Formation of U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 bombers in flight over Germany during World War 2.Gunners firing 50 caliber machine guns from various positions in a B-17, as attacking German interceptor aircraft race past. One German aircraft is hit and pieces of it fall off. B-17 enters bombing run. View of bombardier and bomb sight image. German aircraft continue attacks and gunners continue defending as the bombardier announces "bombs away." This is a high altitude mission and all crew members are on oxygen. Glimpse of pilot and copilot in cockpit. Pilot alerts gunners to a German FW-190 aircraft attacking them. Waist gunners pause to look at a German fighter smoking, as it falls, and strikes the ground in an explosion. Sequence shifts to formation of B-24 Liberator bomber on a mission with bombs visible dropping from bomb bays. Sequence shifts again, rapidly, to a formation of B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs. Nighttime view of incendiary clusters being dropped on Japan. (Note: One of the B-29s seen is serial number 42-24547, assigned to the 6th Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing. This B-29 crashed short of the runway on 31 Dec 1944, at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, where the 6th bomb Group underwent combat crew training. And the B-29s shown do not display any tail codes.)
Bomb bay of United States Army Air Force B-29 aircraft opens. Interior view of aircraft shows bombardier in nose as he looks through bomb sight. Actual atomic bomb detonation over Nagasaki Japan as seen from B-29 aircraft on August 9, 1945. View of mushroom cloud rising rapidly from an atomic blast (a different blast; not Nagasaki or Hiroshima). Ground views of devastated city of Hiroshima following atomic bombing in World War 2.
Strategic Air Command B-52 parked on ramp at airfield in the United States. A B-47 bomber in flight. A B-52 on takeoff with landing gear still extended. A B-58 Hustler bomber in flight. A KC-97 aerial tanker aircraft in flight. A B-52 refueling from a KC-135 tanker. AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile being air-launched by a B-52. Ballistic missiles being launched from Strategic Air Command sites. Radar site. Control tower. A KC-135 taxiing for takeoff. Pilots moving controls in a cockpit. A B-52 taking off. Pilots in cockpit of a B-52. Tail of B-52 number 56-0581 "Spokane, City of Lilac." Airmen engaged in various duties, including avionics, weather, and air traffic control. B-52s taking off sequentially. Logo of the United States Air Force Strategic Air command.
An aircraft flies over fields,bridge over river in area of Vung Tau, South Vietnam. Boats move across the river . Aerial views of the Port of Saigon, South Vietnam. A number of ships anchor at the dock as a large amount of cargo lies at the port. A number of small boats,motor boats and steamers move across the river.
An aircraft flies over Mekong delta in Saigon and a few ships are seen including a United States ship labelled 'States Marine Lines'. Aircraft flies over areas of port construction where numerous small boats are anchored at the port as other ships come in and move away. Vehicles pass over a bridge built over the river as aircraft flies over derricks and cranes. (Vietnam War period).
Port construction in South Vietnam. Activity seen. Cranes, derricks. American soldier stands on steel platform overlooking activity across the water. (Vietnam War period).
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