United States Military lands at Aleutian Islands in Alaska to prepare a new base for its bombers to bomb Japanese positions, during World War II. U.S. soldiers in ships, boats and landing tractors land on the Aleutians. Soldiers unload materials from the boats. Soldiers try and put up tents fighting chill winds. General Lloyd E. Jones, in charge of the operation. Soldiers from a post watch the sea.
Dionne quintuplets, the five identical sisters from Canada, present at launch of five cargo ships at Walter Butler Shipbuilders in Superior, Wisconsin. Luggage belonging to the five Dionne quintuplets. The Dionne sisters and their parents wave from a moving railroad train. The Dionne sisters each launch a ship one after the other assisted by a U.S. Navy officer. The Dionne sisters and their mother walk escorted by navy officers.
British Eighth Army advances in to Tunisia defeating German and Italian Armies in North Africa during World War II. General Montgomery briefs British soldiers near sea coast. Tanks and trucks advance into Tunisia on a road with wrecked German machine gun post near road. General Eisenhower and General Montgomery during a meeting. Highland fighter troops on victory march on roads of a town in Tunisia. A British warship in sea and an anti aircraft gun alert on a post on Mediterranean Sea shore. United States Army advances in trucks and fights German resistance in a battle. Graves of German soldiers nearside roads. U.S. and British soldiers meet from two ends on April 7, 1943. Soldiers meet and shake hands with warmth. U.S. and British bombers on a mission to Nazi posts. Aerial views of B-25 bombers and B-26 bomber aircraft en route to targets. German antiaircraft guns fires at Allied bomber aircraft. Posts destroyed by series of bomb explosion. Surrendered Italian and German soldiers in large numbers. Injured Nazi soldier treated by Allied medics. Views of General Eisenhower, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Field Marshal Alexander. A French General is also shown (possibly General Georges Barré).
Post of the United States Military in Vietnam during Vietnam War. A sandbagged look up tower and a helicopter landing area nearside. Barracks and aprons for helicopters. Building material stacked in ground near the tower. A UH-1B helicopter approaches and lands over parking area. Two helicopters parked in the area. "Navy" painted on fuselage of the helicopter. Mini guns and rocket pods on port side of a helicopter. M-60 machine gun and cartridge roll loaded and inside the helicopter. Control levers and indicators in its empty cockpit.
Post of the United States Military in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Tow mechanics work on top of a UH-1B helicopter around the rotor. Two men work on main rotor of another UH-1B. Mechanic greases various areas around the rotor. A crewman works with machine gun M-60 on port side of the helicopter. Another crewman carries two other machine guns. They check the machine gun and rocket pod on the port side. Mechanics work on exposed engine and rotor. Mechanics work on after part around the rotor.
Post of the United States Military in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Door gunner seated in a UH-1B helicopter looks at the Mekong delta area. The winding river and its tributaries all over the delta. Very large winding river spreads into three legs. Pilot operates the controls inside the helicopter cockpit.
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