A map of the Eastern Front (Present-day Ukraine) is being displayed during World War 2. German Field Marshal and Flying Ace Robert Ritter von Greim, wearing glasses, is in a meeting with Luftwaffe officials. A sign in front of bushes saying “Gruppen- Befehlsstelle” ("Group command post" in German). Nazi soldiers smiling and laughing as they play card games in a field. The soldier wearing an Iron Cross medal turns his head on his left. Airplanes in the sky. A soldier, wearing an Iron Cross medal, climbs on a jet-fighter written “13”. The pilot of the jet-fighter (Messerschmitt Me 262 with the Nazi swastika on the empennage) facing the camera as he prepares for take-off. Plane takes off. A group of fighters with explosion in the sky. German soldiers survey the field with binoculars. Fighters firing at one another in the sky. Anti-aircraft guns fire towards the sky, towards the fighters. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 zooms in the sky. Soldiers, sitting in the field, are looking up in the sky. A Soviet plane is on fire up in the sky, heading downwards. The soldiers, with binoculars, are observing the falling plane. The Soviet plane falls and crashes into the other side of the field. The plane explodes. A plane zooms in the sky. A Luftwaffe pilot smiles as he climbs down the plane. The pilot shakes hands with a comrade. The Luftwaffe reconnaissance flew back. German soldiers in the field looks up to the sky. A pilot jumps down from the aircraft parked in the field. Soldiers put out aircraft fire with flame retardant foam. Operator views large format film emulsion images obtained through aerial reconnaissance. Luftwaffe officials in a meeting. Grille of a Wehrmacht truck.
Slate is displayed (Title “HIRAN SITES”). A US Air Force RB-50 Superfortress (a reconnaissance version of the B-50 Superfortress) is parked at Naval Air Station Keflavikduring. A mechanic works on one of the aircraft’s engines. Mechanic tightening a bolt with a wrench. Two men working on the engine. An RB-50 Superfortress parked, one of its propellers slightly moving. Mechanics check the engine. Point of view POV of plane starting take off from runway. An RB-50 Superfortress reconnaissance plane takes off from the runway.
An airman fuels a US Air Force helicopter (Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw) during Operation HIRAN. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter takes off. The helicopter glides slightly above the ground. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter lands back in the same spot it took off.
Aerial view of Keflavik coast. A pilot, with headphones, flying the aircraft. An airman, with headphones, sits beside a window, he looks momentarily through the window. Aerial view of bay full of breaking ice can be seen. Aerial view of an RB-50 reconnaissance airplane from above. Aerial view Keflavik airport. View of the Keflavik coast. Ships are docked in Keflavik port.
United States officers standing on bridge of MV Norsel, a Norwegian ship. Four crewmen standing in front of an Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter on deck the MV Norsel. The flag of Norway is waving on the foremast of MV Norsel. The MV Norsel, with the H-19 helicopter on deck, is docked in Keflavik bay.
Aerial views of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) and Keflavik. The lighthouse of Keflavik and coastline. Shadow of a helicopter on ground. Aerial landscape between Keflavik and Reykjavik.
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