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WWII: Manufacturing Bombers (:32)
In this excerpt of a U.S. War Department film, men and women work to manufacture parts for bomber planes.

WWII: Rescue From Flames (:46)
Rescue squads save a man out of the wreckage of a crashed plane, and then watch as the plane is consumed by flames.

WWII: Japan Bombing Aftermath ()
After the smoke has cleared, a low-flying plane's eye view of Tokyo reveals a grid of complete rubble.

WWII: Japan Bombed and Aftermath (1:26)
From 12,000 feet above, B-29 bombers drop 4,000 tons of bombs over Japan.

WWII: Ground Crews Work On B-29s (:35)
Ground crews work on B-29 bombers, fixing propellers, prepping bombs, and hand-starting the propeller.

WWII: Kamikaze Mission Accomplished (:48)
American soldiers look on as a Japanese kamikaze plane hits a distant war ship.

WWII: Plane's-Eye View ()
War as seen from the vantage point of a war plane, flying over enemy aircraft carriers and land, spewing artillery.

WWII: Aftermath At Sea (:25)
The camera tilts from top to bottom, following a plane caught aflame, as it nosedives straight into the ocean.

WWII: Planes And Tanks (:11)
Below, tanks push forward over flat ground while planes fly in formation above.

WWII: The U.S. Prepares Itself For War (:23)
This montages jumps from footage of warships, war planes, gun factories, shells, and tank factories.

D-Day: Paratrooper Preparations (:49)
Paratroopers load their bodies with multiple packs of heavy equipment, pulling each strap until perfectly fit.

Marching Soldiers (:12)
From behind a tangle of barbed wire, the camera films soldiers from afar as they walk towards their war planes.

War in the Skies (:17)
This clip moves quickly from an exterior shot of warplanes to the inside, where a soldier shoots continuously with a machine gun. ...

Bombing: A Plane's-Eye View (:28)
Allied bombers fly above German-occupied lands. Bombs drop easily from underbelly of the planes.







