Army Films. World War Two aerial in color. Fighter planes in flight, taking-off, and landing. Buchenwald concentration camps in color. Nazi war crimes. Lots of scenes with residents of the city viewing the horror.
Aerial shots of fighter plane on the offensive dive bombing while firing at the target.
Looking up at plane formations flying across the sky until, one by one, they break off.
Plane taking off. Soldiers standing at attention, and then getting on a plane. Side view of engine starting up. A view of the clouds. Cut to LS view of a plane taking off and flying away.
Various shots of a building on fire. Pan to the surrounding area.
Aerial shots of a European town, surrounding airfield, and possible industrial area.
Multiple tracking shots of fighter planes in formation coming in low and flying up and away from the camera.
MS shot of three men inspecting an old, wooden airplane. Various shots of the plane.
More tracking shots of fighter planes flying in formation.
MS of several fighter planes taxiing on the runway, waiting to take off. MS of fighter planes taking off. One shot of man sitting on the wing of a plane taxiing. Pan up shot of planes in the air. MS of one plane landing. MS of fighter planes in formation flying low to the ground. MS and CU tracking shots of formations followed with planes coming in for a landing.
High angle shot of people gathering in the open area of the camp. Some people outside the circle are just walking around.
MS of person (prisoner?) standing by a wall. ECU of his face, showing injuries. CU of another person (prisoner?) at a slightly different angle staring into the camera. MS pan up to a woman standing against the wall, followed by a close-up. Same process follows with other prisoners.
ECU of men s faces. Some are speaking to someone off-camera then to the camera. ECU of a symbol on a man s breast pocket. There s a prisoner number below that.
MS of American flag being raised. LS and high angle shot of people in a line walking into the camp.
Group of people standing outside of a building. A lampshade is blocking the full view. Another angle shows a line of people standing and waiting as American soldiers walk by them. More people gather by the building with some climbing on the roof. In front of them are some soldiers and a desk with pictures and a lamp. People (residents?) pass by the desk looking at the photos. MS of commanding officer speaking to the crowd with a bullhorn. Various shots of people leaving with distressed looks on their faces.
CU of dead bodies (prisoners of Buchenwald).
CU of people leaving after seeing the horrors of the camp. Many are crying or holding their nose.
CU and ECU of a photograph of a woman.
High angle panning shot of bombed out city. Various shots of the destruction.