animated graphic compares the height of burst of an atomic bomb blast versus distance from the blast. Various comparisons of burst height are shown against several different targets, including a tank, a hand, a standing soldier, and a soldier in a trench.
Allied soldiers wading up onto a beach in the Pacific during WWII. A soldier crouched on the beach and looking out to sea. A tank emerges from a landing craft and drives onto the beach. Troops run through the jungle. A soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back while another soldier follows. Soldiers hunker down to start setting up their machine guns. A dead allied soldier in a ditch. Planes dive bomb a distant beach area. Spray of sand and water on horizon as bombs hit beach.
Film starts showing map of area around the Ardennes where German forces launch an offensive in December, 1944, during World War 2. (This is start of the battle of the Ardennes, AKA Battle of the Bulge.) German soldiers are seen on and around an Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track personnel carrier, camouflaged with foliage. Some soldiers in the vehicle are smoking cigarettes. German troops walking on a muddy road through a town, carrying weapons and tools. One young smiling soldier carries a disassembled Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. Several soldiers pull a four-wheeled piece of equipment, covered with a tarpaulin. Another carries a fully assembled panzerfaust over his shoulder. View from above of half-tracks moving through the town. More views of soldiers walking past the camera. An Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track carrying three soldiers, one of whom stands smoking a pipe. Several views of soldiers riding in half-track personnel carriers. One soldier holds an Mg 42 machine gun with belt ammunition visible. Final views show several half-track personnel carriers moving through the town.
As film opens, German troops invading Hungary in World War 2, are seen informally gathering as two Sturmgeschütz III (Stug III) assault guns pass them along a dirt road in Hungary. German Officer lying in grass looks through binoculars. View of a Sturmgeschütz IV (Stug IV) assault gun with side protectors moving past a towed piece of field artillery. German infantry walking across a field as two Stug IVs pass them. German officers pointing at possible targets. Crew member standing in Marder II (Sd.Kfz.131) anti-tank gun as it fires its gun in the direction of a fire burning in the distance down the street. A soldier peers through binoculars. A vehicle is seen in flames. A German soldier hunkers down next to a wall. A destroyed truck in the background. A dead Hungarian soldier lying in a ditch. A burning truck on the street next to him. German soldiers move a Hungarian soldier hiding among the dead, who turns and holds his hand up. German infantry behind Stug and walking through garden gates and fences in back yards of homes, and along muddy road. German soldier waves his hand through top access hatch. German infantry soldiers fire rifles and German armored vehicles fire their guns.
American soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division, 104th Reconnaissance Troop, drive along a road, deep in Gernamy, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. According to signposts, they are 3 Km from Bennstedt and 11Km from Halle, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. An M18 Hellcat tank destroyer follows behind the jeeps, carrying 4 soldiers atop its turret. Another behind it carries 6 soldiers on it.
A United States Army cameraman shoots a scene. A tactical missile launches. A United States Army tank fires and a nuclear explosion behind. Two United States Army Sikorsky H-19 helicopters land in an open field, soldiers coming out of the first helicopter. Soldiers fire in a battle. “The Big Picture” opening sequence. The host, United States Army Sergeant Stuart Queen, introduces “Operation Mercy”. “There is another side to the contribution of the American soldier to peace and goodwill- the human side.” Sergeant Stuart Queen said, referring to the purpose the United States Army was assigned “Operation Mercy” in Hungary.
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