Major Mack at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing Unit. Major Mack talks about maintaining continuous surveillance in North Vietnam. The Unit works with unity and professionalism.
Major Mack at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing Unit. Major Mack talks about the strike force in North Vietnam. The Radar station transmits information of target heading any friendly areas. The unit also provides MIG warning, detect friendly aircraft and provide in flight refueling. He talks about the Unit providing rescue helicopters in case of any mishap.
Camel caravan passes wagons mired in water. Turkish troops surrendering to British soldiers.The Turks are excorted past British soldiers manning an 18 pounder field artillery piece. The prisoners of war join a large group of other POWs held in an outdoor containment. Closeup of British General Edmund Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), who led forces that seized Jerusalem from the Ottomans. The British Forces marching into Jerusalem, led by a Bagpipe Band. British soldiers escorting Ottoman prisoners. A British gunboat firing while anchored on the Tigris River. British soldiers marching up ma mountainside and building a tall, somewhat pyramidal, observation post, made of sand bags. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
King George V in visit to the Grand Fleet at anchor in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, during World War 1. View from above, of funnel and wireless apparatus atop a Queen Elizabeth-class British Battleship, during World War 1. Other warships in the background. Four of the Battleship's BL 15 inch Mark I guns are seen with barrels closed by plugs. Sailors walk past the guns. A mascot dog eating a treat while perched in the open barrel of a gun. Three of the Ship's officers display a moose head received from the Canadian Government. Group of ship's officers pose standing on deck while several sit down holding their mascot dog and cat. The moose head is displayed behind them. The seated officers tease the cat and dog by making them confront each other. Change of sequence, to a royal visit by King George V to the Grand Fleet. British Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander of the Grand Fleet, is seen standing with British Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, on the deck of a British battleship.They are joined by another officer, as King George V paces back and forth past them, in earnest conversation with the ship's captain. Scene shifts to Admirals Beatty and Sturdee, conversing with other high ranking British Naval officers. Next, sailors are seen boarding steam launches, at a pier, for return to their respective ships, after shore leave. The launches proceeding out to the ships. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The British Monarchs express appreciation to survivors of the Zeebrugge Raid, in which Britain attempted to deny German use of the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge during World War 1. British Naval officers, sailors, and marines, are lined up in military formation. King George V follows Lieutenant General Sir Claud William Jacob, of the Worcestershire Regiment who walks with a Navy Admiral, leading the King, followed by British Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, and military attendants. They inspect sailors at attention, with rifles at order arms. Next, the King is seen escorted by A Royal Marine officer, as he inspects a formation of Royal Marines. King George V is followed by Admiral Sturdee. Finally, The King and Queen Mary, are seen walking with Admiral Sturdee, who converses with them. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
King George V decorates members of the British Coastal Patrol and Cross Channel Service, during World War 1. Officers and sailors assemble in loose formation at waterfront. Senior officers speak with some of them. The group poses for the cinematographer. An admiral reads citations to King George V, who then pins medals on awardees and congratulates as they are called forward. The King poses for a group photograph. He is flanked by Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, and another General (unidentified) holding a cane. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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