The German Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber in Russia. Swastika sign on bomber. Bomber drops bomb on Russian positions in the Kuban front. It hits a Russian ship in the sea of Azov. German soldiers look up in sky. They hide in trenches. Russian bomber drop shells, it explode on land. Antiaircraft guns are fired. It hits Russian bomber. Wrecked tanks are salvaged by German troops. (World War II period).
Italian military official (minister or general) enters room filled with high ranking Italian military officers in dress uniforms during World War II.They exchange fascist Roman salutes. An Italian officer reads a citation as they all stand at attention. The honoree poses flanked by Italian officers. He leaves the building, passing an honor guard on his way, and rendering Roman salute.
Zenbei Horikiri, the new Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Italy, presents his credentials to King Victor Emmanuel III in Rome, Italy during World War II. Hokiri stands with an Italian officer during the ceremony at the Quirinal Palace. To his right, behind him, similarly dressed, is Shun'ichi Kase,secretary to Japanese Foreign Minister Yōsuke Matsuoka. (Shun'ichi later served as chargé d’affaires in Italy commencing in 1943.) Japanese and Italian officers are part of the two-nation entourage that emerges from the palace following the event. They proceed down the steps of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale, Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) and across the Piazza del Quirinale, where camera shows a glimpse of one of the statues at the Obelisk and Fountain of Castor and Pollux (containing sculptures of Castor and Pollux as horse tamers). Next, a motorcade of the officials' cars drives out of the palace complex, past two guard posts.
Women and children injured during Allied air raids in Italy. Italian woman carries a girl with wounded feet in her lap. Men help wounded old woman to walk. Injured children on hospital bed. Dignitary meets injured children. (World War II period).
United States AC-119K stinger at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. AC-119K stinger parked at air base. Gatling guns and mini guns protrude from side of stinger. Crew of 18th Special Operations Squadron work on one engine of stinger.
Maintenance work of United States AC-119K stinger at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. Crew member of 18th Special Operations Squadron tighten fastener on Plexiglas panel above cockpit. Crew member sits on engine and works on it. AC-119K stinger parked in revetment. A van stands past plane.
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