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Sketches of battles between George Washington's forces and Benedict Arnold's forces against the British
Struggle for independence in America, and border control between Canada and United States. Portraits of Revolutionary officers including George Washington. British General Howe engaging Washington's troops around New York. Sir Guy Carlton sketch. Strategy to put British Troops under Carlton to launch an attack at American colonists forces toward the south from Quebec. The Americans led by Benedict Arnold put together a small fleet to combat the British. Carlton unable to advance south due to winter. Washington's army moving toward Pennsylvania. Depiction of attack at Trenton by Washington's men crossing the Delaware to engage in the surprise battle. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Sketches of American colonist battles against the British, and enlistment of support from France
Struggle for American independence and the border between Canada and America. Sketches of British General Burgoyne in its efforts to defeat the American colonists and meet General Howe in Albany. Review of Burgoyne's campaign and his enlistment of indians against the colonists. Map shows battle strategy from Quebec to New York. British prisoners. Surrender of Burgoyne to American General Gates at Saratoga. General George Washington's efforts against the British. Washington's troops at Valley Forge in winter with inadequate resources. Benjamin Franklin as envoy in Paris with King Louis XVI convinced to aid the American cause. Addition of Spain and the Netherlands in the struggle against British rule in America. Discussion of the French and the Americans both with their sights set on winning Canada also. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Sketches of victory of American and French forces over British and surrender of Cornwallis
Struggle for border between Canada and United States. Sketch of battle at Halifax, Nova Scotia where British strength was high. Sketches of the harbor at Halifax with British ships. Assault of British ships on American towns. French blocking the British exit from the Chesapeake Bay. Sketches of the British and French fleets battling. Surrender of Cornwallis. George Washington with victorious troops. Various cartoons of the day depicting American colonists resisting British rule. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Preparing landing-zones during war in United States.
Rigger landing on ground. Firing in a forest area. Smoke and dust arise after a bomb blast. Officials shake hands with Detachment Commander in a meeting. The Detachment Commander shows them a map marked with landing-zones (LZ). Men level a LZ. Thick vegetation exists on one side of the LZ. Men remove shrubs and weeds from the LZ. A man carries another man as a piggy-bag, on the runway to check sub-soil firmness.
Animation of specificity of landing-zones in United States.
Animation showing runway specifications for landing. Specifications for landing of light and medium aircrafts during day and night are displayed. Runway length and breadth and safety area are marked in steps for various aircrafts in the animation. 25 feet strip along length of the runway is marked in the animation. A landing-zone cleared in a forest area is animated. It has 1-2 nautical miles turning zones. Mountain on one side of the runway is animated. Light and medium aircrafts along the slope of the mountain are shown in animation. Climb and glide ratios are marked for them. Safe distances of the obstruction from the runway and the permissible height of the obstruction are animated.
U.S. military activities to assure safe landing of aircraft in landing-zones
U.S. military training film excerpt about planning landing zones. Detachment Commander in meeting with officials. He wraps the map and men exit from the hut located in forest. A coded message carrying specifications required by Special Forces for air operations is written on a page. Map of landing-zone (LZ) is created on ground with various marks. Detachment Commander along with soldiers surrounds the map. Detachment Commander explains the landing operations to be carried out. Red chips are used to mark the stations on runway. Detachment Commander uses a stick to indicate these. RCL (Reception Committee Leader) is shown with blue chips. A soldier submits a document to an officer. Two other soldiers come to him. The officer gives the document. Detachment Commander receives a document brought by a soldier. Soldiers move on LZ and check the security. Men move on LZ. An aircraft approaches LZ. Two enemy soldiers see the air craft. One of them talks on phone. In an enemy base a soldier looks at a map. Another soldier notes down on a pad. Soldier at LZ see his watch. RCL burns a marker light lasting 4 minutes to signal the plane. The aircraft lands. Animation shows the pathway of landing taken by the aircraft on LZ. RCL man moving on runway signals approaching aircraft to parking area. Soldiers move to the parked aircraft. A signal is blown off as the aircraft takes off.