This 1944-1945 black-and-white military propaganda film contains various segments including dramatic aerial bombing footage. Romania switched to the Allies in 1944. Soviet troops repair a blown-up bridge as troops and military equipment cross into Romania (:10-1:40). Siret looks abandoned. Soviet tanks pass through Botosani. Inhabitants return in ox carts past marching soldiers. A cannon is towed (1:41-2:27). The Citadel explodes as bombs are dropped. A soldier runs past bombed-out buildings. German prisoners sit together. Colonel Von Aulock is captured. His orderly appears drunk (2:28-3:57). Soldiers pass a WWI Memorial. Unsafe buildings crumble. Soldiers fire at German snipers (3:58-4:42). A Frenchman on a ladder hands out hidden weapons. A woman in a dress carries a machine gun (4:43-5:26). The Chartres Cathedral is panned. Troops fire up at snipers. German prisoners march with hands on heads. Nazi sympathizers are arrested; the women’s heads shaved. An angry mob threatens through bars. Lemoore Cinema Pathe theatre and shops reopen to rationing tickets. American nurses on bicycles window-shop. Soldiers enjoy a café as military vehicles pass. A crowd waits for Paris news outside St. Paul’s Cathedral (5:27-7:55). The gates open at Stalag XI-B, Stalag 357, and Oflag 79; excited Allied prisoners are freed. General Keitel does a Nazi salute to troops capturing him. Spanish spies and Hitler Youth are identified. Abandoned German items include ball bearings, gold reserve bars, and stolen Louvre paintings. Women hit and spit on Nazi prisoners. A firing squad shoots traitors. German citizens turn over weapons (7:56-11:57). Winston Churchill gives a speech condemning the Japanese (11:58-13:00). Generals Doolittle and Anderson are briefed on an Eastern Front map. B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft fly in formation. Aerial cameras record the Berlin bombing (13:01-16:11). RAF heavy bombers attack Dresden at night; the bombing shots flashing brightly. B-17 bombers drop bombs that detonate. Tanks are loaded on IF tank transporters, which move through mud and water. British gunners fire; the building crumbles. German POWs march; Nazis surrender from buildings as tanks move through the street (16:12-20:10). Nazi Arctic bases are exposed as explosions break open the ice. Captured supplies and prisoners are shown (20:11-20:59). Bombers make their way to Burma. Aerial cameras capture bombs dropping and explosions. Ground troops and tanks move in; soldiers are shot and fall. American combat cameras capture footage of the sky full of Allied planes. Still photographs show the smoke from burning Berlin targets (21:00-25:23). Major General Lewis Brereton makes a speech to free Europe. B-26 Marauder bombers are loaded and shown in flight. Pilots put on anti-flak helmets. The planes fly through anti-aircraft attacks. Cameras show close-ups of bombs leaving the plane and target explosions. A plane hit by flak leaves a trail of smoke. A view from the cockpit shows the return to base. 1940s ambulances, motorcycles, and nurses wait. A plane lands on its belly (25:24-32:45). A U-boat periscope moves through the water. South African service women operate radar machines to detect the submarines. They watch screens, plot graphs, and use the filter rule to lay out situation using small figures on a graphed board. A plane is scrambled to match the radar situation room’s findings. The submarine dives as the plane drops bombs on it, causing an explosion (32:46-35:04). Close-ups show the RAF dropping bombs on various targets. The footage is taken from the plane as it fires below on Germany positions, trains, and convoys. Vapor trails fill the sky as bombs drop and the ground explodes (36:05-38:24).

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