Colorized WWII footage. German FW-190s fly in formation :06. German Panzer tank crashes through trees :10. German artillery fires :16. London during the Blitz with barbed wire visible near Parliament :21. Searchlights pierce the sky as German bombers strike London with incendiaries :30. British fire companies fight conflagration :36. St. Paul’s Cathedral lit up by bomb blast :45. London on fire :50. Child removed from rubble 1:00. Woman trapped by rubble 1:06. Man carries unexploded bomb 1:11. Low flying planes on raid against German occupied France 1:15. British Handley Page Halifax bombers prep for a raid 1:23. Air raid on Germany by U.S. and British aircraft 1:42. Crew of Memphis Belle B-17 1:55. High altitude bombing 2:10. German plane spotters raise air raid alarm 2:22. German trolley car stops and passengers come out 2:23. Civilians head for underground bunkers 2:27. Firebombing of Dresden 2:32. Prime Minister Winston Churchill interacts with London residents 2:48. British civilians evacuate 2:57. Troops prepare for D-Day landing by boarding LCI 3:04. D-Day invasion fleet 3:10. D-Day landing 3:18. American tank advances in Normandy 3:27. American jeep catches fire 3:31. American radioman calls in a report on field phone 3:35. Dead soldier lies in snow as wounded soldier moves past on stretcher 3:43. Soldier struggles to stay warm 3:50. Russian dictator Josef Stalin with FDR and Churchill at Tehran 3:59. Bombing raid with dumping of tin foil to confuse German radar 4:18. WWII radar scope in action 4:25. Incendiary bombing raid on Germany, possibly Dresden 4:51. Trolley car on fire 5:17.
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